Unit 1. Jobs and occupations

Vocabulary

1. Read and remember the following words and word combinations. Before you start doing other exercises, please, look through the words here and group them according to the headings:

– work and employment;

– places of work;

– hours of work and reasons for not working;

– pay.

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.).

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