9 . Live to work or work to live?

1. Which of the statements do you agree with?

1 Work is the most important thing in life.

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

2. Read what three people say about their job. Complete the chart with notes on the good and bad things about Anna's, Tony's, and Erika's jobs.

Anna, 18.

Erica, 25

Tony, 28

	Good things	Bad things
Anna
Tony
Erika

3. Match the words in bold from the text with the definitions (1-8)

1 The people you work with _________________________________________________

2 The number of hours in the week you spend doing your job ______________________

3 The money you receive every month for the work you have done __________________

4 The things you do, usually with the other people, outside the work _________________

5 The time you have for eating in the middle of the working day ____________________

6 The time you spend at work after your normal working hours _____________________

7 A system where you can choose when to start and finish work _____________________

8 The usual order and way that you regularly do things _____________________________

4. Complete the sentences (1-6) with an adjective from the box.

Boring busy difficult creative interesting stressful

1. If we have too much work and not enough time, it can be quite ____________________.

2. I my job, I use my imagination and ideas a lot, so the work is _____________________.

3. I do the same thing every day – my job is _____________________________________.

4. There is so much to do at work that I'm always _________________________________.

5. Sometimes my job is _____________, but I would get bored if it was too easy.

6. My job is very __________________ because I'm always learning new things.

5. Which of the jobs in Ex. 2 would you most like to have? Which would you least like to have? Why?

6. Match each job with its description.

1 An accountant a) supplies information about a company to the public

2 The CEO b) keeps and checks the financial records of a company

3 A computer programmer c) studies business operations and uses a computer to plan changes

4 A systems analyst d) writes instructions for computers to do certain tasks

5 A PR officer e) helps a manager by doing some of their work for them.

6 A PA f) in the most senior manager in a company

7. Complete the sentences with the words in the correct form from the box.

involve be in charge deal make sure be responsible

1 Rachel works for Research and Development. Her job _______________ developing new products and new ideas.

2 Katherine is our Quality Control Inspector. She _____________ for monitoring our products and trying to improve their quality.

3 Olga Vogel works for Personnel. She ___________ with staff problems, as well as with recruitment and training.

4 Ivan Zorin is our Security Officer. He ____________ that our staff and premises are protected against crime.

5 Sergio is our new Maintenance Engineer. He checks all our equipment regularly and ___________ of all repairs.