Getting a Job

You can find information about jobs at a number of different places.

At school. During their last years at school, students get advice about further study and finding jobs. All secondary schools have a careers teacher. It’s his/her job to provide students with information about study and work. Careers teachers will arrange visits to factories, offices, colleges, etc. they invite people from local organisations to come to the school to talk to the students. They also help students to apply for jobs.

A lot of schools now organise ‘work experience’ for students in the last two compulsory years of school (aged 14-16). The students go out to work for a week. They work in all kinds of places – factories, shops, offices, hotels. Afterwards they have to write about their experience and what it has taught them. (Most students report that school isn’t so bad after all!)

Outside school. For people who have already left school, there are a number of places where you can find out about jobs. Local newspapers carry advertisements for jobs, and there is a Job Centre in every large town. Jobs are advertised here by employers. If you are unemployed, you can go to the Job Centre to look for a job.

More and more young people now continue their studies as long as possible. They go on from school to university or a college to get higher qualifications. There are also several training schemes, where young people can learn the skills to help them get a better job.

a) Answer the following questions briefly.

1. How do people find information about jobs in your country?

2. What do you think about the work of the careers teachers? Do schools in you country have them?

b) Make up a plan of the text in the form of the questions of different types (not less than 5 questions).

c) Underline the sentence(s) in the passive voice.

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1. Fill in the infinitive or the gerund and translate into Ukrainian/Russian:

1. How about __________ (play) tennis tomorrow?

2. He is old enough __________ (learn) how to drive.

3. I hate _________ (live) in the city.

4. He went to Paris _________ (study) French and the history of France.

5. __________ (Drink) milk is good for your health.

2. Fill in Future Simple, Present Continuous, Present Simple or construction to be going to and translate sentences into Ukrainian/Russian:

1. We _________ (have) a wedding party next Saturday. Would you like to come?

2. Stop that noise or I ___________ (send) you tp your room.

3. Excuse me. What time ____________ (this train/get) to London? – Hurry up! It __________ (arrive).

4. I ___________ (help) you cut the tree tomorrow. I promise!

5. Ruth ___________ (not/come) with us. She’s too busy at work.

3. Fill in the definite article where necessary:

1. The headquarter of … European Community is in … Brussels.

2. … Kremlin is in … Red Square in … Moscow.

3. Frank is a student of … Liverpool University.

4. … Carpathian Mountains influence the weather of the western regions of our country.

5. Last year I visited … United States.

4. Put the verb into correct form of the passive voice and translate sentences into Ukrainian/Russian:

1. Most of the Earth’s surface _____________ (cover) by water.

2. When ____________ (television/invent)?

3. A decision _____________ (not/make) until the next morning.

4. In the United States, elections for President ____________ (hold) every four years.

5. Make the following sentences passive not mentioning the doer where necessary. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian/Russian:

1. At last he realized that nobody would call upon him.

2. People don’t use this road very often.

3. Did the noise frighten you?

4. Two separate examiners will question each candidate in turn.

6. Read and translate the following text: