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Just check out the local laws where you are working.
只要看看你工作的地方的法律就可以了。
We found one news article in the USA which told the story of cops stopping teens in one town from shoveling snow because such a job was described as being an "unlicensed solicitor and peddler."
美国的一篇新闻里讲到有一个城镇的警察阻止青少年铲雪，因为这样的工作被描述为“无证律师和小贩”。
It's really up to the cops and the laws in the state, but we found at times youngsters have been stopped selling cookies or lemonade in the street.
这完全取决于警察和该州的法律，但我们发现有时年轻人会被禁止在街上卖饼干或者柠檬水。
They won't get charged with anything, though.
不过他们不会被指控任何罪名。
5. Rent Stuff You might not know this, but there are websites out there where people just rent out stuff and they do well out of it.
5. 租东西。你可能不知道这个，但有一些网站，人们只是租东西，他们做得很好。
There's one in the UK called rentnotbuy.co.uk and people rent out just about anything.
英国有一个叫rentnotbuy.co的网站，人们在上面可以出租几乎任何东西。
Does your family have a leaf blower, a lawnmower, some power tools
你家里有吹叶机、割草机或者其他电动工具吗？
Are your parents ok with you renting their stuff out, or do you own the things yourself
你的父母同意你把他们的东西租出去吗？还是说这些东西属于你？
If so, start renting. We found just about everything you can imagine being rented out.
如果属于你的话，那就开始出租吧。我们找到了所有你能想到的可以出租的东西。
One guy was renting out his BBQ grill for almost 40 bucks a day. Another person was renting out a cake tin for three dollars a day.
有一个人以每天40美元的价格出租他的烧烤架，还有一个人以每天三美元的价格出租一个蛋糕罐。
When you are renting stuff to others you are also lowering consumption, so sharing is caring for the environment.
当你把东西租给别人的时候你也在降低消费，所以分享就是保护环境。
Maybe you have sporting equipment, a bicycle, a trampoline that just sits in the yard doing nothing. Rent that stuff out.
或许你有运动器材、一辆自行车、一个闲在院子里的蹦床，把这些东西租出去吧。
Just go online and find out where you can do this. Again, make sure your parents know about this.
只要上网找到能出租的网站就可以了。再强调一下，要确保你的父母知道你在出租。
4. Helping the Elderly Online Some of you teenagers are way more computer literate than a lot of older folks.
4. 帮助老年人上网。你们中的一些青少年比很多老年人更会使用电脑。
You'd be surprised how many people don't know what an ISP is or don't really understand how a modem works.
你会惊讶于有很多人不知道ISP是什么，或者不怎么了解调制解调器的工作原理。
Often when someone's internet is not working for them, there is a really easy fix, or perhaps someone wants to export some data from one place to another but they don't know how to do it.
当某人的网络不适合他们时通常有一个非常简单的解决办法，或者可能有人想将一些数据从一个地方导到另外一个地方，但他们不知道怎么去弄。
Maybe they have a load of old family photographs, but don't know how to digitize them using a scanner, etc. That's where you come in.
或许他们有一大堆家庭旧照片，但不知道如何用扫描仪将它们数字化，等等。这就到了你发挥作用的时候了。
You offer yourself as a kind of IT support worker, so you might visit the house of people you know or just tell them what to do online.
你可以把自己作为一名IT支持工作者，你可以去拜访你认识的人，或者只是在网上告诉他们该怎么做。
We should say here that when we are talking about visiting people, make sure you have your parents' consent or perhaps just work with people you know.
我们要说的是，当我们谈论拜访别人时，确保你得到了你父母的同意，或者可以和你认识的人一起工作。
3. Podcasting Ok, so you might not have as much as life experience as Joe Rogan or Sam Harris, but you know what, young folks sometimes just want to have a laugh and they want to know what their peers think.
3.好吧，你们可能没有乔·罗根或萨姆·哈里斯那么多的生活经验，但是你们知道吗，年轻人有时候只是想找点乐子，他们想知道自己的同龄人是怎么想的。
You can start young and it really doesn't take much effort to record or video a conversation. You can look at tutorials online to see how you might get started.
你可以从很小的时候开始，并且真的不需要花费太多的精力去记录或录下一段对话，您可以查看在线教程来了解如何开始。
Maybe you could talk about events at your school, or do a podcast on local sports, fashion, whatever you think is interesting.
或许你可以谈论学校的活动，或者做一个关于当地体育、时尚等你认为有趣的播客。
You can be the voice of the youth in your area and many people might find this an education. You could talk about gaming, or even interview adults.
你可以为你所在地区的年轻人发声，很多人可能会发现这也是一种教育。你可以谈论游戏，甚至可以采访成年人。
Young people are already doing this and when enough people start watching your content you can make money from running ads on the platform.
年轻人已经在这么做了，等到有足够多的人开始观看你发布的内容时，你就可以通过在平台上投放广告来赚钱。
We found some people doing podcasts for teens made by teens and they were getting quite a lot of hits. This could turn into a career for you.
我们发现有些人为青少年做播客，点击率很高。这也可能会成为你的职业。
There's no immediate pay-off, but you could get big in time.
虽说回报不会立竿见影，但可以在一段时间内挣大钱。
2. Online Sales You can just start selling stuff on Facebook or on websites such as Etsy or eBay and it's as simple as that.
2. 在网上卖东西。你可以在Facebook或Etsy或eBay这样的网站上卖东西，就这么简单。
We found a recent headline in The Guardian newspaper that went, "Meet the teens making thousands from selling online."
我们在《卫报》上发现了一篇最近的文章，“看看通过网上销售赚了数千美元的青少年。”
They were using lots of platforms to sell their stuff, but sometimes Facebook was the way to find customers.
他们会用很多平台来销售自己的产品，但有时他们会用Facebook来挖掘客户。
Sometimes they just found clothing and sold it on for more than they paid for it.
有时他们只是找到衣服，然后以高于买价的价格卖掉。
One teen was even selling Rubik's cubes, while another guy was selling Dungeons and Dragons dice.
有一个青少年甚至在卖魔方，有一个人在卖龙与地下城的骰子，
Another girl was making big money from buying second-hand women's luxury bags and then re-selling them on Facebook.
还有一个女孩买了二手女性奢侈包，然后在脸书上转售，赚了一大笔钱。
Over the years she became the go-to person to sell a bag to and the go-to person to buy one if you couldn't afford a brand new one.
多年来，她成了卖包“专人”，此外，如果你买不起全新的包包，也可以让“专人”帮你去买。
If you have a good eye for products and can generate a big enough following, you can make a lot of money doing this in your teens.
如果你眼光很好并且能够吸引足够多的粉丝，那么你在十几岁的时候就可以赚很多钱。
The proof is numerous newspaper articles that feature these teens. We are talking about making thousands of dollars a month.
证据就是报纸上大量报道这些青少年的文章，我们说的可是一个月能够好几千美元的青少年。
1. Gaming The holy grail of making tons of money online from doing something you love is gaming.
1. 游戏。能够通过做自己喜欢做的事情而在网上赚大钱的必杀技就是游戏。
You might have seen how an American teen just won $3 million from winning a Fortnite competition. Three others also became millionaires.
你或许见过一个美国少年如何赢得《堡垒之夜》比赛的300万美元，另外三人也成为了百万富翁。
Not everyone can be the best or even be a pro-gamer who streams their gameplay, but you can make a steady income playing games.
并不是每个人都能成为最优秀的玩家，或者成为能够传播游戏玩法的职业玩家，但你可以通过玩游戏来获得稳定的收入。
You could become a game tester and make some money, or even become a gaming coach by joining up to a site such as gamersensei.com.
你可以成为一名游戏测试员来赚些钱，甚至可以通过加入像gamersensei.com这样的网站成为一名游戏教练。
For that site you have to be 13 or over. If you know you are very good at a certain game you can try being a coach.
该网站要求游戏教练必须是13岁或以上，如果你觉得自己很擅长某项游戏，那么你可以试着当一名游戏教练。
Check out the website PlayVig, whose motto is "get paid to play" and while you might not get rich like the pros, it's a start.
你可以看一下PlayVig网站，它的标语就是“通过玩游戏获得报酬”，虽然你可能不会像专业人士那样富有，但这是一个开始。
Look online for the games which can earn you real money. We found some young Roblox developers making tons of cash, and with enough practice you could do this, too.
在网上寻找可以赚钱的游戏。我们发现一些年轻的《Roblox》开发者赚了很多钱，如果你练习得足够多，那么你也可以做到这一点。
Some creators and sellers in that game were puling in $250 a month, but others were getting rich.
这款游戏的一些创作者和卖家每月能赚到250美元，但也有一些人越来越富有。
Dedicate yourself to gaming and this could become a job. You might even help your parents retire early.
把自己投身到游戏中，那么游戏就可能成为你的一份工作，你甚至可以帮助父母提前退休。
Making money is serious business, so now we'd like you to watch some of our most exciting shows we've ever made.
赚钱是件严肃的事情，所以现在我们想让大家看看我们制作的最激动人心的节目。
Try this one, "Surprisingly High Paying Jobs" or this one, "What A Day In The Life of A Neanderthal Was Like". Go ahead, pick one! You won't regret it!
试试看下这个，“出奇高的高薪工作”或者这个，“尼安德特人一天的生活是怎样的”。来吧，挑一个！你不会后悔的！
