Module 6 Unit 3

benefit

evolution

gizmo

affect

a) trial and error

b) to blind us with science

c) it isn't rocket science

d) cutting edge

e) on the same wavelength

1) h

2) e

3) a

4) g

5) c

6) d

7) i

8) f

9) b

1) a, b, d, e, g

2) c, e

3) a, g

4) a, d, e, g

5) d, e

6) a, b, g

7) b, f

8) g

to work your way through

to do something from beginning to end, especially when it takes a lot of time or effort

to come by

to manage to get something

to go out

to leave your house to go to a social event

to come back

to return

to build up

to create or develop something

to work out

to find out by reasoning or calculation

to check out

to find out if something is correct or to investigate

to take over

to become bigger or more important than something else or to replace something

to look into

to examine something

to end up with

to be finally in a particular place or situation

a) picked up (L)

b) check it out (L)

c) am fed up with(I), to put up with (I)

d) found out (L)

e) came across (I)

f) work out (I)

g) drop out of (I)

h) fell back with (I)

i) breaks down (I)

j) to catch up with (I)

Jobs

DJ

at the local radio station

at the local pet care company

physical work for the university bookstore

to work with the university president

ushers and ticket collectors

at the university movie theatre

a job in the pizza palace on campus

Duties

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to walk dogs for people when they're out of town

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deliver pizzas

Hours

5-8 in the morning

saturday, sunday

hours vary

hours are flexible;

at least twenty hours a week,

twenty hours a week

twenty hours a week

to work weekends - friday and saturday night

Salary

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ten dollars an hour

fifteen dollars an hour

twenty dollars an hour

seven dollars an hour

eight dollars an hour and tips

Job preferences

people who love music;

like to go out and stay late

people that love animals;

like exercise;

want to be outside

to work hard

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if you like to be by yourself and to meet people

Requirements

good clear voice

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the knowledge of excel, powerpoint, and word;

to be able to type sixty words a minute;

to have good phone skills;

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to have a car