2. Starting with the words you are given, rewrite each of these sentences using vocabulary from the previous text. The basic meaning must stay the same.

Example: I'm a banker.

I work…....in banking……

1 What do you do?

What's ……………………

2 I earn $50,000 dollars.

My ……………………….

3. I get £20,000 from my teaching job and another £10,000 from writing.

My total …………………….

3. I am a shop-assisstant.

I work for …………………….

5 In my job I have to look after and maintain all the computers in the building.

My job involves ……………..

6 I'm responsible for one of the smaller departments.

I'm in ……………..

3. This is part of a conversation with a teacher about her job. Can you supply the missing questions?

A: ?

B. I usually start at nine and finish at four.

A. ………………………………..?

B. Yes a bit. On certain courses I work until five o'clock, and then I get paid extra.

A. ?

B. Twelve weeks. That's one of the good things about being a teacher.

A. ?

B. No we don't, I'm afraid. That's one of the disadvantages of being a teacher. But I suppose money isn't everything.

4. Can you answer these general knowledge questions about work?

1. What are normal working hours for most office jobs in your country?

2. Can you name three jobs that get very high salaries in your country?

3. When you start paying income tax in your country, what is the minimum amount you have to pay?

4. What jobs often involve shiftwork? (Give at least two examples.)

5. Is flexi-time common in your company or your country?

5. Think and speak about your own job. How many of the things described in the text do you do? How is your work different? Can you explain your responsibilities and daily duties in English?

Text 5. Read the text. Do the exercises below.

N ow you’re hired

You are now working for your phone company and your bank. The self-service economy is growing today. In self-service economy companies make their customers do their work. Self-service has benefits both for customers and companies.

The idea of self-service is new. In 1916 Clarence Saunders, an American entrepreneur opened the first self-service Piggly Wiggly supermarket. Then came laundromats, cafeterias, self-service car washes, all of which were variations on the same theme.

But now, with the rise of the web, companies are taking self-service into new levels. Millions of people now manage their finances, track packages, buy cinema and theatre tickets, reserve and buy train and plane tickets while they are sitting in front of their computers. They plan their own travel itineraries and make their own hotel and airline bookings: later in the hotel they may even check themselves in. And they do all of this with mouse in hand and no human employees in sight. Self-service systems can save companies money and make customers happy.

So, you don’t realize that you are always working for someone. You may be an employee even if you are unemployed.

Exercise 1. Fill in the gaps with missing words. Consult the text.

1. The self-service ... is growing today.

2. Self-service has benefits both for … and companies.

3. An American … opened the first self-service supermarket in 1916.

4. Today … are taking self-service into new levels.

5. Nowadays businessmen plan their own travel … and make their own hotel and airline bookings.

6. You may be an ... even if you are unemployed.

Exercise 2. Match the words with their synonyms.

to increase timetable

firm customer

advantage unemployed

client entrepreneur

itinerary to grow

jobless benefit

an owner of business company

Tick (٧) places with self-service.

The place	٧
ATM (money machine)
Supermarket
Library
Internet shop
Petrol station
Bank
Coffee machine

Text 6. Read and translate the text. Study the highlighted words