1. As soon as I (get) there, I (write) you a letter.
2. She (buy) that house when she (have) enough money.
3. I (phone) you if I (be) late.
4. I (buy) this companys shares as soon as the price (come down).
5. The machine (not work) until you (press) that button.
6. I (fly) to Greece after the strike (be) over.
7. We (have) to stay here till the rain (stop).
8. If I (see) him I (ask) for a rise.
9. As soon as I (hear) from him I (let) you know.
10. Our shop (not give) you your money back if you (not bring) the receipt.
11. If they (close) the factory, a lot of small businesses (suffer).
12. Our sales (fall) when we (put up) prices.
Ex.3. Translate into English:
1. , .
2. , .
3. ϳ , , .
4. , .
5. , .
6. , .
7. , .
8. , .
9. 볺 , .
10. , .
11. , .
12. ³ , .
Speech and Discussion
Ex.1. Discuss with your groupmates what way of being paid is the most attractive for an executive.
Ex.2. Do you think that employees benefits are really necessary? Why?
Ex.3. Imagine the manager of a firm is interviewing applicants who have applied for the job of his personal secretary. You are also being interviewed. Give a conversation between the manager and yourself.
The manager wants to know: your name, age, address, details of your education, qualifications, why you are interested in the job, the names of the people who could send personal references, etc.
You would like to know: what kind of work you will have to do, about your salary, holidays, fringe benefits and bonuses, a company pension scheme, working hours, etc.
Ex.4. Speak about the perks you would like to have in order to get what you want.
Ex.5. Familiarize yourself with the following idioms. Consult your dictionary and translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Think of situations where you could use them.
1. I hope that, by the time you retire, your son will be old enough to step into your shoes.
2. Dont get shirty with me; I didnt take your book.
|
|
|
3. Now her husband has lost his job, she will be obliged to cut her coat according to her cloth.
4. He has it together and is doing well in business.
5. All I had to do was to walk up and down the room and smile at the customers. It was money for jam.
Ex.6. Comment on the following:
Patience pays dividends.
(Anonymous)
Lesson 6
Text: Leaving a job
Grammar: Tense Revision. Progress Test I
Terms to remember:
| resign (v) | ™ | ; ; |
| quit ones job (v) | ™ | ; ; |
| retire (v) | ™ | , ( ), |
| take early retirement (v) | ™ | ( ) |
| unemployed | ™ | |
| closure | ™ | , |
| dismiss (v) | ™ | ( ) |
| dismissal | ™ | |
| lay off (v) | ™ | ; . |
| make redundant (v) | ™ | |
| redundancy | ™ | ; () |
| outplacement | ™ | , |
| redundancy payment | ™ | ( ) |
| fire (v) | ™ | . |
| terminate (v) | ™ | |
| sack (v) | ™ |
Leaving a Job
There are various ways to leave a job. Some people leave a job voluntary and some involuntary. A person resigns, or quits his job, when he leaves it voluntary. At the age of 60 many employees retire, though the retirement age varies from one country to another. Some employees leave at an earlier age; this is known as taking early retirement.
Labour market is very flexible. Companies can react quickly to economic problems. Company reorganization, relocation or closure often result in job losses. When people lose their jobs, they are dismissed, laid off or made redundant. These job losses are known as redundancies, dismissals or lay-offs. An employee who is made redundant or laid off has a right to receive compensation in the form of a redundancy payment. This is an amount of money paid out to compensate the employee for the job loss; it is calculated according to the age, length of service and the salary earned by the employee. They may also get advice about finding another job, retraining, etc. This is called outplacement advice.
When people are made to leave the organization we say that they are fired, terminated or sacked. For them, finding a new job may be difficult and as a result they become unemployed.
Exercises in Word Study
Ex.1. Form nouns from the following verbs:
resign, retire, reorganize, relocate, close, lose, dismiss, pay, vary, form.
Ex.2. Give the English for:
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; (); ; .
Ex.3. Match words from list A with words from list B that have a similar meaning:
|
|
|
| A | B |
| resign vary fire redundancy receive salary amount unemployed | jobless sack quit (ones job) change sum dismissal obtain wages |
Ex.4. Find suitable opposites to the following words and phrases:
hire, remain, find, waste, voluntarily, location, receive, closure, early, react, jobless.
