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Ww 12 Pierre is talking about his work. Correct what he says. work for a French supermarke: company. (1) I work about the development of new supermarkets, (2) In fact I running the development department and (3) 1 am manage for a team looking at the possiblities indifferent countries. It's very interesting. (4) One of ray main is to make sure that new supermarkets open on time. (5) I'm also charged sith financial reporting. (6) I deal at alot of different organizations in my work. (2) 'm responsible of planning projets from stat to finish. (8) I work closely near our foreign partners, and so 1 travel alot. Complete the text wth on of he prepositions from B oppo Rebecca lives in London and works in public relations She leaves home for work a 7.30 am. She dives (1) .aje% ro work ‘The tafe is often bad ani she worries about geting (2) 923.83. work lat but she eualyatives (3yeke qj tework a around nine, She fishes work aqui lt, a aboot eight. Lick, Pm mover ily she ay, ‘Tcould never take the time (4) «GN eeniernee WORK.” ‘She loves what she does and is glad to be (5) .....SaX. work Some of he frends ate not so icky: they are (8) oP sm Work Write about each person using words from C opposite, and the words in brackets. ‘The first one has been done for you. 1 'm Alicia. I work in a public libra have a part-tinve 2 My husband works in an office from 9 am to 5.30 pm. (heljob) 3 Our daughter works in a bank from eight til five every day. (she/work) 4 I'm David and I work in a café from 8 pm until midnight. (/work) '5 My wife works in local government and she can have this job for as long as she ‘wants it. (shefjob) 6 Our son is working on a farm for four weeks. (he/job) 7 Oar daughter is working in an office for three weeks. (she!work) in the afternoons from two until six. (job) Over to you “SS oer eee rrr Ce Te What sort of job would you ike to do? ere nt 7 What routine would you like to have Peer caer Cree nee ae hat time do you arrive at work? Do you Perens As ZMe posi a Qoit-time joo 2 DIR VOLA LOK Earttime auch PenVoLE. 4 T hoe uk Que BS .She Veck pesncerd WOK G- Ke hadi 5 Aen yom plo t-Ghe haut a ex porary YOrK 2.1. Which person (1-5) is most likely to do each of the five things (a-el? 12.1 A software designer in an Internct company. Has to be in the office, 2 An office worker in a large, traditional manufacturing company. 1.3 A manager in a department store in a large city. Lives in the country. 4.4 Acconstruction worker on a building site where work goes on 24 hours a day. E 5 Atechnical writer for a city computer company. Lives in the country, 1 work in shifts b work under a flexitime system ¢ telecommute commute to work clock on and off ar the same time every day 2.2. Look ar che words and expressions in B and C opposite. Five people «kt about their jobs. Match the jobs (1-5) co the people (ae) and put the words in brackets into the correct grammatical forms. 1 accountant 2. poswoman 3 flight attendant 4 software developer 5 veacher 3, 4 Obviously, my work involves. SSO ——_Kueavl) lot Ie can be quite Physically dhe (tire), but Tenjoy nn sth Sm. (deal) with customers, except when they become violent. Luckily this doesnt happen often. b Tike Seen in-work) with figures, but my job is much less wleaeec (bore) and routine than people think, The Work ..\.OMINES uuu fnvolve) alo of human contact and teamwork, working with other managers ZL. « OF course involves getting up quit any in the mo ne But ike NaS Gp (be) Ou in the Open ac And T pec lot of exercise 14, 6 You've got to think ina very logeal way. The work can be mentally hive. (tire), but it’s very satisfying to write a program that works. € Hove my job. leg very ..3AN MMs ARS... (stimulate) and not at all sli. GAR SE on (epeat: no ovo days are the same. I's good to see the children learn and develop. Caer eater Tr you dont work ont wer ei ieee nec ne Coonan ere Tor ean coer flexitime system in your organization Pree ee a ny Would you like to work from home? Seared ORR era oer Pacey home? If so, would you like 10?

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