- •1. Words and expressions.
- •2. Read and act the dialogues.
- •3. Study the business card and answer the questions.
- •4. Read the text and guess the meaning of words and expressions given in bold type.
- •5. Design your own business card and introduce yourself using words and expressions in 4. Unit 2
- •1. Read the text and guess the meaning of the words in bold type. Make a
- •B. Applying for a job
- •Dagmar Schmidt is the head of recruitment at a German telecommunications company. She talks about the selection process, the methods that the company uses to recruit people:
- •2. Complete the crossword. Use appropriate forms of the words from the
- •3. Now divide the words in the crossword into two groups.
- •4. Replace the underlined phrases with correct forms of words and expressions from the text.
- •5. Now answer the questions.
- •6. Read the information and answer the question “Why do people work?”
- •7. Look at the survey below, then choose three factors which are important
- •1. Read the texts and find answers to the following questions.
- •2. Complete these extracts from job ads using words from 1b).
- •3. Sell yourself using words and expressions from 1b).
- •4. What do you think these statements means in the job hunt context?
- •5. Read the information below, guess the meaning of the words and expressions given in bold type. Make a list of new words.
- •6. Complete the conversation using words from 6.
- •7. Tell what kind of salary and benefits would you like to have with your future job? Unit 4
- •1. Answer the questions before reading the text.
- •2. Read the text. Why do you think a cv is so important in the application process?
- •3. Study the text and find answers to the following questions.
- •4. Study a Sample of cv for a Physician Resident.
- •5. Design your cv for a Physician Resident.
- •1. Answer these questions before reading the text.
- •2. Read the text. Why do you think the interview is so important for the employer? Is it of the same importance to the applicant?
- •3. A candidate should be prepared to answer these common job interview questions. Do you agree with the comments which follow?
- •4. These job interview questions are common. Select the best response for each of them. Note that more than one answer may be correct.
- •5. Listen to Rachel having a job interview and answer the questions.
- •2. Find words and abbreviations in the patient record with these meanings.
- •3. Listen to the nurse get personal details from a patient. As you listen, complete the form. Try to remember all the questions the nurse asks the patient.
- •5. Read the following scenario.
- •6. Study the medical certificate form. What information should be put in the gaps? You are a doctor, and your patient, Anna Green, is suffering from flu. Try to fill this form. Medical certificate
- •7. Read the information and the sample of medical referral letter.
- •Formal style
- •Letters of Application
- •2. Study the letter of application and find all parts of a formal letter.
- •3. Choose a job advertisement from a newspaper and practise writing an application letter. Don’t forget to write about your qualities and what you can give the company.
- •Introduction
- •4. Make up an annotation of the article according to the plan and useful phrases given below. Annotation plan
- •1. To start a presentation follow these advices:
- •2. Read an example of presentation talk. Match the equivalents (a-h) of the words in bold type (1-8). Make a list of new words.
- •3. Correct the mistakes in these sentences according to new expressions from previous exercise.
- •2. Study the chart showing side effects experiment participants testing a sedative in a clinic trial, complete the description of the chart of side effects:
- •3. Read the information about two more side effects. Add blocks to the chart.
- •4. Study the chart, which compares the effectiveness of herbal extract Hypericum perforatum with the synthetic drug Imipramine on patients with depression.
- •1. Useful expressions
- •3. Work in pairs. Together prepare orally a description of the data , using the useful expressions.
- •1. Words and Expressions
- •2. Match the sentence beginnings (1-5) with the correct endings (a-e).
- •D Agreeing hedging disagreeinguring the meeting
- •3. Read the text and guess the meaning of the words in bold type. Make a
- •4. Put the extracts from this newspaper report of a public meeting into the correct order. Translate.
- •1. Words and Expressions
- •2. Read and act the dialogues.
- •3. Read and change these conversations so that they are correct and more polite.
- •4. Match the responses (1-8) with the questions (a-h).
- •1. Words and Expressions
- •2. Read and translate the dialogue. Pay attention to the useful expression in italics.
- •3. Work in pairs. Here are 3 different situations, make dialogues to every of them.
- •At the hotel
- •1.Useful vocabulary:
- •2. Read and translate the dialogue.
- •3. Interview another student and fill in the form below.
- •At the Airport
- •1. Read text and translate it.
- •2. Match the words on the left to their definitions on the right. Write down new words.
2. Complete these extracts from job ads using words from 1b).
You’ll need to be _ _ _ _ _, as you’ll be working on financial budgets.
As part of our sales team, you’ll be working independently, so you have to be self- _ _ _ _ _ and self- _ _ _ _ _.
We’re looking for someone who can work on ten projects at once. You must be _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _.
We need _ _ _ _ _ journalists who are very good at their job and extremely _ _ _ _ _ to find out as much as they can.
You’ll be researching developments on the Internet, so you have to be _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _. You must be _ _ _ _ _, able to work on your own initiative, and a _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _. But as a part of the team of researchers, you need to be a good _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ too.
3. Sell yourself using words and expressions from 1b).
4. What do you think these statements means in the job hunt context?
1. The best time to find a new job is when you needn’t one, and the best time to cultivate business relationships is when everything is going smoothly.
2. You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
3. With part-time effort, you get part-time results.
4. Do first things first and second things not at all.
5. Read the information below, guess the meaning of the words and expressions given in bold type. Make a list of new words.
Wages, salary, and benefits.
1. My name’s Luidgi and I’m a hotel manager in Venice. I get paid a salary every month. In summer we are very busy, so we work a lot of extra hours, or overtime; the money for this is quite good. Working in a hotel, we also get nice perks, for example free meals!
2. I’m Ivan and I work as a waiter in Prague. I like my job even if I don’t earn very much: I get paid wages every week by the restaurant. We get the minimum wage: the lowest amount allowed by law. But we also get tips, money that customers leave for us in addition to the bill. Some tourists are very generous!
3. I’m Catherine and I’m a saleswoman based in Paris. I get a basic salary, plus commission: a percentage on everything I sell. If I sell more than a particular amount in a year, I also get extra money – a bonus, which is nice. There some good fringe benefits with this job: get a company car, and they make payments for my pension, money that I’ll get regularly after I stop working. All that makes a good benefits package.
6. Complete the conversation using words from 6.
Xavier and Yvonne are talking about Xavier’s new job as photocopier salesman.
X: I get paid every month.
Y: I see you get a salary, not wages.
X: I usually have to work late: I don’t get paid for it, but I get a percentage for
every photocopier I sell.
Y: So you don’t get _ _ _ _ _ _ _, but you do get _ _ _ _ _ _ _. That’s good.
X: The people in production get a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ if they reach their targets.
Y: Oh right. They get an extra payment for producing a certain amount.
X: The company pays for medical treatment too, and the company restaurant is
fantastic.
Y: Wow! The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sound very nice.
X: And they’ve given me a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to go and visit clients.
Y: So you don’t have to buy a car, then.
X: What’s more, the company pays in money for us to get when we don’t work
any more.
Y: Yes, it’s important to get a good _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
X: The total _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is brilliant.
Y: Yes, all that extra stuff is really worth having.