UNIT 1
JOBS
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Task I. Study the Language reference.
1 a job, work
A job is work that you do for money.
Work is what you do in a job.
to work, to have a job (to have got a job), to do a job, to be in work, to be employed
not to work, not to have a job, to be out of work, to be unemployed
to work in + place or general area of work (a shop, an office, a bank, commerce, advertising, etc.)
to work with a person or item
to work on a project
to work as (a teacher)
to work for + name of company
to get to work
to start work at -
to finish work at
to leave work at (to leave work for home - )
2 a part-time job ; (, )
a full-time job - (, )
a permanent job
a temporary job
to have a part-time job = to work part-time - (, )
to have a temporary job = to be temping = to be a temp (informal)
3 What are you? = What do you do? = What are you doing? = What is your job? ? ( ?)
Task II. Practise using the Language reference.
1. The idea . can be expressed in English in different ways.
a) My father works. b) My father has a job. (My father has got a job). c) My father does a job. d) My father is in work. e) My father is employed.
2. Translate the sentence . into English.
Make up your own sentences using the Language reference.
Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions using the Language reference.
Example: - What are you? I am a student. Do you work? No, I dont. (Yes, I have a part-time job.)
Read and translate the text.
You can be a manager, a sales manager, a lawyer, a banker, a cook, an accountant or an economist. You can have a part-time job or a full-time job. It means you can work part-time or full-time. You can have a permanent job or a temporary job. You can have a part-time permanent job. You can have a part-time temporary job. You can have a full-time permanent job. You can have a full-time temporary job. When you have a temporary job you can say I am temping or I am a temp. You can be asked 'What do you do?' The answer can be 'I'm a marketing manager for an IT company.'
You can be out of work for some days, weeks, months or years but then you work full-time or part-time again.
You must get to work in time. You must start work in time. You leave work or finish work when you may do it.
Task III. Test it.
Circle the correct option.
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a) Julian is accountant / an accountant. He works for a big company.
b) I'm thinking of getting a new work / job.
c) Nick has always worked in / for marketing.
d) We generally arrive / get to work at about 8.00 a.m.
e) We're working with / on a new advert at the moment.
f) Peter Davidson works as / like a financial advisor.
g) I'd like a half-/part -time job really.
h) 'How/What do you do?' 'I'm the manager of a small company.'
i) I usually end/finish work at half past six.
j) I've got a six-month contract so it's only a permanent/temporary job.
k) Do you enjoy working with/for numbers?
Circle the correct option, A or B.
a) What do you do?
A I'm fine, thanks.
B I'm a personal trainer.
b) What's your job?
A I work like a personal trainer.
B I work as a personal trainer.
c) Do you work full-time?
A Yes, only two days a week.
B Yes, about 40 hours a week on average.
d) What sort of job are you looking for?
A I'd like to work in Sales.
B I'd like to work for Sales.
Find and correct four mistakes in the sentences.
a) Joe hasn't got a job. He's been out work for six months now.
b) Maria gets to work at nine.
c) Ed works in Microsoft.
d) James works for banking.
e) Do you enjoy working like a sales rep?
f) I'mworking on a very exciting project at the moment.
Task IV. Study the Language reference.
1 a career ; ;
A career is a job or occupation that you do for a long time.
A career is a series of jobs that you do for a long time in the same area of work.
2 to start work ( at the beginning of your working life)
3 to look for a job
to search the job websites on the net
to look at websites on the net -
to register with an employment agency
job-hunting -
to apply for a job ;
application
application form = a letter of application
4 a CV (curriculum vitae [kә΄rikjulәm ΄vi:tai] (BrE) = resume [΄rezju:mei] (AmE) = summary -
5 an interview (for a job)
to go to an interview
to be interviewed -
interviewee [͵intәvju:΄i:] = candidate
interviewer[΄intә͵vju:ә] -
to compete
competitor ,
competition -
6 an employer
an employee ,
to employ -
7 pay -
a wage ( , , )
a salary - ( , )
to be promoted to
duty -
to be in charge of = to be responsible for ,
to be responsible to -
8 to resign from a job ,
to resign from a job = to leave a job -
to resign = to fire = to sack = to give a sack
to be dismissed = to be fired = to be sacked = to get the sack
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to be made redundant -
to retire
to be retired ,
