Some students prefer a part­time job after class to earn some money and improve their working and communication abilities. Here are some good companies for you to choose.

1. In­N­Out Burger

It’s the best hamburger shop in the west of America. Thought as one of the best employers, it offers flexible working hours and the highest starting part­time salaries (薪水). Above all, the company treats its workers the way they would like to be treated: like family.

Position: selling assistant (experience required)

Website：www.in­n­out.com

2. Starbucks Coffee

Starbucks has been a leader of the United States’ coffee. Working hours are flexible. There is also a 30% discount and a free pound of coffee or box of tea every week.

Position: coffee waiter (experience required)

Website: www.starbucks.com

3. Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market is the world’s largest natural and organic food selling company. With its focus on organic food, Whole Foods Market is all about health. Working hours are not fixed. You can get a 20% discount. There are also training courses on health and food every week.

Position: secretary

Website: www.wholefoodsmarket.com

4. Lands’ End

Lands’ End is a Wisconsin­based clothing retailer(零售商). Working hours can be changed easily to suit any new situation. Workers (even part­time workers) have the chance to go to a company­owned centre and get a 25% discount, and an invitation to the yearly company picnic.

Position: salesman

Website: www.landsend.com

Some people learn a foreign language because they want to communicate with the local people. Some other people are just curious about foreign cultures. Whatever your reason may be，the best foreign language software around will certainly help you pick up the language in a few weeks. You will be able to speak fluently and understand the language clearly as well.

Tell Me More

This software is widely used in U. S. schools，and it is believed to be the best foreign language learning software around the world. It offers instructions for learning Arabic，Chinese，Dutch，English，French，German，Italian，Japanese and Spanish. However，the software does not come cheap as it costs around $250.

Talk Now

If you are looking for cheaper language learning software，then this is just the suitable choice for you. This software will cost you around $40，and even though it is not as useful as Tell Me More，it is still very good software for the purpose. The disadvantage is that there is a clear lack of interactive （相互作用的） activities for users so it does not result in fluency.

Instant Immersion

This software supplies learning material for up to 35 different languages，and it is widely considered as the best software for learning Spanish as well. It will cost you around $30，and this is a very reasonable price for such a piece of highly recommended and loved language learning software. The learning courses are highly interactive，and the ever present speech recognition feature ensures that you are getting the pronunciation right when you speak.

Kid Speak

This is a kind of foreign language translation software that you can make use of，and it will cost you around $30. So it is safe to say that the level of performance will be similar to that of Talk Now. This software is designed more for the use of children for is interesting videos.