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5.money paid for manual work

6.money which allows one to provide for a living

7.to leave one's job or position

Ex. 10. Paraphrase the following.

1.My father has been unemployed for months.

2.He is keen to become a doctor.

3.Teaching children is more than just a way of making money: it is a special call from God.

4.He has become a diplomat.

5.I am totally indifferent to it.

6.I've got a job for you.

7.He has never had the sense of fitness or ability for teaching.

8.My son is very skillful as a driver.

9.Only after much hard work are most of us able to realise our dreams.

10.My uncle directs an aircraft factory.

11.The company hires people according to their skill.

12.He was a stock-broker.

13.When he left school, he took up a job of a lorry driver.

Ex. 11. Complete each sentence by using a word from the box. employ - employer - employee - unemployed - employment – unemployment

1.We are______________a new interpreter from September 1.

2.He is______________at present and is job hunting.

3.We were______________to do some seasonal job.

4.My______________wouldn't like me to be late.

5.Office______________are called white-collar workers.

6.Being a housewife is full-time ____________ .

7.______________is a major social problem.

8.The_____________ are on the dole in the United Kingdom.

Ex. 12. Fill in the right word.

A.Out of Work

left school, to find a job, given up, looking through, receptionist, move to, living on my own, out of work, queueing, local paper, applicants, take any job, unemployment benefit, youth unemployment

In Britain a lot of people are 1)____ . Tracey Chapman is 18, and she 2) ____

a year ago. She lives in the North East, an area of high 3) ____. She hasn't been able 4) ____ yet. "My dad just doesn't understand. He started working in a steel mill when he was 15. Things are different now, but he thinks I should start bringing home some money. Oh, I get my 5) ____ but that isn't much and I'm fed up with 6) ____ for it every Thursday. I hate having to ask my mum and dad for money. Oh, my mum gives me a couple of pounds for tights now and then, but she can't stand seeing me at home all day. I've almost 7) ____ looking for a job. I buy the 8) ____ every day but I'm really tired of 9) ____ the "Situations Vacant" column. There are 50 10) ____ for every job. I was interested in being a dentist's 11) ____ because I like meeting people, but now I'd 12) ____ at all. People ask me why I don't 13) ____ London, but I don't want to leave my family and friends. Anyway, I'm scared of 14) ____ in a big city."

B.

To close, refusals, the interviewers, to train, to retire, a company car, doing a job, am tired of, looking for a job, point of view, am terrified of, redundant, new skill, applying for a job, economic difficulties, production manager, was bored with, good redundancy pay

George Morley is 54. Until last year he was a 1)____ in the textile industry. He had worked for the same company since he left school. He had a good job, a four-bedroom house and a 2) ____. When his company had 3) ____ because of 4)

____, he became 5) ____. "It's funny, really. I don't feel old, but it isn't easy to start 6) ____ at my age. I've had so many 7) ____ . Now I'm frightened of 8) ____. All

9)____ are twenty years younger than me. You see, I'm interested in learning a

10)____ but nobody wants 11) ____ me. I can see their 12) ____. I'll have 13)

____ in ten years. It's just, well, I 14) ____ sitting around the house. I've worked hard for nearly forty years and now I 15) ____ of having nothing to do. When I was still with Lancastrian Textiles I 16) ____ doing the same thing day after day, but now I'd really enjoy 17) ____ again, any job really. It's not the money. I got 18)____ and the house is paid for , and I've given up smoking . No, it's not just money. I just need to feel useful again."

Speaking

Ex. 1 Guess Game

One student thinks of a job, the others try to guess what the job is by using various job descriptions from focus vocabulary.

Example: Do you have to wear a uniform?

Ex. 2 What is one of the best things and one of the worst things about the jobs below?

a) a dentist; b) a waiter or waitress; c) a teacher; d) an actor or actress; e) a policeman; f) a secretary; g) a tour guide

Ex. 3 Game

Split into two teams. One team names a job and gives its attractions. The other team thinks of its drawbacks. Then the second team names a job and the first team finds its disadvantages.

Writing

If you could choose any job in the world, what would it be? Why?

everybody’s new priority is money. In our materialistic world, people try to find a well-paid job and these jobs are mostly connected with business, politics and banking. Jobs connected with education, science and art are not very popular among young people.

Another reason is our parents and what they do for a living. Many young people follow in their parents’ steps. Peer pressure can also limit the choice of possibilities. Some teenagers who are cinema fans can get under the influence of some film stereotypes and go in for d a n c i n g or singing to become a celebrity.

The most important thing is to follow your heart. It means young people should understand what they are really good at and where their great passion is. Usually a person has a talent in this or that area: science, art, doing something with their hands or sympathizing with people who are in need. We all have talents. If we do what we love we get more satisfaction from our work, can easily work long hours and of course can achieve better results. If not, soon we will feel bored and feel not in the right place.

Sometimes young people feel frustrated as they can’t understand what they want. We shouldn’t be afraid of trying things out, otherwise how we will know. And if we have made the wrong choice, we can always start again and take a new course and look for a new job.

We should know more about different jobs. If you want to be a barista, then be ready to stand long hours on your feet and get on with different people even those who are rude. No doubt, sometimes you will have to work under stress. On the other hand, it’s a wonderful place to make friends and have a part-time job when you study at a university. It’s a good choice for people who are outgoing, communicative, cheerful, diplomatic and love people.

If you are serious, determined, intelligent, hardworking, persistent and creative, why not set up your own business?

Our life is in our hands. We should go and try.

Ex. 1. Complete the following sentences with the correct prepositions if necessary.

1.I've always got ____ well with Henry. 2. If you're looking _____ a bargain,

try the local market. 3. I didn't tell her because I was afraid _____ upsetting her. 4. She eventually achieved _____her goal of becoming a professor. 5. I can sympathize _____ those who have lost loved ones. 6. Alex is very good _____

languages. 7. I never really went in _____ sports. 8. A lack of formal education will limit _____your job opportunities. 9. What do you do ______ a living? 10. Mr Edelson was closely connected _____ Trinity College. 11. Many people now rely

______ the Internet for news. 12. People give different reasons ______ wanting to change jobs. 13. What influenced _____ you to take up nursing? 14. Gayle's mother said I was a bad influence _____her daughter.

Ex. 2. Answer the questions.

1.Why is choosing a profession one of the most important decisions?

2.What are the main reasons for choosing this or that profession?

3.What does the expression ‘to follow your heart’ mean?

4.Why is it important to try things out?

5.Is it necessary to know more about different jobs?

Ex. 3. A. Read about how two people came to choose their careers. Pay attention to phrasal verbs.

Jeremy

At the moment I have a very good, well-paid job that I enjoy doing, but it hasn’t always been like this.

Several years ago I used to work as a salesman for a small company that specialized in making motor components for the car industry. It was the sort of job where you had to be committed to your product, you had to believe in it and do everything possible to sell it. But times were hard, and a lot of companies were going out of business, so our company started to cut back on the number of people it employed in order to save money - fortunately I wasn't one of them - but in the end it had to close down, and I found myself out of work for the first time in my life. I applied for several jobs in similar companies, but I wasn't successful - every one of them turned me down.

Then one day I was looking through the paper and I came across an advertisement for courses that specialized in journalism. I filled in an application form, sent it off, was accepted onto the course, studied hard, passed my exams, and became a qualified journalist. I then wrote to a small magazine for the car industry, attended an interview with dozens of other applicants and, to my surprise, they took me on. The magazine grew in size and popularity, I moved from writing articles to being subeditor, and this year I became the editor, so I suppose, I've been lucky, really.

Angela

When I was young my father always told me how important it was to get on in life and be a success. 'You must make something of your life,' he used to say. I think he wanted me to be a doctor or an engineer or something like that. And I can

remember how disappointed he was when I left school early and started work as a secretary.

It was a small, badly-run company, and when I went there they told me the job wasn't difficult and I would soon pick it up. At the beginning I liked the job, but as time passed the work started to take up more of my time and I found I was working late in the evenings and even at weekends. And in addition to this I had to put up with poor working conditions and low salary - I earned just enough to get by - and there were no promotion prospects at all. All this really got me down. And then I started to wonder if I was really cut out for this kind of work - it didn't really suit me or my particular abilities.

Then one day - I remember I'd been working very hard that month and had put in a lot of extra hours - I went to see my boss to ask for some time off work. I needed to visit my mother, who wasn't well at that time. I have to say that I didn't get on with my boss very well. Anyway, he refused point-blank. He said that it was out of the question and he didn't want to hear another word, I tried explaining but I just couldn't get through to him. He wouldn't listen. So I walked out of the office, and as far as I was concerned, that was the last straw. The next day I handed in my resignation, and I said to myself that I would never put myself in that kind of position again. I decided to return to studying and go in for law. I graduated from London University and now I am starting to make my way in the world. As my father used to say, 'The world is your oyster’.

So was my father right? Is it important to get on in the world? Well, in some ways it is, but it depends on how you measure success and what you want to get out of life. After all there are other things in life besides work.

Word meaning

Ex. 3. B. Find in the text the phrasal verbs that mean the following:

1.to learn something without difficulty or special study

2.to make someone feel depressed

3.to close something (a factory or organisation) temporarily or permanently

4.to manage to survive and have a satisfactory life

5.to use or require a certain amount of time, effort, or space

6.to employ someone

7.to choose something as one's career

8 to refuse or reject someone / something

9.to reduce something, especially to save money

10.to succeed, to be successful in one's job

Ex. 3. C. Paraphrase the sentences using the phrasal verbs.

1.The company has employed extra staff.

2.I've decided to make a career in medicine.

3.He didn't accept my offer of help.

4.The factory will have to reduce production.

5.The bad working conditions depress me.

6.The company has stopped doing business.

7.I learned some Arabic while I was in Cairo.

8.She wants to be a success in her job.

9.Writing reports uses a lot of my time.

10.She survives on a very small income.

Ex. 3. D. Look at how the following expressions are used in the texts. What do you think they mean? How would you say number 4 and 6 in

Russian?

1.to get on in life / the world

2.to be cut out for something

3.to refuse (something) point-blank

4.That's the last straw!

5.to make one's way in the world

6.The world is one's oyster.

Part I

Skim the three readings and make predictions.

1.Who are the Internet police?

2.What does a hurricane hunter do?

3.What kind of training do you need to be a disc jockey?

4.Which articles have quotations from people working in the field?

5.Write a question that you think each article may answer.

Read the articles. Look for the answers to your questions.

Reading 1. The Internet Police

You're using the computer at work. After a while, you decide to take a break and go shopping—on the Internet. But when you click on your favorite shopping Web site, there's a big red hand on the screen. At the bottom of the screen, you see a warning from your company about unauthorized Web surfing.

So, who put it there? People like Ida Smith. Ms. Smith is a content specialist for a Web-filtering company. She spends her days surfing the Web. She is looking for sites that employers do not want their employees to visit. Her specific task is to find shopping, travel, and gambling sites. These sites

content specialists look for sites on sex, drugs, and violence. There are 39 categories in all.) She also scans white list—approved sites for children—to make sure that they have no links to naughty sites.

Special spidering programs actually do most of the work. These programs can search millions of pages in just a few minutes. But people like Ms. Smith provide a human review to make sure that pages are not blacklisted or white-listed by mistake.

Ms. Smith enjoys the work. "I love spending time on the Internet. I feel like I'm in touch with what people think and what they're doing," she says. However, she admits often taking a couple of aspirin when she gets home. "All that surfing gives me a headache," she explains.

Reading 2. An Interview with a Hurricane Hunter

by Joe LaTona Last week I spoke with Karla Williams, a hurricane hunter from Miami, Florida.

JL: How did you obtain this job?

KW: I was working as a meteorologist. Then I saw a movie called Storm Chasm. It was about hurricane hunters—scientists who fly into hurricanes to do research. I thought that it would be a very interesting job. Then two months later I saw an ad for a hurricane researcher. I applied and got the job.

JL: What do you like most about being a hurricane hunter?

KW: I like working with the other scientists—it's a classroom in die sky. I also enjoy traveling around the world.

JL: What is an average day like?

KW: There are no average days in this job during hurricane season. The weather is constantly changing. You can never plan anything too far in advance. Of course, afterwards we work with the information we collect. Then it's pretty much 9 to 5 work for a few months.

JL: What is your educational and professional background?

KW: I received my bachelor's degree in meteorology from Penn State University, and then went to work as a meteorologist.

JL: What advice would you give someone who wanted to enter this field? KW: Math and science. Math and science. Get a degree in meteorology and be willing to travel.

Reading 3. Disc Jockey

What the Job Is

Disc jockeys (DJs) introduce songs on the radio. They may also decide what music to play. While on the air, they comment on the music, weather, and traffic. DJs also announce and play weddings. Some disc jockeys specialize in only one kind of music.

The Skills You Need

DJs need a pleasant and well-controlled voice, good timing, excellent pronunciation, and a strong grasp of correct grammar. Additionally. DJs should be able to speak off the cuff and to work under tight deadlines. The most successful announcers have a pleasing personality and voice with a likable style.

The Training You Should Have

Formal training in broadcasting from a college or technical school is valuable. Courses in English, public speaking, drama, and computer science are useful. Hobbies such as sports and music are also helpful.

The Salary You Can Expect

Salaries vary widely from S7.000 to $100,000+, depending on experience and market.

Reading Comprehension. Check Your Predictions

1. How good were your predictions?

2. If you found the answers to your questions, what were they?

Check the Facts

Check () the questions you can answer after reading once. Then go back and look for the answers that you are unsure of.

READING 1

____1. What happens if employees go to an illegal site?

____2. What kind of company does Ms. Smith work for?

____3. What does she do?

____4. What kinds of sites does she look for?

____ 5. Why do companies want to block some Internet sites?

____6. Does Ms. Smith like her job? What does she say?

READING 2

____1. Who is answering the questions?

____2. What does Karla like about her job?

_ __ 3. How did she get her job?

____.4. Her job has two parts. What are they?

____5. What did she study?

READING 3

____1. What is an abbreviation for disc jockey?

____2. Where do disc jockeys work?

____3. What skills do disc jockeys need?

____4. Should disc jockeys go to college? Why or why not?

_____5. How much money do disc jockey's make?

Analyze

Compare the jobs mentioned in the readings. Which one . . .

is the most dangerous? requires the most education? would you enjoy the most? requires the least education? is probably for young people?

Vocabulary Work. Guess Meaning from Context

1. There are several common phrases and idioms in the readings. Can you guess their meanings?

2. Is the word naughty in Reading 1 good or bad? Why do you think so?

Guess Meaning from Related Words

1. Below are words from the readings. Write the parts that look like other words you already know. Then guess the meanings of the words. Match the meanings with the words.

READING SKILLS. Understanding the Purpose of a Reading

All three readings contain information about a particular job. However, each writer had a different purpose.

1.Which article is meant to give readers a lot of information? Reading____

Why?_________________________________________________

2.Which article is meant to entertain readers? Reading____

Why?________________________________________________

3. Which article is meant to interest readers in a certain career? Reading____. Why?_________________________________________________

Discussion

1.Which, if any, of these jobs would you like to do? Why?

2.Which of these jobs would you least like to do? Why?

PART II

This reading is more difficult than the articles in Part I. React it for the main ideas. Do not worry if you cannot understand everything.

Read to find the answers to these questions.

1.How is work more stressful today than it was before?

2.Why are workers feeling nervous?

3.Why do many people have jobs that they hate?

4.How can you create challenge on the job?

5.What can you do outside of work?

6.How can colleagues help?

Say Goodbye to the Monday Morning Blues

It's Sunday evening. The weekend is gone. Tomorrow is the start of another long workweek. Your head is already beginning to ache...

Many people feel so much stress at work that they hate going back on Monday morning after a weekend at home. They are fearful, anxious, and uncertain because work gives them little job security and heavy workloads. Peter Fielding, a Canadian psychologist, says, "There is no longer the feeling of being a long-term, valued employee, just look at the newspaper and you read about layoffs, strikes, shutdowns." With downsizing, workers also have increased workloads. "We are all expected to do more with less and that's difficult," he explains.