1. Complete each sentence with a word from the box. Use the words more than once.business        job       living         work
   1. Jack makes his _________ working as a journalist.
   2. She has just left to go to ________, I’m afraid.
   3. They worked very hard and now have their own _____________.
   4. There are still nearly two million people without _____________.
   5. The cost of _____________ has risen greatly over recent years.
   6. Stop interfering! This is none of your ________________.
   7. Lucy has a very good ______________ in an international company.
   8. I can’t come out tonight. I’ve got too much ___________ to do.
   9. Some ________ men came and dug a hole in the road outside.
   10. An early ____________ by Picasso was sold for £3,000,000.
2. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.Leaving a job
   

   I recently left my job in an (1)…. agency after a disagreement with my boss. She accepted my (2) but warned me that because of the (3) situation, I might have to get used to the idea of being (4) for a while. I thought that she was trying to make a point, but after I had made over fifty (5) to other companies, I realised that she was right. Although I am a (6) designer, I didn’t receive any offers of a job. After that I tried working from home, but it was not very (7) Then I became an (8) in a fast-food restaurant, even though my (9) were extremely low. I wish I had accepted early (10) from my old job. That is what I disagreed with my boss about!

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3. Answer the questions using your active vocabulary
   1. When does a person give up a job?
   2. At what age do people retire from jobs in our country?
   3. How do people look for jobs?
   4. When do people turn to occupational consultants?
   5. What do occupational consultants do?
   6. What do people do when they find the necessary vacancy?
   7. What for do managers of companies arrange job interviews?
   8. What do they want to find out?
   9. What do job placement specialists do?
   10. What is it necessary to do to be a success in a job?
   11. Is having prospects of promotion a good reason to take on a job?
   12. When is a person promoted?
   13. What can the attractive aspects of a job be like?
4. Read the two job adverts (in the attached file) and
   1. guess what the jobs are and why;
   2. Are there any other qualities or skills that you think should have been mentioned  for either job?
   3. What are the key features in each job advert? Highlight them.
   4. What questions would you ask to get this information? — write them & any other questions you think could be relevant.
5. Prepare 15 sentences for backtranslation from  ‘What’s in you for the job’; ‘how I stay calm’ and ‘what do they do for a living’.

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