トム・ド・サヴォワ Tomme de Savoie は硬めのチーズ。皮は捨て、中身を薄切りで味わうのが風流。冷蔵庫で保存。結構長持ちしますので少しづつ出しては食べます。くせがなく、口の中で芳香豊かに味わえます。サヴォワ地方は一度行きましたが、緩やかな山々に放牧された牛たちがのんびりと過ごし、山の地平線に牛の姿が見えた時はさすがに驚きました。フランス人に愛されるチーズの一つです。
Whatever the cause, the high number of part-time jobs today has important implications for job seekers as part-time jobs often come without social benefits. Along with the scarcity of benefits, part-time workers -those working less than 35 hours a week- often have lower hourly wages and little or no paid vacation or sick leave.
2.the scarcity of benefits の意味は?
Joe Catanzaro had no health insurance and suffered for it last year. He endured five days of headaches and visual problems. But instead of seeing a doctor immediately he waited until he could no longer stand the pain and then went to a nearby hospital. The headache turned out to be the result of a serious brain disease. He took two weeks off, without pay, from his part-time job while he recovered.
3. ジョーの頭痛の原因は何でしたか。
4. ジョーの頭痛の治療にかかった2週間の間、勤務先から給与は出ていましたか。
[Chuck Harner, 63, worked for 15 years as a manager before he was laid off in 2001. He has a doctorate in mathematics but spent the next 18 months searching fruitlessly for fulltime work. In April 2003 he found a 12-hour-a-week job at a supermarket where he does everything from sweeping the floors to selling books and records. As a manager, he made more than $1 00,000 annually. Now he earns about $7 an hour.]
Still, some workers like part-time work because of the flexibility it affords. Lana Caywood, 49, a teacher, is happily employed three days a week at an elementary school. She likes it because it gives her time for her family.
7.ラナは、1週間に何回小学校で教えていますか。
Flexibility is important for many workers. In a 2004 survey of 946 full-time professionals, 39 percent said that they would definitely accept a job paying up to 10 percent less but offering more work-life balance. And 87 percent said that they looked for flexible hours in a new job. The part-time marketplace is also more accommodating for the laid-off textile worker seeking to retrain, the baby boomer who wants to spend more time with family and the senior citizen who is not ready to retire.