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7. Read the dialogue. Make up your own dialogues in pairs.

JOB INTERVIEW AT A MANNING AGENCY1

J. Brown: Captain Petrov? How do you do?

Captain Petrov: How do you do, Mr. Brown.

J. Brown: Do sit down, please.

J. Brown examines Captain Petrov's C.V., application form and certificates.

J. Brown: I have your application form and all the certificates required. You seem to be very well qualified and your references are good. On board what vessel did you serve last, Captain Petrov?

Captain Petrov: A container ship owned by a German Company and operated by Delaware Container line. Their vessels maintain the West-European-Brazilian line.

J. Brown: How long have you worked for this company?

Captain Petrov: Well, for about 6 years altogether, I started as a second officer in 1993 and then as a Chief officer for 4 years!

J. Brown: Why do you want to leave the Company?

Captain Petrov: You see, the chances of promotion there are almost none, and I would like promotion. Besides their voyages are extremely long.

J. Brown: I see. Your English is very good, sir. Where have you studied it?

Captain Petrov: I speak both German and English. I studied English as a second foreign language at the German Language School in Varna and then at the Naval Academy. You see, on board the German vessels it was a great time for my English because I was the only Bulgarian on board; the others were Philippino, English and one German. So to say I could practice my English day and night.

J. Brown: I see, you won't have any problems with English. Are you computer proficient as well, Captain?

Captain Petrov: Sure, I am. Cargo work on German vessels is entirely computerized. No problems there too!

J. Brown: OK. One final question, Captain. Where does your family live? In Varna?

Captain Petrov: Yes, in Varna. We live in a house in the suburbs together with my parents. We've been living there for 6 years now!

J. Brown: Do you have any questions?

Captain Petrov: Are the salaries as laid down in the booklet?

J. Brown: Yes, they are. Could you start work in a month, Captain?

Captain Petrov: Sure, I could.

J. Brown: Well, that's about all, Captain Petrov. We'll let you know our decision in a week. Good-bye!

Captain Petrov: Good-bye, Mr. Brown. Have a nice day.

8. Describing people – character. Learn the new vocabulary.

Intellectual ability

Ability: intelligent, bright, clever, smart, shrewd, able, gifted, talented, brainy (colloquial)

Lacking ability: stupid, foolish, half-witted, simple, silly, brainless, daft, dumb, dim (the last four are predominantly colloquial words)

Clever, in a negative way, using brains to trick or deceive: cunning, crafty, sly

Attitudes towards life

Looking on either the bright or the black side of things: optimistic - pessimistic

Outward-looking or inward-looking (i.e. to the world around one or to one's own inner world): extroverted - introverted

Calm or not calm with regard to attitude to life: relaxed - tense

Practical, not dreamy in approach to life: sensible - down-to-earth

Feeling things very intensely: sensitive

Attitudes towards other people

Enjoying others' company: sociable, gregarious

Disagreeing with others: quarrelsome, argumentative

Taking pleasure in others' pain: cruel, sadistic

Relaxed in attitude to self and others: easy-going, even-tempered

Not polite to others: impolite, rude, ill-mannered, discourteous

Telling the truth to others: honest, trustworthy, reliable, sincere

Unhappy if others have what one does not have oneself: jealous, envious

One person's meat is another person's poison

Some characteristics can be either positive or negative depending on your point of view. The

words in the right-hand column mean roughly the same as the words in the left-hand column except that they have negative rather than positive connotations.

determined

obstinate, stubborn, pig-headed

thrifty/economical

miserly, mean, tight-fisted

self-assured

self-important, arrogant, full of oneself (colloquial)

assertive

aggressive, bossy (colloquial)

original

peculiar, weird, eccentric, odd

frank/direct/open

blunt, abrupt, brusque, curt

broad-minded

unprincipled, permissive

inquiring

inquisitive, nosy (colloquial)

generous

extravagant

innocent

naive

ambitious

pushy (colloquial)

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