Name: ___Germania Becerra_____ Date: May, _12- 2020

LIFE 3 SECOND EDITION

UNIT 7
PRESENTATION

Look at the photo above. Describe the woman's job using some of these words. Highlight the words.
interesting dangerous physical hard
boring skilled challenging tiring

We often put two words together to make names for jobs:

e.g., steel + worker = steel worker.

Match the words in A with the words in B to make five jobs.

A hotel sales police fashion computer

B clerk designer officer programmer receptionist

1. hotel receptionist 4. computer programmer
2. sales clerk 5. Fashion designer
3. police officer

LESSON A: CHANGES IN PENNSYLVANIA

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VOCABULARY: JOBS
In the US, some jobs are difficult to fill because there aren't enough people qualified to do them. Look at
these jobs. Which five jobs do you think are most difficult to fill?
accountant chef financial advisor
home health aide journalist nurse
software engineer teacher truck driver

WORDBUILDING: suffixes in job words

We often make words for jobs by adding suffixes to verbs and nouns.
verb + suffix : teach-teacher
noun + suffix: journal-journalist
Some job titles do not use a suffix: chef, nurse, etc.
Look at the
wordbuilding box. Highlight the suffixes in the following jobs:
politician employer advisor
accountant financial advisor journalist
software engineer teacher truck driver

Make jobs from these words using the suffixes from the previous exercise.

farm ert___________________ economicst_____________________

actress___________________ science ntist ___________________
builder_______________________ train er______________________

READING
Read the article about people living and working in Pennsylvania, USA. Match these jobs (1-3) with
the people in the article (A-C).
1. businessman ___c___
2. trainee driver ___b___
3. farmer ___a___

Read the article again and answer the questions.

1. When did the energy company first discover natural gas in Pennsylvania?
In 2004, an energy company discovered gas under the ground in the State of Pennsylvania in the USA

2. What does Donald get from the energy company?

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__The energy company pay Donald a regular monthly income for the energy.

3. What training is Lee doing?

_so now she's learning to drive trucks.

4. Why is Paul's business "looking good"?

Since natural gas was discovered in the area, Paul's profits have increased and business is loking good .

WHEN JOBS CAME TO PENNSYLVANIA

In 2004, an energy company discovered gas under the ground in the State of Pennsylvania in the USA. Now
there are lots of energy companies in Pennsylvania, and many people's lives have changed.

A C
Donald Roessler lives on a farm. B
Paul Battista has run his
He has lived there for most of his Lee Zavislak hasn't had a job company selling construction
life, but he hasn't made much since she lost her old job at a equipment for about thirty-five
money from it. Two years ago, bottle factory. But recently, a years. He has had some bad
however, an energy company lot of the energy companies times, but since natural gas
wanted the gas under his farm. have employed new drivers,
Now they pay Donald GRAMMAR
a regular PRESENT: PERFECT AND SIMPLEwas PASTdiscovered in the area,
so now she's learning to Paul's profits have increased
monthly income for thePRESENT
energy. PERFECT and SIIMPLE PAST
drive trucks. andground.
business is looking good.
1. In 2004, an energy company discovered gas under the
2. Many people's lives have changed.
3. Donald Roessler has lived on his farm for most of his life, but he hasn't made much money
from it.

Look at the sentences in the grammar box. Underline the verb(s) in the simple past and circle the
verb(s) in the present perfect. Then circle the correct options in these sentences (a-c).
a. If we say when something happened, we use the imple past s / present perfect.
b. If we don't know or don't say when something happened, we use the simple past / present perfect.
c. For something that started in the past and continues in the present, we use the simple past / present perfect.

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 Look at the article on page 3 again. Underline the verbs in the present perfect (have /has + participle). Then
write the past participles in the correct category below.
- Regular past participles:
Changed, employed, discovered, wanted

- Irregular past participles:

made , tost, run, had

Read about an engineer working for an energy company in Pennsylvania. Circle the correct options.

I’ve started / I started college when I was nineteen, and l’ve graduated / graduated with a degree in
engineering about four years later. Now I live here in Pennsylvania with my wife and children, but we haven’t
lived / didn't live here very long.
I’ve worked/ I worked in six other places, and last year I’ve spent / I spent three months working overseas.
But now I think we’ll stay in Pennsylvania. It’s been / It was good for us living here. At first, some of the
local people haven't been / weren't very friendly because they were worried about the company's impact on
the environment. But the natural gas industry has improved / improved the local economy, so things are
better now.

You are going to listen to an interview with a scientist for a natural gas company. Write
questions to ask about his life. Use the present perfect or the simple past.
1. how long / work / for your company?
____________How long have you worked for your company?____________

2. where / you / go / to college?

Where did you go to college

3. you / always / want / to be a scientist?

Have you always wanted to be a scientist.

4 what / make / you / change your mind?

What made you change your mind.
5 you / ever / work / overseas?
Hone you ever worked overseas.

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6 it / be / easy living here?
Has it been easy living here .

GRAMMAR: PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR AND SINCE

PRESENT PERFECT with FOR and SINCE
Interviewer : How long have you worked for your company?
Scientist : For five years. Since I graduated from college

Look at the grammar box above. Read the scientist's answer to the question and complete this

sentence with for and since.

We use _since_________ with a point in time (e.g., 2015, yesterday); and we use

__for________ with a period of time (e.g., ten minutes, six months)

Complete these phrases with for or since.

1. Since 2008 4. _since________ one o'clock

2. _for ___ two weeks 5. since_________ I started work

3. _for________ six days 6. _since________ January 1st

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 LESSON B: X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHER

Nick Veasey is a photographer who

works with X-rays. Nick likes taking

photos showing the inside of people,

buildings, flowers, and everyday objects.

This photo of

an office building was made by taking a

series of X-ray photographs

and putting them together in one picture.

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Vocabulary: parts of a building
Look at the photo and read about the photographer. Answer these questions.
1. What type of photography is it? Nick made this photo with a series of X-ray photographs of an office building
2. How did Nick make this photo? __ This photo of an office building was made by taking a series of X-ray
photographs and putting them together in one picture.
3. Do you like this kind of photography? Yes, I think it’s a very interesting photo

Complete the sentences (1-5) with these parts of an office building. Two options are extra.
cafeteria hallway emergency exit
entrance first floor elevator
office reception stairs

1. I work in an _____ office __ on the second floor.

2. Speak to the person at, reception _ when you arrive.
3. When the elevator isn’t working, we have to walk up the ___ stairs __________.
4. I normally eat my lunch in the __ cafeteria , but sometimes I go to the diner down the road.
5. I work on the _first floor___ . Walk down the _hallway____________ and my office is on the left.

Look at the photo of the office building again. With your partner, describe different parts of the
building and say what the people are doing there.
Example: On the ground floor, someone is fixing the copy machine.
1. on the second floor, someone is using the computer
2. _On the fifth floor, someone fell asleep.  
3. _On the five floor, someone is resting on a sofa .

Listening
Listen to two telephone conversations with people who work in the building in the photo. Answer the
questions.
Conversation 1
1. Where is Jeff calling from? ___home _________________________
2. Where is Kristina's desk in the photo: a, b, c, or d? ___C_______

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Conversation 2
3. Why is the man visiting the building? To fix the issue of the copies
4 Where is Richard's office in the photo: a, b, c, or d? ___B_____

Listen again and write the missing prepositions you hear.

1. Is it ___on_______ your desk?
2. I think it's ___nex to_______ my computer.
3. Maybe it's __in___________ the filing cabinet __behind____________ your desk.
4. Try the top drawer ____on__________ the left.
5. I'm standing ___at_____________ the entrance to the building.
6. Go _up to_____________ the third floor.
7. Go __trough___________ the door and you’ll see the photocopy room.
8. My office is _next to___________ it.

GRAMMAR: PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE AND MOVEMENT

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE AND MOVEMENT
Prepositions of place
It’s opposite the door.
It’s on the third floor.
It’s at the top of the building.
Prepositions of movement
Go down to the basement.
Come up the stairs.
Walk out of the building.
Note: Prepositions of movement follow verbs of movement (e.g. , go, come, walk).

Circle the correct options.

1. There’s coffee on / in the table. Help yourself.
2. You need to go up / down these stairs to get to the basement.
3. I need some fresh air. Let's go inside / outside for a walk.
4. Once you get here, see the person at / on reception.
5. When you go past / through a mailbox, can you mail this letter for me?
6. The cafeteria is opposite / between the main building.
7. Go down / on the hallway and my office is at on the right.

Complete the messages with these prepositions.

at down in into
next to on through up
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Let's meet ____in_____ the coffee area at 11. It’s the room __at_______ the top of the building.
See you there.

Can you fix my printer for me? My office is _on_____ the third floor. The printer is __nex to_ my
desk.

The elevator is out of order today, so please go through_________ the reception area to the fire exit
and walk ___up______ the emergency stairs.

We got _into___ the elevator on the fifth floor, and now it won’t go ___down______ to the ground
floor. Please help!

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