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4.2. Learn all these words which are used in front of ‘job’ and ‘work’:

satisfying, stimulating, fascinating, exciting: the work is interesting and gives you positive feelings.

Dull, boring, uninteresting, unstimulating: the work is not interesting.

Repetitive, routine: the work involves doing the same things again and again.

Tiring, tough, hard, demanding: the work is difficult and makes you tired.

Nature of work

My work involves…

+ noun human contact long hours team work

+ -ing

solving problems traveling a lot

dealing with customers

4.3. Five people talk about their jobs. Match the jobs (1–5) to the people (a–e) and put the words in brackets into the correct grammatical forms:

1. Accountant a)

2. Postwoman b)

3. Flight attendant c)

4. Software developer d)

5. Teacher e)

Obviously, my work involves (travel) a lot. It can be quite physically (tire), but I enjoy (deal) with customers, except they become violent. Luckilythisdoesn’t happenoften. I like (work) with figures, but my job is much less (bore) and routine than peo-ple think. The work (involve) a lot of human contact and teamwork, working with other managers.

Of course, it involves getting up quite early in the morning. But I like (be) out in the open air. And I get a lot of exercise! You’ve got to think in a very logical way. The workcanbe mentally(tire) but it’svery satisfyingtowriteaprogramthatworks. Ilovemyjob.It’svery(stimulate)andnotat all (repeat): no two days are the same. It’s goodtoseethechildrenlearnanddevelop.

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4.4. Answer the questions:

1. Which of these statements do you agree with? a) Work is the most important thing in life.

b) Work is just a way to get money so you can do the things you enjoy.

2. What sort of job would you like to do (responsibilities / routine / working hours)?

4.5. Write a description for the job you would like and say why you feel you are suitable for it.

5. WORK-LIFE BALANCE

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Study the following word combinations in bold type and use them in the gaps in the article below:

Stress

People talk a lot about being under (a lot of) stress or pressure. They say their work is stressful and that they feel stressed or stressed out. They want to find ways to de-stress. They may complain that they have stress-related illness. Some people may suffer burn-out or a completebreakdown,which meanstheyarenolongerabletowork.

Payouts predicted for stressed teachers

Teachers could win settlements of up to £250,000 over a work-related (1) …, a senior lawyer for the National Union of Teachers has predicted, following last week’s £47,000 compensation deal for a Wirral secondary teacher made ill by overwork.

For those who believe that teaching is an easy life, the story of Muriel Benson came as a reminder of the pressures. She was forced to retire three years ago from a senior post at Prenton High School because her health could not stand up to a 66-hour weekly overload.

Wirral council is refusing to discuss Benson’s case, but, ac-cording to her side of the story, the breakdown that led to her early retirement also followed a failure by her employers to address the problems causing her (2) … illness.

Doug McAvoy, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: ‘This case is clearly a warning to teachers’ em-ployers that neglect of a (3) … situation could lead to significant medical damage. They must not allow that danger to develop and

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destroy a teacher’s carrier. We know there are hundreds of teachers out there who are feeling (4) … and pressured. They can be protect-ed if they come to us for help.’

But Neil Fletcher, education secretary of the Local Govern-ment Association, said: ‘There is no evidence that teaching is be-coming more (5) …’

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