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Unit 2 What do you do?

Before you watch

1 Answer these questions.
1 What’s your ideal job? be doctor.
2 What is the best thing about this job? that you can save lives.
3 What is a possible disadvantage? that the hours are at night.
4 What kind of personality do you need in this job? A serious and committed personality.

2 Work in groups to discuss your answers from Exercise 1.

While you watch

1 Watch the video and complete the table.
Josie (person 1) Chris (person 2) Harry (person 3) Jenny (person 4)
1 Name of job Pólice office Journalist Therapist Florist

2 What kind of You have to

be very be very Eager to
person do be very
skillful and creative help
you need to creative
responsible
be to do this
job? because it
3 What do they like She has good was always
because he is That helps his dream.
about the job? remuneration. very creative. people.
2 Fill in the blanks with words for possession.
1 Her job is very challenging because she sometimes meets difficult people.
She gets on well with Their colleagues. His husband is a policeman.

2 His job is creative and interesting. It is sometimes lonely, but it

doesn’t matter because he loves his job so much.
3 His job is helping people with physical problems. His job is very
rewarding because he enjoys helping people. He sometimes goes to its
homes or places of work.
4 Her job is very creative, too. When Jenny was young, her dream was to
become a florist. Their customers buy flowers for its weddings or other
special occasions.

3 Write one thing that each person does in their job.

1 Josie: Her job is very challenging because she sometimes meets difficult people.
2 Chris: His job is creative and interesting.
3 Harry: His job is helping people with physical problems.
4 Jenny: His work is very creative.

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After you watch

Write five jobs in each category. Work in pairs.

Firefighter
Policeman

Mechanic
dAnGerouS

Cameraman

Electrician Bricklayer
Doctor

Cashier exCItInG
Accountant Journalist

Reporter Nurse
rewArdInG

Businessman
Actress Scientist

Attorney Engineer

Consultant dIffICuLt
Coach
Detective

LoneLy Soldier
Teacher
Instructor
Author

Policeman

Over to you
Discuss the job in the video you liked the best and why. Work in pairs.