It’s Important to Make the Right Choice

ТЕМА: It’s Important to Make the Right Choice

Remember new words. Запишіть нові слова:

Active vocabulary

an applicant – претендент, кандидат

an application – заява

a Bachelor’s degree – ступінь бакалавра

a Master’s degree – ступінь магістра

a position – посада

job advertisements = want ads – оголошення про прийом на роботу

to apply for a job – подавати заяву на працевлаштування

Match two parts of the quotations.

1. Choose a job you love and you will ...                       a) and life is empty without it.

2. Every job is good if you do ...                                    b) to love what you do.

3. Work gives you meaning and purpose …                  c) your best and work hard.

4. Pleasure in job puts …                                               d) never have to work a day in your life.

5. The only way to do great work is …                          e) perfection in the work.

Match the jobs on the left with the workplaces on the right.

  JOBS                                                        WORKPLACES

1. ski instructor                                a) at beaches and swimming pools

2. nanny                                           b) at universities and schools

3. camp counselor                            c) in private homes

4. cook                                             d) in restaurant kitchens

5. lifeguard                                       e) at summer camps

6. language teacher                          f) at Alpine resorts

 Match the words and phrases with the correct definition; one choice is extra: salary, job interview, interviewer, employment contract, interviewee, career

1. a person who carries out an interview;

2. a meeting at which a person applying for a job, is asked questions about his/her work, experience, interest to see if he/she is suitable;

3. a person who is interviewed, esp. for a job;

4. a regular fixed payment for work or services;

5. a legal agreement made between an employer and an employee, giving details of salary, hours of work, holidays.

Put the words in each sentence in the correct order.

1. There are/ reasons/ using/ want ads/ in / your /job /   many /for /good / the    / search.

2. Doctors / in / work / a /   hospital.

3. Flight/ an/ work/ attendants/ airplane/ in.     

4. You/ should / the / for/ two /   want ads / read/ reasons.

Read the passage and fill in the gaps with correct words.

A teacher’s job is to teach someone — to help someone learn about something. Many teachers work in schools — (1) (primary / prime) schools, middle schools, and high schools. At the university / college (2) (level / area), teachers are known as (3) (professors / deans). Teachers often have to create tests / exams for their students. This is a good way of (4) (monitoring / metering) ( = following) their students’ progress. Teachers often (5) (grade / value) their students, based on how well or poorly the students (6) (performance / perform). A good teacher should be (7) (patience / patient), and should be able to explain things in a clear way. In North America, teachers have to be licensed, which usually means that they have to (8) (finish / graduate) from college / university and (9) (compel / complete) a teacher training (10) (program / ritual) before being able to teach.

Do the quiz.

1) She got a … to mend the leaking pipe.

a) traitor              b) plumber

c) docker             d) accountant

2) It took the … five hours to upload the ship.

a) dockers           b) assistants

c) miners            d) tailors

3) A … from each branch came to the meeting.

a) maid               b) representative

c) politician       d) sailor

4) Shop assistant doesn’t like impolite… .

a) trainers          b) clients

c) customers     d) applicants

5) Most … dream of leading their party one day.

a) guests           b) employee

c) miners          d) politicians

6) They couldn’t find the right way to the hotel. So they asked a … for help.

a) florist           b) manager

c) policeman    d) thief

7) The factory … were on strike.

a) workers        b) passengers

c) widows        d) priests

8) I asked the … to make the sleeves a bit shorter.

a) sailor            b) carpenter

c) tailor            d) doctor

9) The … cut the lawn in the park.

a) carpenter      b) gardener

c) butcher         d) sailor