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Unit 15

Think big! Workbook

2 Use of English • Write about the free time you have available
to work.
A Rewrite the sentences using the words given. • Write about the kind of work you would like to
Example: Most students take part-time jobs to do, and why.
help them pay for their studies.
B Write an essay giving your opinion about this
• Most students take part-time topic:
jobs because it will help them pay
for their studies.
• Professional sports people get paid too
much for doing too little.
1 During my university years I worked for an
Do you agree, or disagree? Give reasons for your
internet company.
answers. Write between 120 and 180 words.
While …………….
2 I spent fifty hours a week editing up to ten
essays a night.
It took …………….
4 Connections
3 Wired magazine asked me to write an article
about my life. A Complete these phrases connected with work
I was ……………. with the correct prepositions from the box.
4 My advice to young people who want to start a
company is do it now! (a) at (b) for (c) out (d) in (e) on
If young people ……………., I advise ……………. . (f) under (g) towards (h) with

B Chose a word from the box to fill the gaps. 1 He is the head of a company, with about 400
(a) came across ( b) age (c) height (d) earning people working ……………. him.
(e) making (f) studying (g) head (h) ordered 2 I'm working ……………. my second degree now,
(i) sell (j) offered in Business Communications.
3 She works ……………. Wired magazine, as a
Dominic McVey was a millionaire at the age of 15. He is researcher.
now the (1) ……………. of several businesses –– and he’s 4 It works ……………. cheaper if you manufacture
not even 21. As a schoolboy, McVey used to arrange the goods locally.
discos in the church hall, and (2) ……………. tickets for 5 It isn't easy to make money overnight. You
£5 each. When he was 11, he (3) ……………. an article have to work very hard ……………. it.
about buying and selling shares online. Using his 6 I like working ……………. people, not with
father's credit card, he started (4) ……………. money numbers and computers.
this way. He started (5) ……………. more money when 7 He is an engineer, specialising …………….
he was 15, at the time he bought his first scooter. He building bridges.
(6) …………….one from the manufacturers in Italy, who 8 We are working ……………. a secret project for
(7) …………….to give him one free for every five he the government.
bought. At the (8) ……………. of his business he sold
30,000 scooters per year. And all this, while most B Tick (✔) the words or phrases that mean the same.
people his (9) ……………. were (10) still ……………. for 1 salary / wage …….
their exams. 2 to get the sack / to be fired …….
3 to take (someone) on / to promote …….
(someone)
3 Writing 4 career / job …….
5 employer / employee …….
A Write a formal letter to a company applying for 6 to turn down a job / to refuse (a job) …….
a part-time job in a field that interests you 7 executive / director …….
(120 –150 words). 8 to be hired / to be laid off (AmE) …….
• Write about your qualifications, skills and
interests. C Explain any differences in meanings.

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