Useful language

Giving opinions:

A ctually

To tell the truth

If you ask me I (think, believe, feel) she didn’t do it.

I’m pretty sure

In my opinion

You know, I’m not really sure.

I’d rather not say.

I don’t have anything to say about that.

Giving basic information:

Where does he work?

He works in an office/ a factory / a hospital.

Who does she work for?

She works for a car company / an airline.

What hours does he work?

He’s got a full-time job (40 hours a week) / a part-time job (15 hours a week) / long hours (12 hours a day) / from 9 to 5.

How much does she earn?

She earns a lot. Her salary is $ 88000 a year. / he doesn’t earn very much. He gets low wages.

1. Look at the chart below and try to continue the list of «Unusual jobs».

№	Jobs	Primarily done by men	Primarily done by women	Done by both men and women	Requiring a graduate degree
1	trapeze artist			+
2	combat soldier	+
3	web designer			+	+
4	race car driver	+
5	cosmonaut	+			+
6	bullfighter	+
7	bodyguard	+
8	lifeguard	+

What are traditional jobs in Belarus and Great Britain?

2. Answer the following questions:

►Where can people look for a job?

►What kind of job can people have?

►Jobs can be attractive and not attractive. What qualities make them such?

►Different jobs require different things. What does a job of a doctor (a teacher, a model, a computer operator) require?

►What are the most popular and important jobs?

►What professions do you think are needed: in your town / in your country?

►Have you made your choice of a job?

►Are you aware of advantages and disadvantages of the chosen job?

►What would you do in a dispute between members of your own staff? Would you …

a) intervene at once to resolve the problem?

b) see if the staff can sort it out themselves?

c) wait to see if the problem sorts itself out?

d) bury your head in the sand, as if you are saying, “What problem?”

►I can’t stand it when colleagues…

●create a paper jam in the photocopier;

●are always absent when the work piles up and things are really hectic;

●neglect their own work, but poke their noses into other people’s business;

●fail to provide handover instructions when they go away on holiday;

●constantly giggle right next to me!