Microcomputer Centre
Is looking for a Marketing Assistant for its London Office
Can you type?
Can you use a computer?
Can you drive?
Can you speak a foreign language?
Do you like travelling?
Then you could be the person we are looking for.
Write to: Ms Diana Pye (Marketing Manager),
14 Clerkenwell Green, London ec 1.
Interview 1.
Diana: Ah, Miss Susan Hayne, isn't it. How do you do?
Please sit down.
Susan: How do you do? Thank you.
Diana: Now tell me, what do you do?
Susan: I'm a secretary for a computer company in Croydon.
Diana: So you can use a computer - and you can type?
Susan: Yes, I can.
Diana: What about foreign languages?
Susan: Um, I can speak Spanish.
Diana: Spanish - can you speak French?
Susan: Not really - no.
Diana: Not to worry - oh, can you drive?
Susan: Yes, I can.
Diana: Good ... and what are your interests?
Susan: Well, I like cooking and sport ... and music and films.
Diana: Cooking ... sport ... music ... films ... .
Interview 2
Diana: Could you spell your name, Mr Norton?
Michael: Er, M-O-R-T-O-N. My first name is Michael.
Diana: And you're a teacher, I see.
Michael: Yes, that's right. But I like travelling, so I'm looking for a new job.
Diana: I see. Can you use a computer?
Michael: Yes, I can.
Diana: And can you type?
Michael: Well, no - I can't type. But I can speak a lot of foreign lan- guages - French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese.
Diana: Languages ... French ... Spanish ... Italian ... and Japanese.
Michael: And I can drive.
Diana: Oh, that's good. And what about your interests, apart from
travelling?
Michael: I like swimming - and tennis and football.
Interview 3
Diana: Miss Jean Wallace?
Jean: Yes. You spell it I - S at the end, not A - C - E.
Diana: Oh, thank you. My mistake. So that's W - A - double L-I - S?
Jean: That's right.
Diana: Well now, I see that you can type and use a computer. What do you do?
Jean: Er, I haven't got a job. I'm unemployed.
Diana: Can you drive?
Jean: Yes, I can.
Diana: Good - and can you speak any languages?
Jean: Yes - German and French.
Diana: Excellent - now you say that you like the cinema and the theatre.
Jean: Yes, and I like travelling - and meeting people.
Surname First name
Occupation
Skills
Languages
Who do you think Diana chooses for the job?
What are their jobs?
Ex. 1 What do they do? Read the paragraphs and find out what these people do.
Patricia works in a ... . 4. Sheila is the ... of a ... .
Anthony ...... ........ . 5. Mike is a ....... ..... on the
Carol is a ...... . 6. Colin works in a ....... .
Sheila works in a language school, but she is not a teacher. She has an office where she writes a lot of letters. She talks to students and teachers and to quite a few business men. She's the most important person there.
Patricia reads a lot, both at work and after work. She talks to a lot of people about books. She takes money from people. She works from 9.00 to 5.30, with a break for lunch. She also works on Saturdays but the place where she works is closed on Sundays.
Mike likes pop music. He works in a studio. You hear him talking about the music he plays. You can ask him to play you some music. But you can't see him. You can only hear him.
Anthony works for a company called Window-light. He's got a small office and a company car. He meets a lot of new people every day, but not in his office. He talks to people and shows them pictures from his catalogue. He likes people with large houses best. Why?
Colin works in a very big room. People come in to bring books back and take out new ones. He often stands near the door where he checks the books and the cards. He also helps people find the books they want.
Carol's like a doctor, but she doesn't see people who are physically ill. She only helps people who have mental problems.
Ex. 2Complete the table. Then practice some questions and answers with your partner.
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sells books/windows? Works with people who are ill? Works on the radio? Writes a lot of letters? Reads a lot? Is a director?
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Patricia . Colin does. ................. ... does Sheila is. .................. .................... ... and ... do. |
Ex. 3 How many questions?
Sue Alto is an English teacher at the Big Ben School of Languages in Sargasso.
How many questions can you make from this sentence? (Questions that can be answered from the sentence). Complete these questions then make some more. Practice asking and answering them with a partner.
... is Sue's surname? ... is the name of the school?
... does Sue work? ... is her first name?
... is the school?
UNIT II F L A T
Grammar: There is (are) something somewhere.
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