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 In the USA, fourteen and fifteen-year-old teenagers can work.

They can work in the weekends, during the summer holidays and in their free time.

During the school year, they can work three hours a day and eighteen hours a week but they can’t work after seven pm.

During the holidays, they can work eight hours a day and forty hours a week.

They can work as pizza delivery boys, waiters, waitresses, babysitters, car cleaners, dog walkers or gardeners.

 

EXPRIMER LA CAPACITE / POSSIBILITE / PERMISSION

Au présent : sujet + CAN + base verbale

Au prétérit : sujet + COULD + base verbale

A la forme négative je rajoute NOT avant la base verbale.

Ex: Il peut travailler comme jardinier.    He can work as a gardener.

       Il n’a pas pu postuler pour l’emploi car il est trop jeune.   He couldn’t apply for the job because he is too young.

 

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 Vocabulary :

Apply(for): postuler (pour)

Too young: trop jeune

During: pendant

3 hours a day: trois heures par jour

After : après

Free time: du temps libre

Waiter: serveur

Waitress : serveuse

Gardener: jardinier

Delivery boy: livreur

Work as: travailler en tant que

Idioms (rituals)

1-It’s raining cats and dogs: il pleut des cordes

2-When pigs fly: quand les poules auront des dents