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Unit 3.1

Adjectives describing jobs:

  1. challenging - difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability

  2. exciting

  3. flexible - able to change to suit new conditions or situations

  4. glamorous - if you describe someone or sth as glamorous, you mean that they are more attractive, exciting, or interesting than ordinary people or things

  5. monotonous /məˈnɒtənəs/ - never changing and therefore boring

  6. motivating /ˈməʊtɪveɪtɪŋ/ - making you want to do sth, especially sth that involves hard work and effort

  7. repetitive /rɪˈpetətɪv/ - repetitive actions are repeated many times and are therefore boring

  8. rewarding /rɪˈwɔːdɪŋ/ - worth doing; that makes you happy because you think it is useful or important

  9. satisfying /ˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ/- giving pleasure because it provides sth you need or want

  10. stimulating /ˈstɪmjuleɪtɪŋ/ - making you feel enthusiastic

  11. stressful

To work:

  1. anti-social hours – to work evenings and weekends

  2. flexible hours

  3. from home

  4. nine to five - normal office hours ⇒ “he works nine to five”, “a nine-to-five job”

  5. overtime – time that you spend working at your job after you have worked your normal hours

do / work overtime

  1. shifts

  2. under pressure

  1. advertising campaign /ˈædvətaɪzɪŋ kæmˈpeɪn/

  2. annual bonus /ˈænjuəl ˈbəʊnəs/

  3. approximately /əˈprɒksɪmətli/ - приблизительно

  4. assist sb - to help sb to do sth

be assistant to sb

  1. attend meetings

  2. benefit

  3. branch – a local office/shop belonging to a large company ⇒ overseas branch

  4. chain – a group of shops owned by the same company

  5. chief executive officer (CEO) - the person in a company who has the most power and authority and is in charge of total management of the company

  6. competitive salary – means that the company where you are applying pays just as well if not better than other companies in the same field

  7. court /kɔːt/ - суд

  8. case – a question to be decided in court

  9. deal with customers on the phone and face to face

  10. deadline (for sth) - a point in time by which sth must be done

meet deadlines

miss the deadline

tight / tough deadlines

  1. desirable, but not essential

  2. disadvantaged /ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒd/- having less money and fewer opportunities than most people in society

  3. experience of sth / in doing sth

  4. be in charge of - having responsibility for

  5. be responsible for

  6. depend on

  7. fluency in - the quality of being able to speak or write a language, especially a foreign language, easily and well

be fluent in ⇒ She’s fluent in French

  1. job security – the probability that you will work in your job as long as you want to and will not become unemployed ⇒ a job with a high level of job security

  2. prospects for (promotion / career progress)

  3. preferably /ˈprefrəbli/ - is used to show that sth is more desirable or suitable

*Take exercise, preferably in the fresh air.

  1. report to sb - if you report to a particular manager in an organisation that you work for, they are officially responsible for your work and tell you what to do

  2. respected company

  3. supply - to make available or provide

supply sth to sb/sthForeign governments supplied arms to the rebels.

supply sb/sth with sthForeign governments supplied the rebels with arms.

supplier - a person or company that supplies goods ⇒ a leading supplier of computers in the UK

  1. support /səˈpɔːt/ - help, assistance ⇒ provide support to CEO

  2. pension

  3. perks - special benefits that are given to people who have a particular job

  4. share option - a right given to employees to buy shares in their company at a fixed price

*In addition to his salary, the new Chief Executive will receive a €10 million share option package.

  1. status /ˈsteɪtəs/ - the social or professional position of sb/sth in relation to others ⇒ low status jobs

  2. variety /vəˈraɪəti/ - the quality of not being the same or not doing the same thing all the time

  3. refund /ˈriːfʌnd/ - a sum of money that is paid back to you, especially because you returned goods to a shop ⇒ to claim/demand/receive a refund

  4. routine /ruːˈtiːn/ - the normal order and way in which you regularly do things

*Make exercise a part of your daily routine.

  1. worry - sth that worries you

  2. workaholic /ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk/

  1. be used to sth/to doing sth – is used to talk about sth that you are familiar with so that it no longer seems new or strange to you:

We’re used to the noise from the traffic now.

I’m used to getting up early.

You can also use get used to sth:

Don’t worry — you’ll soon get used to his sense of humour.

I didn’t think I could ever get used to living in a big city after living in the country.

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