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Exercise 2. Make a summary of the text in English.

Key words

abilities	major
applicant	marital status
apprentice	objective
career objective	personal data
CV	references
day release	resume
degree	skills
education	Social Security number
employer	team
entry-level position	training courses
interviewer	qualification
job title	work experience

Checklist

Assess your progress in this unit. Say which statements are true about you.

1. I can work out the meaning of words from context.

2. I know how to prepare for a job interview.

3. My listening and reading are good enough to understand most of each text in this unit.

4. I know how to write a resume.

Keys (Unit 1)

Start up

Ex. 1. A. environmental engineers; B. mechanics; C. a conductor; D. a manager; E. railwaymen; F. bridge builders.

Vocabulary

Ex. 1.

1. Prominent means easy to see.

2. Marital status means being single or married.

3. An entry-level position is a job at a beginning or low level in a country.

4. Prospective means something that is possible in the future.

5. Context is the sentence or paragraph around a word.

6. Pristine means to be in perfect condition.

7. Brainstorming is thinking of ideas about a topic and writing them down.

8. Self-editing is checking your own work.

9. Peer editing means giving your work to a classmate to check. It helps you write better before your teacher sees your work.

10. An attitude is a feeling about something.

Ex.2.

a railwayman – железнодорожник,

apprenticeship – ученичество (процесс обучения на производстве, при котором ученик работает на предприятии в течение определенного времени обычно за особую плату, оговоренную в ученическом договоре или установленную трудовым законодательством)

day release – освобождение от работы на один или несколько дней для повышения квалификации

a team leader – руководитель группы, бригадир

Reading and translation

Ex. 3

3. In a resume, you organise information into several different categories.

Ex. 4

1. resume; 2) qualifications; 3) personal data; 4) categories; 5) career objective; 6) work experience; 7) major; 8) second language.

Ex. 5

1) – b, 2) – d, 3) – c, 4) – a, 5) – b, 6) – d, 7) – b, 8) – c.

Ex. 6

1) qualifications; 2) prospective employers; 3) well-organized; 4) personal data; 5) Social Security number; 6) career objective; 7) the most recent jobs; 8) job-training courses; 9) special skills section; 10) major.

Listening and speaking

Ex. 1.

Categories of an interview questions
Particular knowledge/skills you need to get this job	What you know about a position/prospective employer	Reasons why this job is important to you	Your qualifications, work experience, and interests	What kind of person you are
2, 3, 12, 14, 16	4, 13	15, 17	5, 6, 7, 8, 9	1, 10, 11

The Interview’s example questions.

1. Who would I work with?

2. What training is there for the job?

3. Are there a lot of travelling?

Ex. 3.

What experience do you have in this kind of work?

Do you have any experience working with lighting or sound systems?

Would that be a problem for you?

Language spot

Ex. 1

A	B	C
decide	different	efficient
detail	difficult	extract
first	passage	extraordinary
from	pen	margin
full-time	reader	maybe
mark	review	messy
paragraph	second	much
probably	several	must
resume	skill	need
right	third	never

Ex. 2

1 – b, 2 – c, 3 – d, 4 – a, 5– h, 6 – e, 7 – f, 8 – g, 9 – j, 10 – i

1. Helena Schultz (n) hopes (v) to find (inf) an (article) entry-level (adj) position (n) at (prep) a (article) large (adj) international (adj) engineering (adj) company (n).

2. She (pronoun) went (v) to (prep) Siberian (adj) Transport (adj) University (n) from (prep) 2005 (num) to 2010 (num).

3. There (adv) Helena (n) took (v) engineering (adj) courses (n) and (conj) studied (v) foreign (adj) languages (n) to use (inf) for (prep) professional (adj) purposes (n).

4. She (pronoun) speaks (v) English (n) and (conj) Chinese (n) fluently (adv) and (conj) has (v) good (adj) computer (adj) skills (n).

Ex. 3

reader (n)	efficient (adj)
usually (adv)	careful (adj)
possible (adj)	question (n)
difference (n)	efficiently (adv)
situational (adj)	questionable (adj)
condition (n)	discussion (n)
beautifully (adv)	happiness (n)
careless (adj)	distant (adj)
engineer (n)	assignment (n)
possibly (adv)	importance (n)

Script 1. Unit 1

Job interview

I=Interviewer, A=Applicant

I. What experience do you have in this kind of work?

A. I’m a skilled carpenter and love done a lot of work making displays for exhibitions and conferences. It’s quite similar to stage work.

I. Do you have any experience working with lighting or sound systems?

A. I was a roadie with a rock band for six months. The band didn’t last very long – they weren’t very good – but I got a lot of experience with sound systems.

I. We’re looking for someone who's prepared to travel for at least four months each year. Would that be a problem for you?

A. No, I’m single at the moment, and I like travelling.

I. Why do you think you’re the right person for the job?

A. I’ve got relevant experience. I like variety in my work. I’m good at problem-solving.

I. Are there any questions you would like to ask us?

A. Yes, how many technicians do you employ? And, of course ...

Progress Test 1