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1.5. Using the expressions from Exercise 1.4, say what you think has happened / is happening.

  1. I’m not working now; the baby’s due in 3 weeks. ………..

  2. I lost my job. They had to make cutbacks. ………..

  3. He’s enjoying life on a pension, although he’s only 58. ………

  4. One week it’s six-to-two, the next it’s nights. ………

  5. They’ve made her General Manager as from next month! ………

  6. I was late so often, I lost my job. ………..

  7. I get in at nine o’clock and go home at five. ………

  8. Your trouble is you are obsessed with work! ……..

1.6. Rearrange the circles to make a logical cycle of one’s work career.

1.7. What would you call someone who:

– receives and pays out money in a bank?

– is in charge of a whole company?

– collects rubbish from houses?

– checks people’s eyesight?

– teaches at a college or university?

– repairs pipes, taps, etc in homes and building ?

– performs tricks for audiences?

– does physical work involved in building, repairing roads, etc.?

– cleans the streets?

– flies a plane?

– shows films at a cinema?

– checks tickets on a train?

– travels round selling things?

  • Which of these jobs would you most like to do? Which would you least like to do? Use the following adjectives: challenging / interesting / inspiring / demanding / rewarding / lucrative / steady / creative / worthwhile / voluntary / exciting / highly-paid / poorly-paid / boring / mundane / dead-end / regular.

1.8. Match the descriptions (a – j) with the explanations (1 – 10).

  1. Jane was headhunted by a multinational company. ……

  2. Pam is at the end of her tether. ……

  3. Mary’s assistant was given the sack. ……

  4. Jean really has / keeps her nose to the grindstone.

  5. Sue was given a golden handshake. ……

  6. Ann is on the go all day. ……

  7. Brenda was overlooked. ……

  8. Judith has made good. ……

  9. Pauline’s boss keeps her on her toes. ……

  1. She is always busy.

  2. She doesn’t have the chance to become complacent.

  3. She’s working hard.

  4. She didn’t get promoted.

  5. She was offered a better job.

  6. She has become successful.

  7. She was dismissed.

  8. She received a cash bonus on leaving her job.

  9. She has run out of patience.

1.9. Read the text and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) best completes each collocation or fixed phrase.

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why it is that we work? Is it the (1) … of a job well done, or the sense of (2) … behind the (3) … of an important deal? Is it the human (4) … with other people perhaps? Or is it that work is power and a sense of status? This is the view of those who have either (5) … these elusive goals, or feel aggrieved that nobody has yet recognised their leadership (6) … .

1) A. satisfaction B. pride C. reward D. gratification

2) A. feat B. success C. achievement D. victory

3) A. fastening B. sealing C. verifying D. clinching

4) A. communication B. relation C. association D. interaction

5) A. attained B. completed C. gained D. won

6) A. attributes B. features C. values D. qualities