1.2 Job responsibilities. Text 1.

Read the text and answer the questions that follow.

Jane Roy is a Personnel Manager at Ecospar, the Dutch chemicals company. She is also the mother of three young children. She is very happy with her job conditions, because she has to work only four days a week. She can also bring her children to work because the company has good childcare facilities. She can’t see them during the day because she is so busy. But she doesn’t have to work at weekend, and this makes her family life much easier for her. To be accepted as a woman in a man’s world, she believes, she must do her job better than the men around her, especially as she chooses to work part time. Her advice to working women: “You mustn’t be too nice.”

Vocabulary.

job conditions	условия труда
to accept	принимать, воспринимать
to work part time	работать неполную рабочую неделю
advice	совет

1. Who does Jane Roy work for?

2. What is her position in the company?

3. Is she happy with her job conditions? Why?

4. Why must she do her job better than the men around her?

5. What is her advice to working women?

Ex.1

Complete the sentences about Jane Roy using the verbs in the box.

must / has to / doesn’t have to / can

1. She _____ be with her children at weekends.

2. She only works four days a week, so she _____work on Fridays.

3. She _____ send her children to a nursery because there are childcare facilities at Ecospar.

4. She _____ work very hard to be accepted by male colleagues.

5. She thinks working women _____ be tough.

Ex.2

Write about your own job using the expression below.

I have to/must/don’t have to/can/can’t/must’t

1. …work long hours

2. …visit clients

3. …be late for work

4. …wear suit at work

5. …answer the telephone

6. …smoke at work

7. …choose my working hours

8. …take my holidays in summer

9. … be the first to get to work

10. …write letters and reports in English

Ex.3

Three people are answering questions about their jobs. What are their jobs. Choose from list. What are their responsibilities?

1. accountant

2. sales manager

3. scientist

1. Interview with Sara Olsen

I: Do you have to travel a lot?

S: Not at all.

I: Do you have to go to conference?

S: Yes, from time to time. It is important for me to know about developments in the world of science.

I: And can you choose your working hours?

S: Yes, I can. But it has to be between eight in the morning and eight in the evening. That’s when the laboratory is open.

2. Interview with Brian Sullivan

I: Do you have to work in an office?

B: Yes, I do but not all the time. Sometimes I work at home. I have a computer at home, so it’s no problem.

I: Do you have to use the computer a lot?

B: Yes, I do. When you are working with numbers and statistics, it’s much quicker.

I: And do you have to travel?

B: Not very often. But sometimes I have to visit companies to look at their books.

3. Interview with Anna Hardcastle

I: Can you relax at weekend?

A: Not always. It’s my job to find new clients, so I have to travel on Saturday or Sunday.

I: Do you have to visit clients all year round?

A: No, not really. In July and August, for example, I don’t have to travel much, because most companies are closed.

4. Read the signs and write what you must do and what you mustn’t do.

Please switch off lights	No coffee in the classroom
Fasten the belts	No smoking

5. Write about your job responsibilities.

Ex.6

Eight people are describing their job. Match the people with the department they work in.

Ex. Mrs. Reed works in ______ department.