10. Look at pictures a and b.

• Compare the two jobs in the pictures.

• What qualities should a ballet dancer or a doctor have?

• Would you like to be a doctor, a ballet dancer or neither of them? Justify your answer.

• Which of the above jobs would be closer to your preference and why? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages.

B. JOBS AND LIFESTYLES

1. Look at these newspaper cuttings. Compare the jobs and lifestyles they describe.

A Rising Star

Actress Fiona Day has spent the last four month in the Bahamas shooting her latest film, «The Bermuda Crisis». She is said to have earned a fee of $5 million. She said, «The filming was hard work in parts, particularly the sailing and the scuba diving, but I enjoyed it very much. I’m now taking a six-month break to be with my children».

Office Winner

Office clerk Angela McKeon has won a holiday in Majorca after working for Granchester bus company for ten years without a single day off sick. Angela, who normally works a nine-to-five day in the enquiry office said, «It’s wonderful. On the money I earn, I couldn’t possibly afford a holiday like this. I’m really looking forward to it».

Big Deal

Business tycoon Tommy Hardwood has just flown into Paris first class on a flight from Singapore, where he closed a multimillion-pound business deal. Hardwood’s company and an international airline. Hardwood says of his success, «The work is hard, but the rewards are great». The man himself is estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars.

2. Use the words below to complete the table. Then talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each job as in the example:

creative, glamorous, V.I.P., immense responsibility, respected, deskbound, routine, deadlines, regular wage, outdoor, active, publicity, stress, hard, wealthy, popularity, rewarding, personal contact, varied boredom, excitement

JOBS	ADVANTAGES	DISADVANTAGES
entertainer	publicity,popularity, excitement	stress, job insecurity
business executive
office clerk
professional athlete
freelance journalist
labourer
architect
doctor

eg. A successful entertainer’s life can be quite exciting. She/he is exposed to a lot of publicity and within a short period this success can lead to a wealthy lifestyle.

However, they tend to suffer from stress as their career can be quite insecure.

3. Read the newspaper article and fill in the gaps with words from the list below.

comfortable ambition tycoon dreaming on the breadline achievement make ends meet entrepreneur poverty business well off

From Rags to Riches

Billionaire Mike Burbridge hasn’t always had it easy. As a young child in New York his family weren’t very 1)…………….., though they were at least 2)…………….. . Both his parents worked and he had everything he really needed. But then, his father became ill and his mother had to leave her job to look after him.

The family were no longer able to 3)……………. . Mike remembers when they were living 4)…………….. , «Times were tough, weeks went by when we wouldn’t have a proper meal, I forgot what it was like to have a full stomach.» The only way Mike got through these years of extreme 5)…………….., was by 6)………………… of a future in which he would be able to have anything that he wanted. This dream gave Mike the 7)………….. to succeed in his life where his parents had failed. From the age of 14 Mike worked day and night doing several jobs at a time. After years of hard work he finally had enough money to start his own 8)……………. . His company did exceptionally well. Mike had a nose for business, and he soon became known in the city as a 9)……………… . Every company he set up made money. The money rolled in, and Mike became a powerful man in business, a real 10)……………… By anyone’s estimation Mike Burbridge’s path to power and riches is a huge 11)………………. .