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местонахождение, женатый, дата и место рождения, сочетать учебу с работой, стиль жизни, домохозяйка, постоянная работа, заявление, личные сведения, основные факторы, должность, поступить в образовательное учреждение, гражданство, дополнительное образование.

Ex. 4. Translate the words and word combinations into Russian.

to include, to exclude, course, extracurricular, civic, average earning, former, to complete, flexible time, to consider, to the best of my knowledge, to regard, activity, general, objective, to attend, to be interested in, permanent employment, application form.

Ex. 5. Give the antonyms to the following.

to exclude, full time job, temporary employment, present position, completed, slow, inside, compulsory education, single, unemployment, general information, mother tongue, first name.

Ex. 6 Read and act the dialogues out.

Dialogue 1

-Hello, could I get information about secretarial position at your office?

-Certainly, what interests you?

-Is this a part-time position?

-No, it is full-time.

-Is it permanent or temporary?

-It’s permanent.

-Is it located in downtown or suburb?

-This position is located at our downtown office.

Dialogue 2

-Miss Bee, our company is offering the position of a typist. We need only experienced workers.

-I have worked as a secretary for TNT Company for four years.

-What typing speed have you got?

-At least 50 words per a minute.

-Good. Are you able to take a short-hand dictation?

-Yes, certainly. And I also know filing procedures.

-That’s all right. These are our essential requirements. I see you meet them. Your salary is $14,000 per annum.

Dialogue 3

-Hello, my name is Margaret. I would like to work as a fashion model. I’ve recently read an announcement in your magazine.

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-You look very young. How old are you?

-I am 19. I study at the College but I could work after classes.

-Miss Margaret, your appearance meets our requirements. It’s very important but you should be interviewed by our photographers and designers. They will look through your pictures and see if you are photogenic.

Ex. 7. Make up your own dialogues using the following words in each one.

Dialogue 1: a supermarket, to fill shelves with, to dust, tins. Dialogue 2: a salesperson, experience, a department, ability. Dialogue 3: to write programs, an office, to type, to work on a PC.

Ex. 8. Translate the following words into Russian.

Salary, experience, filing procedures, to exercise, to offer, announcement, to meet requirements, to train, to be located, to type, general information, position, downtown, suburb, salesperson, department, to look through, to write programs, essential.

Ex. 9. Translate the sentences in Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1.Завтра она начинает работать в качестве финансового инспектора.

2.Они собираются посещать курсы машинисток. 3. Он хорошо составляет программы, работает на компьютере и быстро печатает. 4. Через неделю мы получаем зарплату. 5. Он не работает по вечерам, обычно его рабочий день начинается в 8 утра. 6. Я не могу позвать управляющего: у него собеседование с новыми работниками. 7. Вы хотите стать экономистом?

8.Что он делает на заводе сейчас? – Он проводит испытание новой модели.

9. Это ваша минимальная или максимальная зарплата? 10. Сегодня вечером они заполняют заявления, не так ли? – Да, а затем у них будет собеседование с начальником отдела кадров.

Ex. 10. Answer the questions in Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. Are you studying Maths to use it in your future job? 2. Do you want to improve your English? 3. Is your friend going to get a job in the U.S.A.? 3. Why do many firms require specialists with the knowledge of foreign languages? 4. What are essential requirements for the position of secretary? 5. Are you seeking a part-time job now? 6. Are you planning to get a highly paid job? 7. You need only a full-time job, don’t you?

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Ex. 11. Train the vocabulary. Find an odd word in every group below.

1)lawyer, teacher, hair-dryer, reporter, manager.

2)fisherman, fireman, saleswoman, cameraman.

3)proper, singer, baker, gardener, writer.

4)dentist, physician, nurse, cashier, surgeon.

5)instructor, doctor, judge, inspector, constructor.

6)ecologist, mist, philologist, psychologist.

7)librarian, cosmonaut, mechanic, musician, athlete.

Ex. 12. Match the columns.

Ex. 13. Translate the words using suffixes -an, -er, -or, -man, -woman, -ist, -ee.

Врач, офицер полиции, почтальон, оператор, библиотекарь, инструктор, чистильщик, продавщица, фермер, программист, драматург, рабочий, журналист, служащий, поэт, инженер, булочник, водитель, кондуктор, инспектор.

Ex. 14. Fill in the blanks, read and translate the sentences.

1. … provides law and order in the streets. 2. … controls an airplane. 3. … acts on the stage or in the film. 4. … delivers letters, newspapers and magazines. 5. … cuts and arranges people’s hair. 6. … interprets from foreign languages. 7. … demonstrates clothes. 8. … keeps and examines business accounts.

Ex. 15. Explain in English the following professions using the model of ex. 14.

An announcer, a speaker, a compere, a promoter, a PR-specialist, an officemanager, an accountant, a cashier, a human resources manager, a goods expert, a maintenance engineer, a copywriter, a solicitor, an air traffic controller, an architect, a market executive, a tax consultant, a public relations officer.

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Ex. 16. Fill in the blanks using the model.

Model: To be a good … you need to be patient.

To be a good teacher you need to be patient.

Strong, polite, accurate, calm, quick-thinking, sensible, charming, careful, sociable, fair.

Ex. 17. Translate the names of the following companies, positions, programs, etc. Pay attention to the underlined words.

1)mass production assembly line technique

2)“Good Energy News”

3)the Manhattan Bagel Store

4)McPherson Square Metro Station

5)the Fellowship Christian Academy

6)the International Trade Center

7)the International Labour Organization

8)the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

9)the Royal New Zealand Air Force

10)the RF Ministry of Culture

11)Sales and Marketing Division

12)Accounting Department

Ex. 18. Translate the phrases into English.

1. Министерство образования РФ. 2. Импортно-экспортная компания. 3. Компания «Российские Авиалинии». 4. Хрустальный дворец А.Т. Стюарта. 5. Американская корпорация цифрового оборудования.

10. Торговый центр парка «Роленд». 11. Управление по денежным сборам. 12. Отдел кадров.

Ex. 19. Read the text and insert articles where necessary.

“Workers Wanted”

… notice said, “Western Lines Co: Salespersons wanted. … applications are invited for … full-time salespersons to work in … sales department of … our company. Sales experience, ability to associate are … essential requirements.”

Jean read that notice … two years ago. So she has been working for two years for … Western Lines Co as … salesperson. … sales department she does her job in is … large supermarket. It offers shoppers scores of conveniences like … passenger elevators, … escalators, … self-serving system, … parking lots, … basket carriers and evening hours. … supermarket provides … services which

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are almost limitless. It has … post office, … branch library, … hair salon, … first-aid station, … lost-and-found department, … in-store radio station, even … its own fast-food restaurant. To attract … consumers and make them do their shopping … supermarket uses … strident advertising, unprecedented range of goods, high level of comfort and luxury, demonstrations of new goods, fashion shows, annual sales.

Jean works at … perfumes and cosmetics department, which is on … ground floor by … main entrance. She says that perfumes sweeten … atmosphere and act as … magnet for … passerby. Jean likes working here. … girl is very sociable and always friendly both with customers and her colleagues. She is patient with difficult shoppers every time and she does not show that she is angry or nervous when … things go wrong.

Jean starts work at 9.30 a.m. and finishes at 3.30 p.m. It takes her … twenty minutes to get to … supermarket. On … typical day Jean fills … shelves with ...

boxes, bottles and jars, helps … customers make their selection or packs it. Of course, she spends … lot of time associating with possible consumers. Sometimes … girl finds her work dull and boring, but most of … time she likes her work enormously. Twice … year Jean travels abroad as their company participates at … International Exhibition demonstrating its new goods or new kinds of packaging.

It’s interesting that Jean doesn’t buy … perfumes or cosmetics from her department. … goods here are too expensive for her. Jean prefers to use an exotic serie for youth, which is much cheaper.

Once … year Jean goes to … Jamaica for … short rest. She is good at swimming and swims … mile every morning. She often gets badly sunburnt as she doesn’t like doing nothing except for sunbathing.

When Jean comes back and starts working again she will think about … Jamaica waiting for … next leave.

Ex. 20. Read the announcement and say if it is possible for you to accept this position.

A Technical Consulting Engineer is wanted. Good background and experience in software engineering and software development as well as in application programming. The candidate should have a Master degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent. Experience in C/C++ is required, FORTRAN programming is highly desired, ideally in combination with assembly programming skills and good understanding of the IA-32 and Itanium client and server architectures and platforms. Knowledge of threading technologies and OS fundamentals, as well performance optimization and/or benchmarking with hands-on experience in porting, analyzing, optimizing and tuning of complex applications on Windows and/or Linux/UNIX; debugging skills and experience. In addition, this role requires excellent time and project management skills.