Additional Vocabulary

to work shift – work, to be on flexi – time, to work nine to five, to go on strike, to get the sack /to be fired/to be dismissed, to be made redundant, to give up work, to be on / take maternity leave, to be on / take sick leave, to take retirement, to be a workaholic, to be promoted, to apply for a job, to get work, to look for work, to do for a living, to be in charge of/responsible for, to deal with, to run, to earn a salary

Jobs

white - collar workers = office jobs blue – collar workers=manual jobs

skilled workers

armed forces/the emergency services medical profession

I. Distribute the jobs into five columns, using the dictionaries:

doctor, pilot, university lecturer, police officer, secretary, accountant, firefighter, teacher, designer, surgeon, computer programmer, vet, driver, soldier, dentist, mechanic, bricklayer, postman, cook, nurse, sailor, baker, shop assistant, waitress, plumber, bus conductor, guard, detective, carpenter.

II. Supply the most suitable words from the list on the right:

III. Guess the jobs from their definitions:

- makes things, using wood

- fits and repairs water pipes, bathrooms

- fits and repairs electrical things

- repairs cars

- designs buildings

- represents people with legal problems

- plans the building of roads, bridges, machines

- controls the financial situation of people and companies

- makes bread, cakes

- performs in plays and films

- drives a bus, a taxi, a trunk

- works in business

- looks after the documents in an office

- writes music

- cuts people’s hair

- reports the news for a newspaper, TV/radio program

- sells the products or services of a particular company in a shop

- works in an office for someone else and arranges meetings, makes telephone calls

IV. Who would you contact or call in the following situations?

pattern: If I …I will contact ….

- you have a terrible toothache

- your fringe is getting a bit too long

- you want a portrait photograph of yourself

- you fancy a holiday in the sun

- your car won’t start

- you are planning a church wedding

- you want to learn to drive

- you have decided to sell your house

- you want plans drawn up for a new house

- you want new windows put into the house

- you like the idea of new wallpaper throughout the house

- water is gushing from your kitchen taps even when turned off

- all the lights in the house have fused

- your house is on fire

V. Listen to the situation and say what you think has happened / is happening, using the topical vocabulary:

1. I’m not working now: the baby is due in 3 weeks. I’m on … ….

2. I lost my job. They had to make cutbacks. I was made ….

3. He is enjoying life on a pension, although he’s only 58. He has taken …

4. One week it’s six - to – two, the next it’s nights. I work ….

5. They have made her General Manager as from next month! She has been ….

6. I was late so often, I lost my work. I got ….

7. I get in at 9 o’clock and go home at five. I work ….

8. Your trouble is you are obsessed with work! You are a....

VI. Paraphrase, using the topical vocabulary:

1. He spends most of his time working.

2. I’m responsible for exporting our goods abroad.

3. She owns a big industrial company.

4. My mother is a shareholder of the company Sony, so she has to go to regular meetings.

5. His pay is 200 hundred dollars a month.

6. He was out of work and that’s why he was in constant search of it.

7. My brother is a policeman. He sometimes works extra hours.

8. This woman receives a good salary.

9. She is a receptionist in a hotel. She has to do with their guests’ complains and offers.

VII. Translate my sentences into English:

1. Чем вы занимаетесь?

2. Вы слесарь, правда?– Нет, я шофер.

3. Она физик или химик?

4. Вы ведь официант? – Да.

5. Он молодой скульптор.

6. Я работают с 8 до 5 каждый день.

7. Она работает по скользящему графику, в понедельник и пятницу с 9 утра, а во вторник и четверг с 5 вечера.

8. Мой брат работает по сменно, сутки через двое.

9. Я семейный человек и не хочу работать сверхурочно.

10. Он управляет большой нефтяной компанией.

VIII. Say a few words about the main responsibilities of the people, involved in business, medicine, politics, industry, education, culture.

Use the following expressions:

v to be in charge of = responsible for

v to deal with

v to run smth (a shop/company)

IX. Find the Russian equivalents to the following proverbs, comment on their meanings:

v A cat in gloves catches no mice.

v The early bird catches the worm.

v Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

v Jack of all trades, master of none.

X. Work in groups. Discuss the questions:

v What is the most difficult job you can imagine?

v What is the most unpleasant job you can imagine? And the most pleasant?

v If you could choose any job in the world, what would it be? Why?

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