Working as an Unpaid Intern in California - Should You be Paid? Attorney Adam Gonnelli Explains – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.You're working as an intern for a big company and you're working completely unpaid
2.The is should you be
3.My name is Adam Gonnelli and my firm handles cases were interns aren't being paid what they're supposed to be paid
4.Now when people think of interns, usually what they think of is a young person going in for college credit doing menial jobs and learning about the business
5.And some of that is perfectly fine
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C2)
benefiting
A2To be or to provide a benefit to.
Example:
"First, who's really benefiting?"
displacing
A2To put out of place; to disarrange.
Example:
"Look at it this way: if you can think of it as the intern coming in and displacing a minimum"
equivalent
A2Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
Example:
"or is it something that could be the equivalent for college credit (like being in a class)?"
information
B2That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".
Example:
"Now why might you need to know this information?"
question
B2A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
Example:
"The question is should you be?"
picking
A2To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
Example:
"They're learning about the business, picking up valuable skills?"
consider
A2To think about seriously.
Example:
"Another factor to consider is who's advantage is having this job?"
valuable
A2A personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.
Example:
"They're learning about the business, picking up valuable skills?"
employee
A2An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.
Example:
"Or is the advantage all to the employer who gets an employee who's working for nothing?"
nothing
A2Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
Example:
"Or is the advantage all to the employer who gets an employee who's working for nothing?"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| benefiting | A2 | To be or to provide a benefit to. |
| displacing | A2 | To put out of place; to disarrange. |
| equivalent | A2 | Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc. |
| information | B2 | That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is". |
| question | B2 | A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative. |
| picking | A2 | To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. |
| consider | A2 | To think about seriously. |
| valuable | A2 | A personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form. |
| employee | A2 | An individual who provides labor to a company or another person. |
| nothing | A2 | Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance. |
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