6. HKDSE 2014 Learning English through Workplace Communication – The Hong Kong
Daily is asking students to submit an article about their summer job
experiences. You were employed as a costumed character performer in one of the
local theme parks last summer. In your article, write about your typical
working day, and the good things and bad things about your job. Write the
article. Written
by Ip yan Tao (F.5F)
Working in the theme park had always been my dream.
Different from the summer jobs at F-11, KFC, etc,, a
costumed character performer was much funnier. I could pick the character that
I liked, and play in the park all day long, although I had to be in my costume.
I had chosen Mickey and Stitch this summer. So, It was
Mickey every weekday and Stitch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, since there
were not enough Mickeys every day.
On a typical working day, I would just threw on the
Mickey costume and walked around the park, say hello to the kids and sometimes,
I would be taking part in the parade if there were really not enough Mickeys. I
was just a new comer. There were some ‘Old Mickeys’ who really acted like
Mickey. They could give people the ‘Mickey pose’ at any time. They knew Mickey
so well that I thought their look was turning ‘Mickey’.
Hanging out with the professional costumed character
performer was one of the best things about this summer job. When you went out
and ate with them, you would know what fun really meant, because they were all
good at making people happy. I was so glad I could make friends with them.
Sometimes, having lunch with them at the park was like eat with two Mickey
mice, two Donald Ducks, a Winnie the Pooh and a Pluto. Actually, you could
hardly eat because you would be too busy laughing.
Usually, I would be at ‘Fantasy Land’, nearby the ‘Merry-Go-Round.’
There were many people lining up, waiting to play, and my job was to make them
happy and forget how long they had been waiting for their turn to play. I found
that the easiest way was look close at a baby. Usually he or she would start
playing with my nose. I mean Mickey’s nose, and people nearby would start
smiling or even laughing because of the adorable baby.
Although I was still not good at making those ‘Mickey
pose’, I think I did quite well. And I wanted to say that I might be the best Stitch
ever.
Stitch is the naughtiest character ever. He loves
playing tricks, and so do I. Every time I played tricks on a guy, many people
laughed, and when he found out, he would laugh as well. It felt great to make
so many people happy at the same time. It was the best moment of my life.
You may ask me, there must be some bad things about
it, what was it? Putting on the costume in summer was really hot, but every
time I saw the joyful face of the visitors, it would be all gone. So simply,
there wasn’t any bad thing at all.
Getting to the park before nine every day, putting on
the costume, playing with the kids, enjoying the firework, then going home with
the happy faces that I have seen, how can’t this be called the best summer job?
No comments:
Post a Comment