LISTENING Look at the pictures. What qualities do you think are important for these jobs? 4.1 Listen to six people talking about their jobs. Match pictures A-F above with speakers 1-6. Listen again. Who says these things? Write the number of the speaker next to each statement. 1 You have to be organised and have a ‘good memory, too, 2 And you need to pay attention to detail You shouldn't get stressed too easily 4 You have to care about the people you're looking after. 5 You always have to be on time. 6 And you have to be able to work well under pressure. 7 You must be very accurate and observant. 1 8 You have to be able to stay calm. Wel VN NTT CONFUSING WORDS Complete the conversations with the words in the box. job work remember remind forget leave hear listen fun funny 1A Ohno,___tothat. It's raining and | don't have an umbrella. B: Why not? Did you itat home? A: Yes, did B: Here, Use mine. 2 & Canyou ‘me to post that letter on the way home? B: Sure, Just 3A: Did you have a good night last night? B: Yes, it was realy 4 Be Igot the B: Congratulations! by the way. hat’ brilliant news. A Yes, 'm so excited. Finally, 'm going to earn a proper salary. : That's great, Well done. I've got to go to later. B: Yes, don’t 7230. «: Don't worry. Il be there. Pe He won an award for being outstanding in his fel. & A B: No. a B: : That's not even Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 5A. 1 Canyou ‘me to call my brother later? Its his birthday. 2 Did you about that couple who won millions of pounds on the Euro lottery? 3. I don’t get paid enough. I need to get a new 4 We're having a meeting tomorrow morning, Don't 1 5 really enjoy my and the people | work with are good 6 He's so to bring it with you. We danced until two in the morning, but today | feel terrible. now I'l see you we're meeting Chaz at «Did you the joke about the scarecrow? I find it interesting, He always makes me laugh.turns into 1 Itwasadvertsed asthe bestjob inthe word, Andit certainly looked good. You would be paid ($189,000 forsic months) to suf, sil and swim. The job came with 4 abeachside mansion, with its own snimming poo), 7 anc fartastc views of the ocean. All you had to do was shook after tiny Hamilton Island, situated off the coast of 5 leensland. Duties included feeding the fsh and writing 2 blog of your experiences to help encourage tourism in the area. There were more than 34,000 applicants fr the job from all over the world, so Ben Southall was delighted “when he beat them al and won the contract. 2 But, asit shed out, it wasn't cuit the dream job that some people might have expected. Firstly, it was incredibly busy Ben found! himself working seven days a week and up ‘orinateen hours a day. He had a busy schedule of events toattend, with promotional evens, press conferences, ‘raining courses and administrative duties. ‘Tthas been very busy, busier than most people would have imagined, and certainly busier than | had imagined, Mr Southall old reporters when he finished his contract. 3, Infact during his six months, Ben visited ninety ‘exotic locations’, made forty-seven video caries and gave more than 250 media interviews -incuding a chat with popular US TV host Oprah Winfrey. He aso posted more than 75,000 wordsin saty separate blogs, uploaded more than 2,000 photos and ‘tweeted! more than 730 times. Ben Southall got a ‘dream job’: looking after Hamilton Island, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The article describes how the job turned into a nightmare. Which of these problems do you think it will mention? loneliness free time feeling bored problems with animals illness money other Read the article to see if you were right. Then answer the questions, 1 What three things help to make the job ‘the best job in the world”? 2 Why was the job not as ‘ideal’ as it seemed at first? 3. What happened to Ben towards the end of his contract? 4 What is he going to do now? e DREAM JOB wy NicHT\ Ae 4, That ddr'tleave much time for surfing, sailing or simply elaxing ‘and enjoying the sea views. And when he did get the chance to try ‘out his water sponts, things ci alvays.go well.On one trp, Ben was stung by a deadly jellyfish. rukandi jellyish are transparent ‘and very smell 50 they are very iffcult to seein the water. In hisblog, Ben describeshow he was enjoying jet sking with some frends, when as he cimbed off the jt he feta sting on his arm, Within thirty minutes, Ben was feeling the venom. He was hot and sweaty, with 2 headache, pains in his chest and high blood, pressure. Ben had to be rushed to a doctor who diagnosed the ‘symptoms and gave him some medication. Luckily, Ben was fine, butitwas an unwelcome end to his stay in paradise, and not how he expected to spend his las few days on Hamiton Island. Ben was lucky to sunive. {6 However he sil insists that he ‘enjoyed himself immensely. Infact, Toursm Queensand is ‘offering him a new contract, ‘and he wil also write a book about his experiences. Tick the things which Ben did as part of his job. ave speeches made video diaries managed a big team of people gave interviews attended press conferences learned a new language met politicians wrote a novel wrote a blog about his experiences 10 learned to surf and sail woeroununn Find words or phrases in the text to match definitions 1-8. 1a large house by the sea (paragraph 1) 2 alan that includes a lot of things to be done in a short time (paragraph 2) 3. meetings at which someone answers questions asked by people from newspapers, television, etc. (paragraph 2) 4 activities involved in managing the work of a company or organisation (paragraph 2) 5 posted a comment using the website Twitter (paragraph 3) 6 have an opportunity (paragraph 4) taken very quickly (paragraph 5) 8 very, very much (paragraph 6)VOCABULARY EXTREME ADJECTIVES 4 Complete the sentences with the correct word. 1) | thought the show was briliant/boiling b) Is the heating on? It’s brilliant/boiling in here. 2a) Have you heard the news? Isrtitterible/furious? b) Allthe trains were delayed. | was terible/furious. 3 a) Id invite you round, but my apartment is delicious/tny. b) Have you tried these salads? They're delicious/tiny. 4 a) I can't do it- it’s exhausted/impossible! b) I'm going home. 'm exhausted/impossibe. 5 a) Itsa(n) fascinating/enormous story of naval history. hat’s a(n) fascinating/enormous amount CII USED TO, WOULD 5 complete the paragraphs. Use one word for each gap. ‘lused' work for abig company. | 2 to work Long hours and |? dream of living in a more exotic Location sitting ona beach with my laptop. Now | run my own website business. | don’t earn as much money as + toearn, but Im much happier \*__to work as a computer programmer. Most of the time, |* enjoy it. But! didn't? to like being in an office all day. So, I decided to get a job working outdoors. Now, | train people in forestry skills, so 'm outside most of the time, And my lifestyle is much healthier than it " tobe. G A Rewrite the sentences with used to. 1. Did you spend your holidays by the sea? 2 We didn’t have a dog when | was a child, 3. Iloved reading in the evening, but now I'm too tired. 4 remember how | sat in my grandfather's studio and watched him paint. 5 Children always played around on the streets in the old days, but there's nobody here now 6 They lived in a big house, but they had to move. 1B Tick the sentences in Exercise 6A where you could replace used to with would. 7? A Look at the underlined words. Are they pronounced with a /s/ or /z/ sound? 1 | used to be very sporty. 2 Can! use your phone? 3. He never used to worry about it. 4 Lsed to live in the USA when | was 18 5. This stuff is used to kill insects. 6 | don’t use the car much any more. 7 We used to love going there on holiday. 8 didn’t use to live in Europe. B (E42 Listen and check, Then listen and repeat. Focus on the pronunciation of /ju:sta/. WRITING A COVERING LETTER; LEARN TO ORGANISE YOUR IDEAS B A Putthe covering letter in the correct order. [Thankyou for your consideration. you require any further irformaton please donot hestate to contact me canbe reached 2 vienie22@dmal.com or (07788922 123. look forward to hearing Fom you soon, Dear Ms Nelson, I believe that my communication skis, customer service ablities and positive work ethic would make mean asset to the shop. 1 tan curently stchingErlsh at eter Univers ad a locking fr sirer work the me francs hy Stes. "Ui woud be good atts job Fry, am both haré-workng and organ and Ihave excelent communkeaton sis Second, ave hoon tat am good at customer service ny previous ob, oh the reception dest at Quen’ Hosp hae practic terparence of prong qual customer serosa sworn with al yes of people Yours sincerely, oo lam writing to you ‘abou the sumer positon at ‘SunnySam's Electronics, advertised on ‘wwwesummerjabs'studenes.com, want to apply for the post. | attach my CV, application form and all the information required in the advertisement. 1 Vine essop 5 Replace the underlined sections 1-6 in the letter with the phrases in the box. Write the correct number. hands-on [_Jat your earliest convenience{_] regarding[_] proven ability at (] | would like to submit an application [7] I believe | meet all the requirements of the post[_] C Write a covering letter (120-180 words) for a summer job working as a restaurant/shop manager.VOCABULARY BUSINESS LA Circle the correct options to complete the text. Hi Lucy, {’'m just writing to tell you about my new job. Remember when I had to go for! last month? Well, I got the job. I'm so pleased about it, because I heard a lot of people were z for it, probably because it has quite a high * ‘The people in the office are really good fun and it is such a relief not to be out of * any more. My new boss is in § of the whole marketing department and she g it really well. She has lots of really interesting business ” and encourages us to try and do the same. The only problem now is that I still arrive late for work all the time. I hope I don’t get ® Let me know how you're getting on at work. Speak soon. Becca 1 a) aninterview by ajob 9) awork 2 a) working b) attempting ©) competing 3 a) salary b) money) holiday 4 a) work ») salary ©) employ 5 a) control b) charge) lead 6 a) works b) is ©) runs 7 a) thoughts ») ideas ©) posts 8 a) interview by boss 0 fired B Use the phrases in Exercise 1A to complete the sentences. 1 I'm lucky to work there ~ lots of people to get jobs there, 2 Would you prefer to earn a high something interesting? 3 My boss the business very successfully ‘and it's growing every day. 4 He behaved so badly I'm not surprised that he was ordo 5 hate itwhen Ihave to do an nervous. 6 My cousin has been out of She doesn’t have any money. ~Iget for ages. FUNCTION REACHING AGREEMENT 2 Complete the conversation with the phrases in the box. not sure that lagree suggest we think about see what youmean see things that'sa good idea How about if we That's fine A: The way I? » the first thing we need to do is update the website. Bes? But we haven't decided what information to put there. know. 12 what should be on the site and then decide who's going to work onit. by me. fm? actually. | think we need to look at the finances first. We don't know how much money we can spend on the website yet. Be , but 'm not sure what todo." decide what \we would like first and then look at how much it will cost? G: Fine, That sounds good to re, LEARN TO MANAGE A DISCUSSION 3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. on 2) all recap to up 1 Let's focus the main problems and talk about the rest if we have time. 2 Ok, but first of ‘we need to look at the notes from the last meeting. 3 Moving __tothe next point. What are we going to do about salaries? 4 So, let on the main ideas we've discussed and then we'll stop for lunch, 5 I think we need to come back the decision to relocate. 6 Lets sum what we've talked about,