6.6. Match the sentences (1-6) with one of the sentences (a-f). Use the words in bold to help you.

1. Samantha is the assistant manager of a bank and she works from 8.30 to 5.30 every day.

2. Tracy works on the production line of a factory which makes cars. She uses a machine to spray paint onto the finished car parts.

3. Jane works for herself. She is a photographer. She works every day for about eight or nine hours.

4. Jeanette is a cleaner for a company in Birmingham, but she only works there for about three or four hours a day.

5. Claire has a powerful job in the personnel office of a large multinational company. She is responsible for employing new people and getting rid of those that the company doesn't want to employ anymore.

6. Marie works in the finance department of an international college in Oxford.

a. She is a semi-skilled blue-collar worker in a manufacturing industry.

b. She is a self-employed and works full-time. She likes to describe herself as freelance.

c. She is responsible for hiring and firing.

d. She calculates the wages, salaries, pension contributions and medical insurance contributions of all the staff.

e. She is a full-time white-collar worker in a service industry.

f. She is an unskilled part-time employee.

6.7. In each of the following passages someone is talking about his or her occupation. Identify each occupation and give at least five words or phrases which helped you to decide.

(a) Most of my customers are very particular. They want wide lapels or narrow lapels, a single vent or a double vent or no vent at all, turn-ups or plain bottoms. Flared trousers are out nowadays, so are tapered. Everyone wants them straight. Some people are even fussy about the lining. Everyone wants to be trendy.

(b) When I start at 8.30, the baskets are already stacked, the trolleys are lined up near the door and the shelf-fillers have done their work. I make sure I've got a supply of carrier bags and enough change in the till and I’m ready to start.

(c) We get the latest weather briefing from the meteorologists and then we board. We say ‘hello’ to the cabin crew, do a complete cockpit check, and then wait for instructions through the headphones to start taxi-ing out to the runway.

(d) Two discharges-today, but five admissions and Mrs Crowther’s got to go to theatre this afternoon. They have their mid-morning tea at eleven, then, since it’s Tuesday, the specialist will be doing his round at half-past. And there are always relatives’ phone-calls to deal with. Next week I’m on night-shift. Excuse me, I must go and change some dressings.

(e) I picked up a fare at the station today. I was in the rank. Smartly-dressed chap. Wanted St Michael’s Church. “Going to a wedding?” I said. “Yes, and I'm late. Step on it,” he said. I did my best and as I dropped him off I said, “Doesn't look as if they’ve started yet.” “They can’t,” he said, “I’m the bridegroom.” And he didn’t give me a tip!

(f) We’re fully-dressed in our helmets and protective clothing by the time we arrive. Then we start unrolling the hoses and getting the ladders ready in case they’re needed. The worst things are hoax alarms. You can never be sure till you get there whether a call is genuine or not. Some people think it’s fun to dial 999.