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speakout Pre-Intermediate UNIT 2
Overview
Watch the video podcast. What do you have in common with the people?
1 Read and complete Hinas text with the words from the box. Then watch the video podcast from
0:11-0:28 and check your answers.
Hina Hi, Im Hina. I work for 1 the BBC in London as 2_____________ researcher. Ive learnt a lot of skills in my job and Ive
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_____________ some good friends 4____________ work.
Sometimes my 5____________ gets too busy and I dont
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______________ enough time to 7_____________, or even to tidy
my 8 ______________. What do you do?
the get at at a relax job made
Glossary: t idy = organise /put things in the right place
2 Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video podcast from 0:28-3:43 and
underline the correct word in italics in each answer, 1-8. Watch the podcast again if necessary.
The 1 worst / best thing about my job is the hours we work. We can be there until ten, 2 twelve / eleven oclock.
The best thing is that no Im a mechanical 3 day /week is ever really the same. 4 engineer / accountant for an energy company in Australia.
Going out / Working with my colleagues and friends.
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We mainly operate in continents like 6 Australia / Asia, Africa, South America, so I spend a lot of my time 7 abroad / on a plane.
Im a fashion 8 designer/ photographer and I work for a fashion agency.
Glossary: m echanical = with machines; colleagues = the people you work/ study with; photographer = a person who takes photos
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3 Watch the video podcast from 0:28-1:20 and number the jobs in the box in the order you hear them,
1-8. Notice the pronunciation of the words and practise saying them. accountant 1 singing teacher ___ Director of Sales ___ college professor ____ expedition leader ___ private investigator ___ charity worker ___ lm maker ___
Glossary: p rivate investigator = private detective; charity = organisation that collects money and helps people who need it; expedition = an organised journey to a specic place
4 What do they do? Where do they work? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video podcast from 0:28-2:03. Write A-D next to two answers for each person.
A 1 teaches singing 2 mostly works in Berlin
C __ 6 makes lms
D __ __ __ __
B 5 works from home and in schools
__ 7 works in the City of London __ 8 has his own company in Germany
3 works from home in London 4 works for a software company called B-line
5 What are the best things about their jobs? Look at the people below and read the sentences about
them. Then watch the video podcast from 2:04-2:48 and tick () the correct answer.
1 He likes travelling around the world. 2 He likes meeting different people.
3 The best thing is that she travels to a different place every day. 4 She travels a lot and every day is different.
5 The best thing is that theres a lot of variety in his work. 6 He has lots of meetings every day.
7 He likes being funny and making kids laugh. 8 He likes doing things for kids that make them happy.
Glossary: v ariety = a lot of different kinds of things; kids = small children (informal)
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6 What are the worst things about their jobs? Read the words and phrases in the box and watch the
video podcast from 2:49-3:43. Underline the six phrases you hear.
can get very stressful need to take work home low salary seeing people who are poor working under pressure long hours hard to make plans cant stand the boss risking your life being away from my family dealing with problems
The way we speak 7 Look at the people below and read what they say. Then watch the video podcast from 0:28-2:03 and
write the correct prepositions. Watch the podcast again and notice other examples.
1 I work in advertising.
2 I work _____ an ofce.
3 I worked ___ 4 I work _____ many years _____ eight hours drive a publishing ______ where I company. live in Brisbane.
5 I work _____ home and then I also work _____ schools.
Personalisation
8 Write your answers to Hinas questions.
1 What do you do? _____________________________________________________________ 2 Where do you work? _____________________________________________________________ 3 What are the best things about your job? _____________________________________________________________ 4 And the worst things? _____________________________________________________________
FUN FacTS Monday is the most popular day to be off sick. To nd out more, go to the BBC link below. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8347332.stm
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