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Hello English learners and welcome to English Pod. My name is Marco.

Hi everyone. My name is Katherine and today we have another episode of our interview series lessons.

That's right. Today we're taking a look at a very important aspect of an interview. We're talking about salary and money.

That's right. So this is the end of the interview when we're starting to talk about details of the job. Let's check this out. Listen to the dialogue one time and when we come back we'll be talking more about what's going on.

The DialogueMr. Parsons: Okay. Well, I'm sure you have a number of questions to ask me regarding the position.

Rebecca: Yes. Well, Miss Charles did give me an overview of the position over the phone, but there were some details I'd like to clarify.

Mr. Parsons: Well, feel free to ask me anything and I'll try to fill in the details.

Rebecca: Could I first ask about the remuneration package?

Mr. Parsons: Yes, of course. That's quite an important point, isn't it? As a junior sub-editor, we offer a starting salary of 150,000 Hong Kong dollars per annum. This doesn't include a generous housing allowance also.

Rebecca: I understand. And are there other bonuses included?

Mr. Parsons: Well, apart from full health insurance, we do offer a company's staff bonus scheme linked to readership numbers, but we could go through all the details of that at a later date.

Rebecca: Well, Mr. Parsons, I am flexible when it comes to salary. The opportunity to work in Hong Kong with your company is the most important thing for me.

Mr. Parsons: Excellent. Well, what other questions do you have, Rebecca?

Language TakeawayAll right, we're back. So, let's take a look at a couple of words and phrases on language takeaway.

Okay, so this first phrase is a set phrase. That means these words often go together. The phrase is remuneration package.

That's right. A remuneration package. Rebecca said, "Could I first ask about the remuneration package?"

So, what's an easier way to say this, Marco?

Uh, I guess basically the salary.

That's right. But a package means that it's not just money, it's also some of the benefits or the bonuses. So this is a way to describe how a person is paid in general.

That's right. So the remuneration package that Rebecca is being offered, Mr. Parsons said that she would get a starting salary of $150,000 per annum. Okay. So this phrase starting salary is another fixed phrase. We have a lot of these today. That means these two words go together. Starting salary. So salary is easy. It's the amount of money you make either per month or per week or per year.

But what is a starting salary? How is that different?

Well, basically that's the money that you would start earning in the company. But obviously with time it could change and you can get more money.

So this means that you will start making this much money but it's possible that in the future you will make more. This is the starting salary.

That's right. And well, of course, as we said, it's $150,000 Hong Kong dollars per annum. So now we're specifying how often you're getting this money per annum.

So if it were per month, this might be a lot of money.

That's right.