Ex.2. Complete the sentences with words from the text.
1. I work very long ………. – I start at nine in the morning and finish at nine at night.
2. She did very well in her job. After two years, she got ………. To manager.
3. He’s a very ……….worker. He never arrives late and he always does his work on time.
4. If you’re really felling bad, you should take a day ………. sick.
5. I travel a lot with my job. I go all ………. the world. It’s great.
6. I work in the main university finance ………. as a secretary.
7. My job is quite boring. I’m getting a bit ………. up with it.
8. I have to clean all the toilets in the hotel. It’s really ………. !
Ex.3. Career or job?
You have a career when you change jobs several times within the same area. If you your career is goingwell each new job is better than the last one.
Put these words into two groups – careers and jobs.
Accountant fitness instructor the media
IT Business teacher
Civil servant lawyer tourism
Doctor marketing vet
Which of these careers and jobs would you be good at? Which could you never do? Why?
Tell a partner what you think. For example:
Key vocabulary
- I’d quite like to work in education, because I’m good with children and I’m good at listening to people.
- Oh really? I couldn’t do a job like that. I’m not very good at explaining things. I’d like to be an accountant because I’m good at maths.
Money
A decision
A mistake
A complaint Make
An appointment
Progress
An effort
Business
Northing
Someone a favour Do
Your best
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Ex.4. Complete the questions below with MAKE or DO in the correct form.
Are you generally good at making decisions? Does it depend on the kind of decision?
1. How do you feel if you know you’ve ……… a mistake while you’re speaking in English?
2. When was the last time you ………. someone a favour?
3. Have you ever ………. a complaint in a restaurant or shop?
4. When you have holidays, do you enjoy ………. nothing or do you like to be active?
5. In which areas do you think you are ………. most progress in your English?
Ask and answer the questions.
Ex.5 Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
1. Я еще не решил, чем хочу заниматься в будущем. У меня нет определенного (definite) призвания и таланта.
2. Мои родители уже на пенсии, придется мне самому зарабатывать себе на жизнь.
3. Он хотел пойти работать в банк своего отца, но прежде надо получить квалификацию для этой работы.
4. Я прочел рекламу в газете о работе в торговой фирме (trading company) . Они берут учеников. Я хочу подать документы для получения этой работы.
5. Я хочу устроиться на высокооплачиваемую работу и прилично зарабатывать.
6. Он совсем ничего не хочет делать, но при этом желает хорошо жить.
Ex.6. Read the text and answer the questions.