1B IN THIS LESSO N , Y O U:

How’sit going?
• talk about experiences at work to give advice
• use your knowledge to help interpret a text
• share information in texts to discuss work issues
• use language to say how work's going

READING 3 My b o ss at me for not finishin g the w o rk

1 Ask dif f ere n t pe ople h o w t he y are. Find o ut h o w t heir

4 They our w a g es recently b ecause the
life / w o r k / school is going.
's makin g so much money.
A: So how's work going?
5 I my f irs t in a m eeting last w e e k
B: Very busy! How about you? How's school going? and it w e n t really w e ll.
A: Really well. I'm really enjoying it and doing OK, I think. 6 He d i d n 't the event w ell and w e had an
____________ a b o ut it.
2 Look a t t he t y p es of peo ple. On y o ur o w n, w rit e d o w n
on e or t w o co m mon problems each person might 7 I lots of jo bs and I had a couple o f ,
have. Then w o r k in groups. Co m pare y o ur ideas. but I did n't get anythin g.
8 I most o f my tim e on the intern et and I'm not
1 a young person trying to fin d w ork
learnin g any n e w
2 a parent or carer o f a fa m ily m e m b er
3 a person w orkin g for the mselves 7 W hich pe ople in Exercise 6 might be:
4 so m e o ne w h o w o rks in an office 1 w orkin g for th e mselves? 4 stressed?
5 a person w orkin g w ith o u t a co ntract 2 a m ana g er? 5 bore d?
3 n e w to a jo b? 6 excite d?
3 W ork in grou ps of t hree. Look a t t he t e x ts on page 11.
You sho uld each cho ose a dif f eren t person to read 8 W ork in pairs. Discuss t he q u estions.
a bout. Read y o ur t e x t as q uickly as you can. A nsw er
1 W h ere else mig ht you give a prese n t a tio n?
t h ese q u estions.
2 W hy else mig ht you lose a jo b?
1 H o w is th e person's w o rk g oing?
3 W h a t else mig ht you have an arg u m e n t a b o ut at w o rk?
2 Have th ey exp erience d any of the pro ble ms you th o u g h t
of in Exercise 2? 4 In w h a t places mig ht you find jo bs? H ow do you a p ply
f or th e m?
M N o w w o rk t o g e t h er and decide w hich person - 5 W h a t skills are im p ortant to learn to b eco m e a te ach er?
Si- Woo (SW), Talita (T) or Jada (J) - says t hey:
6 Do you kn o w any co m p anies th a t are making a lot of
like a co-worker. m on ey or doing b adly?
2 lost a previous jo b.
3 looked for w o rk for a long tim e. SPEAKING
4 got help to get th eir jo b. 9 W ha t w as y o ur first job or e x p erie nce of w o r k lik e?
5 earn less if th ey m ake a m istake. Thin k of a nsw ers to t h ese q u estio ns. If y ou haven't
6 are learnin g in th eir jo b. w ork e d , use t he ideas o f on e of t he peo ple in t he t ext.
Then w o r k in groups. Tell each o t her y o ur e x p erie nces.
5 W ork in pairs. Discuss t he q u estions. 1 W h a t did you do?
1 W h o do you think has the best jo b? W hy? 2 W h ere did you w o rk? W h o for?
2 Is it easy to get w o rk exp erience in yo ur to w n / city? 3 Did you enjoy it?
3 H ow much tim e do people usually take o ff w o rk w h e n 4 W h a t w ere the hours like?
th ey have childre n? Is it paid?
5 H o w long did you w o rk th ere?
4 Do you kn o w anyone on a flexible contract? Are they happy?
6 W h a t w as the m oney like?
7 W h a t kind of thin gs did you do?
VOCABULARY How s work? 8 W h a t w ere your co -w orkers like?
6 Co m plete t he sen te nces (1-8) wit h t hese pairs of w ords.
10 W ork in pairs. Decide on five pieces o f a dvice to give
applied for / interviews gave / presentation to y o un g peo ple first starting w ork.
increased I company organize I argument It's important t o ...
shouted I on time spend / skills D o n 't...
talking with / contract working on / project
Always try t o ...

1 I'm a really i n t e r e s t i n g , but it's a

lot of w o rk.
2 I'm a possible n e w clie nt. It could be a really
b i g ____________ _

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Si-Woo, South Korea Talita, Uruguay Jada, UK

I LEFT UNIVERSITY two years ago BEFORE, I DIDN'T WORK MUCH. I'M STUDYING PART-TIME here
with a degree in Media Studies and Because I had children, I had a part- and working as a delivery driver
I applied for jobs in the film industry - time job for a while, but a couple at the same time. I can borrow
hundreds of jobs! - but there's so much of times my children were sick, so money to pay for my course, but
competition, I didn't get one! Not I took time off, and the second time it's not enough. I started doing
even an interview! Everyone asked for my boss said don't come back. deliveries by bike through an app,
experience, but how can you get work Later I also cared for my dad. I was but thankfully, I have a van now!
experience if nobody offers you a job? happy to do it, but it's a full-time I work for a company on a flexible
In the end, I agreed to spend time at job without pay! Then a few years contract. It means the hours change
a public relations company without ago, the government started each week and sometimes you hardly
pay. At first, I only did boring jobs providing support for people like earn anything because you don't get
like making coffee, but I'm beginning me. I got some training and now enough work - and then if you're late
to do more interesting things now. I work in a centre that teaches with a delivery, you can lose money
We're working with a film company to parents new skills and provides free too. It depends a lot on the manager.
promote their new film. I'm helping to day care for kids. I love my work and Luckily, I get on with mine, so it's OK
organize some events with the actors. seeing the kids grow up. Obviously, for me. During the holidays, I have
It's good to get new skills, but I'm they can be difficult sometimes, lots of hours, but then if I'm working
not even getting the minimum wage. but if I'm having a bad day, I think on a project or an essay, I tell her
I want to learn and earn - so I'm going of how I'm helping so many other I can't work and it's fine. So it suits
to an interview for a properly paid job parents and I'm grateful for my me and I'm really enjoying getting to
next week. Wish me luck! life now. know Manchester!

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 1C IN T HIS LESSO N, Y O U:

Organizeyourtime
• share information and discuss issues around ways of working
• practise hearing groups of words in fast speech
• practise listening to a podcast about a work issue
• talk about what normally happens in common work situations

LISTENING 4 Q Listen to t he rest of t he podcast. W h a t a dvice does

Linda give at t he e n d? Do you t hin k it's good a d vice?
1 W ork in pairs. Discuss t he q u estions.
1 Look at the photo. Where is this person working? 5 Q W ork in pairs. Are t h ese st a t e m e n ts true (T) or
W hat job do you think they do? false (F)? H o w do you k n o w? Listen again and check
y o ur answ ers.
2 Do you know people wh o work from home? How much?
W hat do they do? 1 Henry isn't earning anything.
3 Do you / they like workin g from home? W hy? / W hy not? 2 He lives with someone.
4 Do you think people do more work at home? W hy? / 3 Henry's office is also his bedroom.
W hy not? 4 He gets up early.
2 Q Listen to t he b egin nin g o f a podcast. A nsw e r t he 5 He can't sit down in the kitchen area.
q u estions. 6 He has very good wi-fi in his flat.
1 What's the podcast about? 7 He's eating more and doing less exercise.
2 W hat problem does the host mention? 6 W ork in groups. Discuss t he q u estions.
3 W hat do you learn about Linda and Henry? 1 Do you have a good w ork-life balance? W hy? /
W hy not?
FS Q W hen pe ople sp ea k fast, you d on't alw a ys hear
so u n ds or w h o le w ords. So m e ti mes t w o w o rds sound 2 W hat time of day do you w ork best?
like one. Listen to six p hrases from t he n ex t part of 3 Can you think of three or four pieces of advice for
t he podcast. H o w m any w o rds are t h ere? Henry?
a 2,3 or 4 d 3, 4 or 5 Try t o ...
b 6,7 or 8 e 4, 5 or 6 D o n 't ...
c 3,4 or 5 f 3, 4 or 5
GRAMMAR 11 W ork in pairs. Discuss t he q u estions.
• Say tw o thin gs you think th e group did w ell and one
Zero co n ditio n als thin g you could do better.

We use zero conditionals to talk about general truths. I think it w ork e d w ell w hen w e ...
We make zero conditional sentences with tw o present N ext time, m a ybe w e sh o u ld t r y ... f+ -ing)
simple verbs - one in the / /clause, and one in the result • Give fe e d b ack to one of th e m em b ers of yo ur group on
clause. so m ethin g you think th ey did w e ll.
I f I h a v e a problem, I l i k e to lie down. I really liked the w a y yo u ...
I f you d o n ' t h a v e a separate office, it c a n b e a problem.
I e a t more i f I w o r k in the kitchen.

7 Match t he first parts of t he zero con ditio nal se n t e nces

FACT FILE A
(1-6) w it h t he second parts (a-f).
Research in the UK found that 68% of people
1 If I d o n't sleep eig ht hours a nig ht, who retired early (when they were 60 or before)
2 If I have so m e difficult w o rk to do, were happier after they retired.

3 If you have pro blems w ith a task,

4 If you d o n't need to travel to w o rk,
A 2021 survey found that people working
5 If you w a n t to retire early, from home represented 32% of the workforce
6 If you d o n't have much space, worldwid e. They said they preferred it because
if they work from home, they do more work.
a do so m ethin g easier first and deal w ith it later!
b you should fin d a jo b w h ere you earn a lot.
c you can get more sleep and w a k e up later. A study in 2019 found that workers checked
d I d on't like having any noise - no radio, no music, nothing. emails and messages on average every 6 minutes.

e it's difficult to w o rk from ho me.

f I d o n't w o rk w ell b ecause I just feel tired all day. According to a study by an American business
school, if you do a job such as a lawyer or
8 W ork in pairs. Discuss w hich se n t e nces in Exercise 7
manager, nearly everyone (94%) works 50 hours
are true f or you or are o pinions y ou a gree w it h.
or more a week and around 40% do over
9 Do y ou t hin k t h ese ideas are good or b a d? W h y? Write 65 hours a w eek, as well as spending many extra
a t least one zero con ditio nal se n t e nce f or each idea. hours answering emails and messages.

1 W orkin g less In two large studies, 2,500 workers in Iceland

If yo u w ork less, yo u lose money. reduced their hours from 40 hours a week to 35.
2 W orkin g fro m home They earned the same. Researchers found that
the amount of w ork people did stayed the same
3 University stu d ents also having a jo b or got better. They also gave the same service to
4 Paying a p arent to stay at home the public - or better.
5 Retiring early

See Gra m m ar ref erence 1C.

■ M Y OUTCOMES ■
SPEAKING TASK W ork in pairs. Discuss t he q u estio ns.
1 W hat topics and texts in this unit were the most interesting
M W ork in pairs or groups of four. Do t he t ask.
or useful? What would you like to talk about more if you
• Decide w h o's going to read Fact file A on this page and had the time in class?
w h o reads Fact file B on page 190. 2 Have you learned any useful phrases to use when describing
• On yo ur o w n, read and d ecid e if th e inform atio n agrees / the job you have or the job you w ant? If so, w hat are they
disagre es w ith any ideas in Exercise 9. and when would you use them?
• In pairs, discuss if you think the ideas are good or 3 Which part of this unit did you find the most difficult, and
bad. Explain yo ur vie ws based on exp erience and I or why?
inform atio n you read. 4 W hat can you do at home to revise language from this unit?
• W ork w ith an o th er pair. Together, put th e ideas in ord er
fro m best to w o rst.

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