Ex. 5 Choose synonyms from the focus vocabulary.

1. to be out of a job / work

2. to hire, engage

3. to reach, realise BrE / realize AmE

4. income

5. to direct, lead, guide

6. to throw out of work, to fire, to sack

Ex. 6 Say in one word using the focus vocabulary.

1. a person who is employed

2. money that an employee receives for his / her work

3. a particular fitness or ability for certain kind of work

4. to appoint a person for a job

5. money paid for manual work

6. money which allows one to provide for a living

7. to leave one's job or position

Ex. 7 Paraphrase the following.

1. My father has been unemployed for months.

2. He is keen to become a doctor.

3. Teaching children is more than just a way of making money: it's a special call from God.

4. He has become a diplomat.

5. I am totally indifferent to it.

6. I've got a job for you.

7. He has never had the sense of fitness or ability for teaching.

8. My son's very skilful as a driver.

9. Only after much hard work are most of us able to realise our dreams.

10. My uncle directs an aircraft factory.

11. The company hires people according to their skill,

12. He was a stock-broker.

13. When he left school, he took up a job of a lorry driver.

Ex. 8 Complete each sentence by using a word from the box.

employ - employer - employee -unemployed -employment - unemployment

1. We are______________a new interpreter from September 1.

2. He is______________at present and is job hunting.

3. We were______________to do some seasonal job.

4. My______________wouldn't like me to be late.

5. Office______________are called white-collar workers.

6. Being a housewife is full-time ____________.

7. ______________is a major social problem,

8. The __ are on the dole in the United Kingdom.

Ex. 9. Fill in the right word

A. Out of Work

left school

to find a job

given up

looking through

receptionist

move to

living on my own

out of work

queuing

local paper

applicants.

take any job

unemployment benefit

youth unemployment

In Britain a lot of people are 1)____. Tracey Chapman is 18, and she 2) ____ a year ago. She lives: in the North East, an area of high 3) ____ She hasn't been able 4) ____ yet. "My dad just doesn't understand. He started working in a steel mill when, he was 15. Things are different now, but he thinks I should start bringing home some money. Oh, I get my 5) ____ but that isn't much and I'm fed up with 6) ____ for it every Thursday. I hate having to ask my mum and dad for money. Oh, my mum gives me a couple of pounds for tights now and then, but she can't stand seeing me at home all day. I've almost 7) ____ looking for a job. I buy the 8) ____ every day but I'm really tired of 9) ____ the "Situations Vacant" column. There are 50 10) ____ for every job. I was interested in being a dentist's 11) ____ because I like meeting people, but now I'd 12) ____ at all. People ask me why I don't 13) ____ London, but I don't want to leave my family and friends. Anyway, I'm scared of 14) ____ in a big city."

B.

to close

refusals

the interviewers

to train

to retire

a company car

doing a job

am tired of

looking for a job

point of view

am terrified of

redundant

new skill

applying for a job

economic difficulties

production manage

was bored with

good redundancy pay

George Morley is 54. Until last year he was a 1)____ in the textile industry. He had worked for the same company since he left school. He had a good job, a four-bedroom house and a 2) ____. When his company had to 3) ____ because of. 4) ____, he became. 5) ____. "It's funny, really. I don't feel old, but it isn't easy to start 6) ____ at my age. I've had so many 7) ____. Now I'm frightened of 8) ____. All 9) ____ are twenty years younger than me. You see, I'm interested in learning a 10) ____ but nobody wants 11) ____ me. I can see their 12) ____. I'll have 13) ____ in ten years. It's just, well, I 14) ____ sitting around the house, I've worked hard for nearly forty years and now I 15) ____ of having nothing to do. When T was still with Lancastrian Textiles I 16) ____ doing the same thing day after day, but now I'd really enjoy 17) ____ again 18) ____ any job really. It's not the money. I got... and the house is paid for 19) ____ and I've given up smoking 20)____ no, it's not just money. I just need to feel 21) ____ well, useful 22) ____ that's all."

Ex. 24

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