- Complete each sentence with a word from the box. Use the words more than once.business job living work
- Jack makes his _________ working as a journalist.
- She has just left to go to ________, I’m afraid.
- They worked very hard and now have their own _____________.
- There are still nearly two million people without _____________.
- The cost of _____________ has risen greatly over recent years.
- Stop interfering! This is none of your ________________.
- Lucy has a very good ______________ in an international company.
- I can’t come out tonight. I’ve got too much ___________ to do.
- Some ________ men came and dug a hole in the road outside.
- An early ____________ by Picasso was sold for £3,000,000.
- 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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- Answer the questions using your active vocabulary
- When does a person give up a job?
- At what age do people retire from jobs in our country?
- How do people look for jobs?
- When do people turn to occupational consultants?
- What do occupational consultants do?
- What do people do when they find the necessary vacancy?
- What for do managers of companies arrange job interviews?
- What do they want to find out?
- What do job placement specialists do?
- What is it necessary to do to be a success in a job?
- Is having prospects of promotion a good reason to take on a job?
- When is a person promoted?
- What can the attractive aspects of a job be like?
- Read the two job adverts (in the attached file) and
- guess what the jobs are and why;
- Are there any other qualities or skills that you think should have been mentioned for either job?
- What are the key features in each job advert? Highlight them.
- What questions would you ask to get this information? — write them & any other questions you think could be relevant.
- 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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