9 Lesson 2 Uniforms at work

You first!
Do you
wear

uniform at work?
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SPEAKINNG
1. Look at the photos and describe the people.
1. What are they wearing? 2. What do you think they do?

2. Name some other jobs where people weara uniform.What's the uniform like

3. Read the sentences in the grammar box below and circle the correct words in rules 1 and 4

4. Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. The chefs above wear / are wearing white hats.They don't wearlaren't wearing those hats at home.

2. The security officer works / is working late today. He often worksI is often working all night.
3. The flight attendant travels/ is traveling a lot for her job. At the moment, she visits /isvisiting triends in San hrancs
4. The nurse often works / is often working very long hours and she daesn'tget. / isn't getting a lot of sleep.

5. Complete the questions and answers with the correct form of the verbs.

1. A e -you coll ung (call) someone? 3. A DO you oy K_ (work) in a hotel!

B No, Om nol BYes,Io
2. A someone Calling (call) you? 4. A be) you a receptionist!
B Yes, they o i e B Yes,I O m _

6. Work in small groups. Follow the instructions and guess the job. Use the questions in Exercise 5
to help you.
O n e person thinks of a job and mimes a typical action. TOu can only ask ten questions.

O t h e r people in the group ask yes / no questions.

GRAMMAR 1
1. We use the
PRESENT CONTINUOUSVS. PRESENT SIMPLE present simple / present continuoUs
to describe picture or to talk about whats
a
The doctor is wearing a uniform in the photo.

Yes, she is. / No, she isnt

happening now, at tne moment, today.
Is she wearing a dress!
2. We use the present
She wears a uniform at work. She doesn't wear a simple/ present continuoUS L
talk about what
uniform at home. happens in general and with wold
like alwayS, often,
usually, etc.
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 Are you the doctor?
There are three million nurses in the
US. Only 6% of them are men,
but the numbers are going
up fast. Morris Baxter is studying to
become a nurse at the moment.

Morris originally wanted to study law, but he

changed his mind. He decided to
become a nurse when his sister had a car accident two
was in the hospital for a month and
years ago. She

AREYOU MAN ENOUGH,

Morris visited her every day. He
thought the nurses were wonderful.
"They
didn't just help my sister," he
said, "they helped me, too. They
sat and talked to me and they even made me
meals. I hated hospitals in
the past, but now I think they're
pretty amazing places. Now, as a nurse,
often work long hours, but do you know what? feel at
I home. I really enjoy
doing my job and | love caring for people."
Does Morris ever have any problems?
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be quite stressful, and sometimes
people ask me: 'Are you the doctor?
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and I know I'm making a difference."
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READING
7. Look at the photos. Describe the man in photo A and then take turns to describe the men in photo B.

8. THINK Talk about the questions.

1The men in photo B are in an ad.They are all nurses, What else do you think they do?
2. What is the purpose of the ad?

9. Read the article. What is the answer to the question in the title?

10. Can you remember? Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Then read again and check your answers.
1. Nursing is a man's world. 4. He always wanted to be a nurse.
2. The numbers of male nurses are
falling 5. Morris thought his sister's nurses were great. T
3. Morris Baxter is a qualified nurse. 6. He works hard but he really enjoys it. T

11. Read the grammar box below and find other state verbs in the article above.

12. 60 3.5 Complete the conversations with the correct form of the verbs.Then listen and check.

1. A CoJou belicue (believe) thenre's life on Mas?

B No,Ihink (think) that's impossible.
2. A don't undesshand (not understand) the word enough. What does maan (mean)?
B It a c o n s (mean) sufficient.
3. A Do ou mind (mind) if I sit here?
B No, that's fine.
4. A
DoNou Pieley (prefer) orange or apple juice?
BIOve_ (love) apple. I really do he(not like) orange juice very much.

GRAMMAR 2
STATE VERBS
Some verbs hardly ever occur in the continuous iorm, but only in the simple form. They are called state verbs
because they describe states, not actions. Here are some examples: believe, hate, hear, like, see, understand

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EXPLORE ONLINE Find out about other jobs with low numbers of either men or women.
Choose one and talk about why and how to change it.
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