Choose the right word. Jobs and occupations

Jobs and occupations

Vocabulary Training

Read and remember the following words and word combinations.

A.

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occupation, n profession, n trade, n job, n position, n post, n work, n labour, n business, n employ (for), v apply for, v make an application make an appointment advertise for, v employee, n employment, n	unemployed, a employer, n be (un)employed line, n career, n promotion, n curriculum vitae (CV) vacancy, n accept, v take up, v What are you by profession (by trade)? What post do you hold? What business are you in? What's your line?

B.

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at a factory / plant at a firm / company at a farm at a workshop at a high school at the police in an office	in a shop in a bank in an assembling department in a hospital at a travel agency -Where do you work? - I work at a candy factory. / I work for Philips.

C.

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work shift-work be on flexi-time work irregular / long hours give up work be on / take maternity leave be on / take sick leave take early retirement turn down, v reject, v give up, v	leave, v (job, position) work half /part / full time work nine-to-five be fired be dismissed be out of work get the sack be made redundant dismiss from, v retire, v

D.

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salary, n wages, n fee, n payment, n income, n	profit, n earn money make / do money What's your family income? How much do you earn (make)?

2. Work as a group and give the names of occupations related to:

a) teaching; b) health care; c) law; d) industry; e) business; f) management;

g) mass media; h) science; i) art; j) manual work; k) services; l) rare jobs.

3. In small groups make a list of jobs which can be described as:

full-time, part-time, temporary, seasonal, prestigious, demanding, challenging, caring, influencing, managerial.

4. Work with your teacher and think of the jobs requiring:

good qualification, rich imagination, an attractive appearance, refine taste, good sense of humour, quick mind, self-discipline, great responsibility, tolerance, special skills (administrative, organizational, etc.).

Choose the right word.

1. What do you... (do/make) for a living?

2. Workers are called blue collars and they earn... (wages /salaries).

3. Wages in the USA and Europe are paid... weekly /monthly.

4. Office clerks are called white collars and they earn... salaries/fees.

5. S alaries are paid... monthly/daily.

6. Payment for particular professional advice or service (private doctors, lawyers, teachers) is called ...fee/profit.

7. I have been... offered/proposed a job in London. But I haven't been prepared to... give up / take on that job.

8. A curriculum vitae /autobiography is a brief account of somebody's previous career.

6. Work as a group now and think on the following:

do the hair; gather crop; prepare medicines; build or repair roads; compose music; do the painting; sell meat; have special knowledge, skill; do the plumbing;

are in charge of a whole company; bake bread, buns; check tickets on a train; make up computer programmes; control or give orders to others; control a business; preside at a meeting; fly a plane.

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