Translate the dialogue into English and act it out.

Work and Unemployment

1. Read and translate the text. Learn the words and expressions in bold type:

For millionsof people, work is a problem because they have none. The money, self-respect (самоуважение), and routine that work pro­vides do not exist for them. The number of officially unemployed Americans has varied in the last four decades. Changing economic conditions determine whether unemployment increase s (увеличиваться) or decrease s (уменьшаться).

But these statistics hardly (едва) tell the story. Since government statis­tics are averages for the whole year, they hide (прятаться) much of the reality of people who are unwillingly (нежелательно) idle. If we look at how many people were out of work for some period we see that up to 20 percent were unemployed (some for many weeks, others for a few weeks).

Many people who want to work but cannot find jobs are exclude d (исключать) from these statistics. Among them are the following: people who work part-time (неполный рабочий день) but want and need full-time work (полный рабочий день); those reenter ing the work (вернуться на работу) force (such as mothers who took some time to raise young children) but have yet to find a job; and people on welfare, prisoners, and older people whom employers will not hire (нанимать). At any given time, the actual unemployment rate (фактический уровень безработицы) is at least twice the official rate.

The effects of unemployment are devastating (разрушительный). They hit poor and working-class families the hardest, not because these people are more likely to be unemployed but because they have no fi­nancial resource to fall back on (обращаться за помощью). Depression, lower self-esteem (заниженная самооценка), illnesses, and suicide s (самоубийство) all increase. In various surveys, workers report they cannot sleep (20 to 50 percent of them); they smoke and drink more. We may think that unemployment benefits soothe the pain (облегчать боль) and lessen financial hardships (финансовые трудности). But very often less than a half receive them.

The existence of millions of unemployed people tends to prevent most of those working from asking for higher wages since they can be replaced easily. In their search for profit s (прибыль, выгода), corporations move to wherever labor is cheapest.

Match the words with their definitions.

1. Unemployment benefit a. to employ for a time for payment

2. self-respect b. to make or become less

3. fall back on c. money given to unemployed people

4. none d. proper pride in oneself

5. self-esteem e. to keep or leave out

6. soothe f. to ask when there is lack

7.hardships g. difficult conditions of life

8. exclude h. not any

9. lessen i. to make less, comfort, calm.

10. hire j. good opinion of oneself

Translate the dialogue into English and act it out.

- Добрый день.

- Добрый день. Чем я могу вам помочь?

- Меня зовут Майк Торрент. Мне бы хотелось попасть на приём к консультанту по трудоустройству.

- Это будет ваша первая работа, мистер Торрент?

- Да, я скоро заканчиваю школу и хотел бы найти работу.

- Сегодня все консультанты заняты до конца дня. Вы бы могли прийти завтра в 12.30?

- Да, спасибо. Меня это вполне устроит. И мне бы хотелось узнать о компаниях, которым сейчас нужны клерки. Вы бы могли мне помочь?

- Да, вот список таких компаний. Вы его можете посмотреть.

- Спасибо за помощь. Значит, я приду завтра в 12.30. До свидания.

- До свидания, мистер Торрент.

4. You are interviewed by the representative of the company. Please answer his questions:

R.: Why are you interested in joining our company?
Y.: …

R.: What is your professional experience?
Y.: …

R.: What do you know about this company?

Y.: …

R.: What kind of position do you want?
Y.: …

R.: Why do you feel qualified for this job?
Y.:…

R.: Have you any American experience?

Y.: …

R.: What is your marital status?
Y.: …

R.: What are your two main strengths for this job?
Y.: …

R.: Will you agree to begin with a part-time job?
Y.: …

R.: What is your objective? What kind of position do you want in the future?

Y.: …

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