- •С истема открытого образования
- •Improve your speaking skills in english Учебно-методическое пособие
- •Часть 2
- •Unit III jobs and careers
- •What Are We Working for?
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •A) What do you do?
- •B) Word combinations with ‘work’
- •C) Types of job and types of work
- •D) Words used in front of ‘job’ and ‘work’
- •1) Fee 2) pay 3) salary 4) wage
- •Discussion Focus
- •Very important important not important not relevant
- •Which of the features exist in your present job (or the job you’re
- •Very important important not important not relevant
- •Work in bermuda
- •Frank Mare
- •Intelligence and ability; emotional stability; conscientiousness.
- •Practicing Vocabulary
- •A) Choosing the Right Career
- •B) Leaving a Job
- •Choosing a Job
- •A) Marketing Interview
- •B) My First Job
- •Read and Discuss Text 1
- •Reading
- •How Much is Job Worth?
- •Post-Reading
- •Reading
- •Follow the Leader
- •Post-Reading
- •C Comment on the meaning of the two phrases:
- •Reading
- •Life at the Bottom: Hard-Up, Tired but Content
- •Post-Reading
- •Interviews may be carried out in one-to-one situation; or a group of interviewers may interview a single candidate; or a single interviewer may interview a group of candidates.
- •Reading Read through the text “Your First Job Interview” and do the exercises that follow. Your First Job Interview
- •Post-Reading a Mark these sentences as t (true) or f (false) according to the
- •Information in the text.
- •B On the left are the words and phrases from the text. Study their meanings in the context and match them with their equivalents on the right.
- •Reading
- •How to Select the Best Candidates – and Avoid the Worst
- •Post-Reading a Explain the following in alternative English words:
- •Reading
- •Post-Reading
- •Solicitor or Barrister?
- •Attorney at Law
- •Unit IV healthy lifestyles Starting-Up
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •5 What doctor will you go to?
- •What doctor will you go to if you
- •Discussion Focus
- •You’ve got your own defence system here’s how to make it work
- •Important materials in your food
- •Vegetarians
- •Ten tips on how to lose weight
- •Do you consider selling your tv to be an effective way of keeping fit?
- •Practising Vocabulary
- •A Visit to the Doctor’s
- •The Benefits of Exercise
- •The Power of the Mind
- •Hypochondriacs
- •Snoring
- •Alternative Therapy
- •Anorexia
- •A Disastrous Holiday
- •Vegetables
- •The Brain
- •Choose Your Sport Carefully
- •Can We Live Longer?
- •The Dangers of the Sun
- •Exam Worries
- •Read and Discuss
- •Reading
- •Self-care has come of age – again!
- •Post-Reading
- •Medicine’s unsolved mysteries
- •Reading
- •Eat Greek and Live Longer
- •Post-Reading
- •Healthier milk
- •Reading
- •Effect of music on the human system
- •Post-Reading
- •Reading
- •Exam fitness
- •Exercise
- •Body Clocks and Sleep
- •Some Points to Remember:
- •Final Points
- •Post-Reading
- •Reading
- •Grocery list
- •Post-Reading
- •Stress and Stress Management
- •Shift Down a Gear to Find a Sweeter Lifestyle
- •References
- •Contents
- •Improve Your Speaking Skills in English
- •Часть 2
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Choosing a Job
One of the most difficult decisions is choosing what to do for a (1) …...... . For example, do you want to follow a definite (2) ……...., and (3) .......... a low (4) …....... at the beginning, but have good (5) …..... in a company that trains its (6) ….... ? Or are you more interested in taking any kind of work, because you need a/an (7) …........ ? You may have to (8) ……...... the fact that a good (9) …….... can be difficult to find. In that case, why not take a (10) ……....... one? You will gain some useful (11) ………..... . Remember that even if you have the right (12) ............, you may have to (13) …….............. lots of application forms before you are asked to (14) ………………..... an interview. But don’t worry if you don’t know what you want to (15) …...... exactly. You’ll enjoy finding out!
1) A) salary B) living C) employee D)work
2) A) company B) training C) business D) career
3) A) earn B) gain C) win D) take
4) A) money B) profit C) cheque D) salary
5) A) promotions B) prospects C) futures D) hopes
6) A) employers B) crew C) staff D) persons
7) A) money B) cash C) account D) income
8) A) face up to B) go over C) come up with D) call off
9) A) work B) labour C) job D)seat
10) A) temporary B) overtime C) profitable D) short
11) A) experiences B) experienced C) experience D) experiencing
12) A) qualifications B) exams C) letters D) degrees
13) A) fall through B) get on C) turn down D) fill in
14) A) be B) attend C)make D) advertise
15) A) work B) job C) do D) employ
15 Choose the best alternative to fill each gap.
1) He has all the right .................................................... for the job.
A) certificates B) degrees C) diplomas D) qualifications
2) A doctor is a member of a respected ........................................ .
A) occupation B) profession C) trade D) work
3) It’s wise to think about choosing a ...................... before leaving
school.
A) business B) career C) living D) profession
4) If you want a job you have to ........................................ for one.
A) applicate B) apply C) ask D) request
5) You’ll probably have to ............................. an application form.
A) fill down B) fill in C) fill on D) fill through
6) All the members of our ..................... are expected to work hard.
A) personal B) personnel C) staff D) gang
7) If you’re a(n) .............. you have to do what your boss tells you.
A) director B) employee C) employer D) manager
8) You can earn more money by working .................................... .
A) extraordinary hours B) overhours
C) overtime D) supplementary hours
9) She was ..................... after three years with the company.
A) advanced B) elevated C) promoted D) raised
10) An apprentice is required to do several years’............... .
A) coaching B) education C) formation D) training
11) In Britain, people are usually unwilling to tell other people
how much they ......................................................................... .
A) deserve B) earn C) gain D) obtain
12) A retired person is paid a ......................................................... .
A) grant B) pension C) rent D) scholarship
13) According to everyone in the ............., she is a very good boss.
A) apartment B) compartment
C) department D) employment
14) Some of my work is quite interesting, but a lot of it is just ....... .
A) habit B) practice C) routine D) tradition
15) If you are paid monthly, rather than weekly, you receive ....... .
A) revenue B) a reward C) a salary D) wages
16) The purpose of running a business is to make a ...................... .
A) contribution B) money C) profit D) service
16 Read the text carefully. Some of the lines are correct and some
have a word which should not be there. Point it out. Give your
summary of the text