UNIT 7A
Think about:
- Two jobs which people do in a restaurant.
- Two jobs connected with transport.
- Two jobs that people do at home.
- Two jobs where you spend a lot of time outside.
- Two jobs in entertainment.
Possible answers:
waiter, chef, etc.
taxi driver, pilot, bus driver, etc.
housewife, writer, etc.
police officer, farmer, footballer, etc.
actor, singer, musician, etc.
REMEMBER:
- Two jobs which people do in a restaurant.
- Two jobs connected with transport.
- Two jobs that people do at home.
- Two jobs where you spend a lot of time outside.
- Two jobs in entertainment.
Possible answers:
waiter, chef, etc.
taxi driver, pilot, bus driver, etc.
housewife, writer, etc.
police officer, farmer, footballer, etc.
actor, singer, musician, etc.
REMEMBER:
- Set up= start (a business).
- Sacked can be used with either be or get. If you are sacked, you lose your job.
- We use apply for when you send a letter or a completed form to a company to ask for a job (usually in response to an advertisement)
- CV stands for Curriculum Vitae (but we always use the abbreviated form) and means a document which shows your qualifications, experience, and interests. In American English it is called resume.
- Overtime= extra hours that you work over and above your normal working hours.
1. VOCABULARY
Work
Work
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Some humour about job interviews
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Have a look at this presentation to learn useful sentences at a job interview
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Watch this video and see what you SHOULDN'T and SHOULD do at a job interview
Learn some tips how to make a successful interview
SPEAKING
Go to the slide of work and discuss the differences between the jobs you see. Talk about the disadvantages and advantages of each one. Also say if those job positions are more suitable for men or women and why. Explain the qualities you need for them too.
Go to the slide of work and discuss the differences between the jobs you see. Talk about the disadvantages and advantages of each one. Also say if those job positions are more suitable for men or women and why. Explain the qualities you need for them too.
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SPEAKING
ROLE PLAY
Student A
Your best friend wants to change jobs because he's unhappy at his working place. He/she is going to ask you possible jobs he/she could do. Suggest the best job positions for him/her according to his personality and personal qualities. Explain the advantages or disadvantages of those jobs.
Student B
You are not happy with your current job (say why: working hours, salary, holidays, colleagues, etc). So, you're meeting your best friend to ask for his opinion about the most suitable job for you according to your personality and qualities. Ask him/her for advice and say what you think about the positions he/she suggests you. Try to decide which job would be the best one for you.
ROLE PLAY
Student A
Your best friend wants to change jobs because he's unhappy at his working place. He/she is going to ask you possible jobs he/she could do. Suggest the best job positions for him/her according to his personality and personal qualities. Explain the advantages or disadvantages of those jobs.
Student B
You are not happy with your current job (say why: working hours, salary, holidays, colleagues, etc). So, you're meeting your best friend to ask for his opinion about the most suitable job for you according to your personality and qualities. Ask him/her for advice and say what you think about the positions he/she suggests you. Try to decide which job would be the best one for you.
3. GRAMMAR
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4. READING
Programme: In the Dragons' Den
Vocabulary
- take a share in the profits- A plan that gives employees a share in the profits of the company. Each employee receives a percentage of those profits based on the company's earnings.
- entrepreneur- a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
- product- the totality of goods or services that a company makes available.
- market- the field of trade or business.
- profitable- remunerative
- reject- to refuse to accept (someone or something).
- be successful- resulting in or attended with success.
- to make it-
- worthless- of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing.
- IDIOM: ' (To have) A chip on your shoulder' (tener una espina clavada, estar resentido)
Words with different meanings
Sometimes a word can have two completely different meanings:
WORK
I work in a pharmacy (it's my job)
The TV doesn't work (It's broken)
RUN
I usually go running every morning (sport)
My bother runs his own business (he's the boss)
FIRE
She was fired last week (was sacked)
When the police officer fired the gun everybody screamed. (shoot a gun)
MARKET
There is a market for this product (you can sell it, it's profitable)
I usually go to the market to buy fruit and vegetables. (place where food is sold)
COMPANY
She set up an online company (she started her own business)
My friend Lisa is good company (a good person to be with).
WORK
I work in a pharmacy (it's my job)
The TV doesn't work (It's broken)
RUN
I usually go running every morning (sport)
My bother runs his own business (he's the boss)
FIRE
She was fired last week (was sacked)
When the police officer fired the gun everybody screamed. (shoot a gun)
MARKET
There is a market for this product (you can sell it, it's profitable)
I usually go to the market to buy fruit and vegetables. (place where food is sold)
COMPANY
She set up an online company (she started her own business)
My friend Lisa is good company (a good person to be with).
WRITING
You've seen an advert on the internet about a job (invent it) you're interested in. Write a short email (60 words) explaining:
- Why you're interested in the job.
- your qualifications.
- your qualities.
- any relevant information.
- Why you're interested in the job.
- your qualifications.
- your qualities.
- any relevant information.
Your nephew is doing a school project about your job and has asked you for help. Send him an email (about 150 words) with the following information:
- The qualities and qualifications you need for the job.
- The advantages and drawbacks of your job.
- Some useful information.
- The qualities and qualifications you need for the job.
- The advantages and drawbacks of your job.
- Some useful information.