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Государственное образовательное учреждение

высшего профессионального образования

«Пермский государственный технический университет»

Чайковский филиал

Устройство на работу

Учебное пособие для студентов II курса

Чайковский, 2007 г.

Unit 1. job descriptions

1. Answer the following questions.

a) Is it a job?

• People are drinking coffee.

• A worker is moving a big object.

• Children are building something in the sandbox.

• A driver is waiting for a chief manager.

• A teacher is going to the theater.

b) What do you think a job is?

c) Why work?

• to earn a living

• for the fun of it

• for work’s sake

• to make a major impact (влияние) to achieve results

• for self-fulfilment

• to become famous

• to leave a legacy (наследство)

• out of keen interest

• to gain power and authority

• your variant

2. Which professions are women’s/men’s ones?

a plumber - водопроводчик a fireman - пожарный an officer a doctor a cook - повар a poet a pilot a butcher - мясник

a shop-assistant - продавец a postman - почтальон a nurse – няня, медсестра a secretary an engineer a teacher a pianist a book-keeper - бухгалтер

3. Name:

a) present jobs: which many women (men) now do, but which their mothers (fathers) did not do in the past.

b) past jobs: jobs which their mothers’ (fathers’) generation used to do, but which few women (men) do now.

с) Answer the question: Why you think the changes have taken place? (give three reasons).

4. What are these people?

1. Someone who looks after sick people in a hospital: n ______.

2. Someone who sells medicine: c ______.

3. Someone who mends (чинить, ремонтировать) lights and other electrical fittings (приспособления): e______.

4. Someone who mends taps (краны), baths, sinks (раковины кухонные) and so on: p______.

5. Someone who appears on the stage, in plays: a ______.

6. Someone with a whistle (свисток) who is in charge of a football match: r ______.

7. Someone who works in a library: l ______.

8. Someone who sells fruit and vegetables: g ______.

Prompts: librarian, electrician, fireman, actor/actress, sportsman, referee, pilot, greengrocer, nurse, plumber, driver, chemist, teacher, designer, programmer, seller of cosmetics

5. Name as many professions as you can.

Concerning money	Helping people	Working with machinery	Communication and the Arts	Science
economist banker stock broker	social worker therapist	engineer mechanic	artist	scientist

6. Name some professions you consider to be interesting. Which qualities make a good manager, etc.?

active – деятельный, энергичный accurate – точный, аккуратный, внимательный arrogant – самонадеянный, надменный aggressive ambitious – честолюбивый attentive – внимательный businesslike - практичный catty – хитрый, злой competent - знающий constructive – творческий, конструктивный cooperative – (охотно) сотрудничающий creative – творческий, созидательный diplomatic - тактичный disciplined emotional energetic enthusiastic - увлеченный experienced - опытный extroverted

independent - самостоятельный intelligent - умный intuitive – обладающий интуицией knowledgeable - умный levelheaded - уравновешенный malicious - злобный methodical – методический, методичный motivated - убежденный neat - аккуратный punctual realistic reliable - надежный reasonable - благоразумный sensible - здравомыслящий sincere - искренний strong - сильный superficial - поверхностный systematic tactful