Professional Career in Food Industry. Tutorial

UNIT 15. MAKING AN APPOINTMENT

PRE-TEXT EXERCISES

1.Vocabulary study. Check if you read these words correctly: highsalaried job

2.Explain the meaning of the nouns: diary, counselor, leaflet

3.Translate the following verbs into Russian: to specialize (in)

4. Explain the phrases from the text: employment counselor, to be convenient (for), high-level position

Text reading and comprehension. Read and translate the following text-dialogues orally. Use a dictionary if necessary.

TEXT-DIALOGUES: MAKING AN APPOINTMENT FOR JOB

INTERVIEW

Dialogue 1.

A:Good morning, Personnel agency.

B:Hello, my name is Alexander Novikov. I would like some information on your agency. Can you help me?

A:Yes, certainly. What would you like to know?

B:I’m looking for a non-profit agency. Is this a non-profit agency?

A:No, it is not; we’re a private agency, dealing with technical and high-salaried jobs with quick promotion.

B:Thank you. I’m looking for a position of a food engineer. Can you give me the telephones of the agencies specializing in this field?

A:With pleasure, but the list is very long. You can find the information you need in our leaflet. Our working hours from 10 to 7 p.m.

Dialogue 2.

A:Manpower agency. What can I do for you?

B:I’d like to have a talk to the employment counselor about the job. Will the counselor be able to see me today? I would be very obliged.

A:Hold the line, don’t hang up. I’ll consult the diary…

Mr Fraser can see you between 10 and 12. What time would be convenient for you? But don’t be late. Mr Fraser respects punctual people.

B:Let’s make it 10.30. I think I’ll manage to be here.

A:All right, Mr Brown, 11.30 today.

B:Thank you. Good-bye.

A:Good-bye.

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Dialogue 3.

A:Good morning, Chicago Consultant.

B:Hello. My name is Oleg Antonov. I would like some information about your agency. Can you help me?

A:I’ll try. What would you like to know?

B:Does your agency work by appointment only or may I come any time during the week?

A:Our agency works by appointment only. We place applicants in high-level positions. Would you like to make an appointment to see an employment counselor at our agency?

B:Yes, I would, thank you. I think it will be a great chance for me.

A:What type of position are you looking for?

B:I have a degree in chemical engineering and biotechnology and I have five years of experience in this field in international firm.

A:Fine. Can you come on Monday at 11:30 a.m.?

B:Yes, that's perfect. I'll be at 11:30. Thank you and have a good

day.

ASSIGNMENTS

1.Speaking activity. Give a short answer to the question: What dialogue could be the most useful in your searching for a job?

2.Make up dialogues, using the variations.

– Can you help me? I would like to know:

what field your agency specializes in / what type of positions you can offer / what kind of job you deal with

– Yes, of course.

Our agency specializes: in technical jobs / in high-salaried positions / in administration and management/

3. Insert the necessary word into the information about electronic mail from the list given below. Translate the text orally.

Electronic mail is a means of sending and receiving ___________ – internally, nationally, or internationally. Subscribers to e-mail need a terminal, such as ________________, a telephone line, and a modem, which is a device for converting signals to a text. Messages appear on the receiver’s computer screen.

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E-mail users can also have access to a ________________, which they can call from anywhere in the world and retrieve messages. They receive a mailbox number and a ______________for confidentiality.

E-mail relatively low in cost, it is fast, relatively reliable, and messages can be sent or picked up anywhere in the world, and stored in the mailbox until they are retrieved.

E-mail is particularly advantageous for users who are communicating across international ______________.

Words to be inserted: password, messages, personal computer, time zones, mailbox

4. Discuss in a dialogue form where the results of applied research in biotechnological engineering can be commercialised.

Use the following as the beginning: Could you tell me …? / Would you mind telling me …? Do you know …? Do you happen to now…? What are your views on …?

Use the following to begin your answer: Of course. Yes, certainly. Naturally. I think that…

5. Reading and translation practice. Read the text correctly paying attention to numerals denoting dates. Translate the text into Russian.

Louis Pasteur – "a father of microbiology"

Louis Pasteur, a French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization was born in 1822 in Dole, France.

As a young man, Pasteur studied at the Ecôle Normale in Paris. In 1843, he became a research chemist. He developed such a reputation, that in 1854, aged just 32, he became Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Lille. At this time, Lille was the centre of alcohol manufacture in France. Pasteur continued his work on microorganisms by studying such liquids as milk, wine and vinegar.

In 1857, he was appointed Director of Scientific Studies at the Ecôle Normale in Paris. Between 1857 and 1859, Pasteur became convinced that the liquids he had studied were being contaminated with microbes.

In April 1864, Pasteur explained his beliefs about microbes in front of a gathering of famous scientists at the University of Paris.

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Up to 1865, Pasteur’s work involved only beer, wine and milk. In 1865, he was asked to investigate the disease that affected the silk worm industry. In 1865, a cholera epidemic hit Marseilles. Pasteur carried out a number of experiments in a hospital in the hope of finding the germ that caused this feared disease. In the summer of 1880, he found a vaccine against cholera by chance. In 1868, Pasteur suffered from a brain haemorrhage that affected the left side of his body. This affected his ability to work but that he had done his scientific work up to 1868. He was the director of the Pasteur Institute, established in 1887 till his death on September 28, 1895.

Louis Pasteur is famous for his medical discoveries that provided direct support for the germ theory of disease. He is regarded as one of the three main founders of bacteriology, together with Ferdinand Cohn and Robert Koch, and is popularly known as the "father of microbiology". Nevertheless, he is best known to the general public for his invention of the technique of treating milk and wine to stop bacterial contamination, a process now called pasteurization.

(Selected from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur)

6. Grammar point. Translate the sentences with grammatical patterns into Russian. Make up your own sentences with patterns.

1.Isn’t it time to talk to the employment counselor about the job?

2.Do you happen to know if he has a degree in chemical

engineering?

3.Hadn’t you better place this applicant in high-level position?

4.When was it that your agency worked by appointment only?

5.I wonder where I can find information about your agency.

7. Test-sentences. Choose the correct words to fill in the blank:

- I would like to know whether you can________ applicants in high level position and how to get practical _______ on interview technique.

a) make, information b) place, advice c) consult, experience

d)expect, qualification

-During ________ for my present job, I took courses in marketing and management.

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8. Food Science Basics. Translate the following text in a written form using a dictionary. Make a list of words and word combinations referring to Food sphere.

Sports nutrition

If you are a bodybuilder, a professional athlete or simply exercising to improve your health, sports nutrition plays a key role in optimizing the beneficial effects of physical activity. Making better decisions with your nutrition and hydration can result in improved performance, recovery and injury prevention. Consuming the right balance of food and drink is important for everyone. But athletes, for example, may need more calories than the average person. Thus, if you are an athlete, or simply someone who’s made the decision to start exercising on a regular basis, think carefully of a good nutrition plan. Fats, protein and carbohydrates all provide your body with energy.

Carbohydrates are the primary fuel used by working muscles. Adequate intake is essential for preventing muscles fatigue. Carbohydrates as simple sugars are naturally found in milk products, fruit and vegetables. Nutritionists recommend usage of unrefined grains, which are still packed full of vitamins, minerals, and fibre.

Fat is an essential component of any diet as it helps the body absorb nutrients as well as being a great source of energy. Although fats are important, we should still attempt to monitor how much we are eating. Fats provide fatty acids that can be used as a source of energy – especially if your exercise takes more than one hour. Fats also provide the building blocks for hormones and formation of cell walls. Unsaturated fats are found in foods such as avocados, olives, nuts, and oily fish. They give health to heart.

Proteins can be used as a source of energy and is critical for building new muscle tissue. Protein is present in every cell of the body and helps build and repair tissues to form the building blocks of bones, muscles, skin, and blood.

Staying well hydrated during exercises and training is extremely important. Drinking water is a good way of keeping yourself hydrated during exercise periods. Some sportsmen use energy drinks, particularly those who undertake long distance running.

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To create the best nutrition strategy, a sports nutrition professional will be required to asses not just an individual’s training and diet but also their lifestyle, day-to-day habits.

(Selected and adapted from http://www.nutritionist-resource.org.uk/ articles/sports-nutrition.html)

UNIT 16. WHAT MAKES A GOOD INTERVIEW?

PRE-TEXT EXERCISES

1.Vocabulary study. Check if you read these words correctly: atmosphere, brochures, catalogues

2.Explain the meaning of the noun: behaviour

3.Translate the following verbs into Russian: to analyze, to explain

4.Explain the phrases from the text: body language, in a friendly manner, manner of behavior

5.Find synonyms to the following words and word combination: work, demands, possibility, to discover, to make ready

6.Find out what language the following words are taken from:

brochures, annual, catalogue

Text reading and comprehension. Read and translate the following text-instruction orally. Use a dictionary if necessary.

TEXT-INSTRUCTION: WHAT MAKES A GOOD

INTERVIEW?

A job interview is your opportunity to present your talents to a prospective employer. During the interview, the employer judges your qualifications, appearance, and general fitness for the job. The interview helps you decide if the job meets your career needs and interests and whether the employer is the kind you want to work for.

To present your qualifications in the best way, you have to prepare for the interview: you should know how to act to make the interview an opportunity to “sell” your talents and skills.

Here are the ideas of Careers officer from one of the employment agencies.

What makes a good interview? First of all, good preparation before the interview. Read the simple three rules which will help you.

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Rule1. Find out as much as possible about the company where are you going for the interview. You can get a lot of useful information from the company’s brochures, annual reports, and catalogues.

Rule 2. Find out if the interview is with one person or with a group of people. Find out what their jobs are. It’s very useful to know something about the interviewers before you meet them.

Rule 3. Make a list of questions you want to ask at the interview. Remember that an interview is a two-way process. The company finds out as much as possible about you, and you find as much as possible about the company.

That’s what you need to do before the interview. And now the interview itself. There are seven more guidelines.

Rule 4. Dress smartly. A suit or something formal is best.

Rule 5. Arrive in good time. Arriving late for the interview is the worst thing you can do.

Rule 6. Create a good first impression. First impression is most lasting. Start the interview with a smile, and a friendly manner.

Rule 7. Try to stay positive and relaxed during the interview. As a rule, people don’t feel relaxed, but your body language gives the interviewer a lot of information about you. You want that information to be positive.

Rule 8. Don't give only “yes” or “no” answers. Talk freely about yourself, give reasons for your opinions, and explain why you’re interested in the job.

Rule 9. Ask questions. Use the list of questions you prepared before the interview. Show your interest

Rule 10. Make use of the interview learning about atmosphere, manner of behavior of employer, the necessary reactions to the questions. After the interview, analyze your participation in this important event in your future career.

(Selected from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_interview)

ASSIGNMENTS

1. Speaking activity. Give a short answer to the question:

Why is it necessary to make a list of questions that you want to ask at the interview?

2. Ask your friend:

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1.why he hasn’t worked recently.

2.what his career plans are.

3.what he likes about his last job.

4.what kind of machines or equipment he has worked with.

5.what foreign languages he knows.

3.Give “Yes” or “No” answers to the following questions.

1.Were you often absent from work in your last job?

2.Do you have any health problems?

3.Have you ever had any serious illness or injuries?

4.Are you looking for high salary?

4.Comment on the following:

First impressions count.

It’s a fact that first impressions count, so as soon as the interviewer approaches you, ensure you come across as personable, professional and courteous.

Stand up straight, smile, make eye contact and extend your hand. Say hello and introduce yourself, stating that it’s a pleasure to meet

them, and thank them for taking the time to see you

5. Add a sentence of your own to the following:

Wait for an interview professionally. Adopt a professional approach when you sit waiting for the interview, using positive, confident body language. Switch your phone off before you enter the building. If there are any corporate brochures, look through them while you wait.

6. Writing activities. Rewrite substituting the words in brackets into their English equivalents. Use the word list given below.

A job interview is a one-on-one interview consisting of a (разговор) between a job applicant and a representative of an (работодатель) to (определить) whether the applicant should be (нанят). Interviews are one of the most popularly used (способ) for employee selection.

A job interview is typically before the hiring (решение). Usually before the interview the employer (оценивает) the résumés from interested candidates. Next, after this screening, a small number of candidates for

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interviews is (выбрано). The job interview is (считается) one of the most useful tools for evaluating potential employees.

Words to be used: selected, conversation, determine, way, decision, employer, evaluate, considered, hired

7.Translation practice. Translate the questions from Job Interview into Russian. What questions do you consider to be difficult to answer? Select and answer 3 questions in a written form.

1.Why do you want to work for this company?

2.Why are you interested in this job?

3.Have you done this kind of work before?

4.What kind of training or qualifications do you have?

5.Why should we hire you? Tell about yourself.

6.What do you do in your spare time?

7.What do you think of working in a group?

8.How do you react to instruction and criticism?

9.Why did you choose this line of work?

10.How would you describe your last employer?

8.Grammar point. Construct grammatically correct sentences with

Imperative Mood (Повелительное наклонение).

Example: your / to the place / journey / plan / of the interview. =

Plan your journey to the place of the interview.

1.information / forget / of your CV / notes / don’t / with you / and other supporting.

2.the employer / your resume / read / let / attentively.

3.the interview / try / positive / to stay / and relaxed / let us / during

4.prepared beforehand / of your work experience / to give a presentation / be ready

5.in an interview / your / beforehand / how to demonstrate / skills and experiences / think

9.Construct grammatically correct sentences with Imperative Mood in Indirect Speech (Повелительное наклонение в косвенной речи)

Example: He said, “Find out who will be interviewing your friend”.

=He told me to find out who would be interviewing my friend.

1. He said,” Search for information on this company online “. (told me…)

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2.The interviewer said,” Give me your resume, please”. (asked me …)

3.The professor said,” Practice your interview technique”. (told me…)

4.The manager said,” Arrive about 15 minutes before the interview”. (asked me …)

5.My friend said, ”Sleep well the night before the interview”.

10. Test-sentences. Choose the correct words to fill in the blank:

-Use the week before the interview to get _________ about the company, the night before to get a good night’s rest.

-To sum up, give yourself the best chance possible for interview success by __________well.

a) knowledge, describing b) news, studying c) information, preparing d) results, expecting

- It’s very useful to know something about the _________ before you meet them at the employment agency.

a) people b) professionals c) colleagues d) interviewers

Nutrition for kids

Nutrition for kids is based on the same principles as nutrition for adults. Everyone needs the same types of nutrients — such as vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, protein and fat. Children, however, need different amounts of specific nutrients at different ages.

So what's the best formula to fuel your child's growth and development? Consider these nutrient-dense foods:

Protein. Choose seafood, lean meat and poultry, eggs, beans, peas, soy products, and unsalted nuts and seeds.

Fruits. Encourage your child to eat a variety of fresh, canned, frozen or dried fruits – rather than fruit juice. If your child drinks juice, make sure it's 100 percent juice without added sugars. Look for canned fruit that says it's light or packed in its own juice, meaning it's low in added sugar.

Vegetables. Serve a variety of fresh, canned, frozen or dried vegetables. Aim to provide a variety of vegetables, including dark green,

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