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O Green researcher You research new environmentally friendly

technologies for fields such as. transportation, energy, and recycling.
O Organic food farmer You grow healthy food in a sustainable way,
without using harmful pesticides or chemicals.
O Social media manager You control the representation of a
company's brand online on sites like Facebook, Twitter, and others.
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Rank the careers from 1 (most interesting) to 5 (least interesting). Compare with a partner.
Can you think of any other careers that will be in demand in the future?
What ;obs do you think will not be in demand? Why?

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A frl' Listen to the people talk about jobs. Do you agree or disagree?
Check (wf) the speaker you agree with more.

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sounds very exciting. Flying tired of traveling. They a man's job. Women are clothing designers are men.
all the time would be fun." spend most of their time in much more fascinated by Just look at Calvin Klein!"
airports!" fashion."
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"I'd enjoy working with "I'm not so sure. Animals "I'd like to work in the "I disagree! Working in
animals. I think working can be very unprealdable. television industry. Directing front of the camera as an
as a veterinarian could be Getting a dog bite would a TV show would be real� actor would be much more
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8 Compare your responses with your classmates. Give more reasons to support your opinions.

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Gerund phrases as subiects Gerund phrases as obiects

Being a flight attendant sounds exciting. He'd love being a flight attendant.
Designing clothes is not a man's job. He woulldn't like being a fashion designer.
Working as a veterinarian could be rewording. She'd enjoy working with animals.
Directing a TV show would be interesting. She'd be good at directing a TV show.

A Look at the gerund phrases in column A.Write your opinion

of each job by choosing information from columns B and C.Then
add two more gerund phrases and write similar sentences.

A B c
1. working as an accountant seems awful
2. taking care of children sounds stressful
3. being a farmer could be fantastic
4. designing clothes would be fascinating
5. working on a movie set must be pretty diffirnlt
6. making a living as an artist kind of boring
7. doing volunteer work overseas really rewarding
8. retiring at age 40 very challenging
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1. Working as an accountant would be kind of boring.

B PAIR WORK Give reasons for your opinions a bout the jobs in part A.

A: In my opinion, working as an accountant would be kind of boring.

B: Really? Why is that?
A: Because you work in an office and do the same thing every day.
B: I'm not sure that's true.For me, working as an accountant could be ...

C GROUP WORK Complete the sentences with gerund phrases.

Then take turns reading your sentences. Share the three most
interesting sentences with the class.

1. I'd be interested in ...

2. I'd get tired of ...
3. I'd be very excited about ...
4. I'd enjoy ...
5. I think I'd be good at ...
6. I wouldn't be very good at ...

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Tracy: Guess what . .. . I've found a summer job!

Mark: That's great! Anything interesting?
Tracy: Yes, working at an amusement park.
Mark: Wow, that sounds fantastic!
Tracy: So, have you found anything?
Mark: Nothing yet, but I have a couple of leads.
One is working as an intern for a record
company - mostly answering phones .
Or I can get a landscaping job again.
Tracy: Being an intern sounds more interesting
than landscaping. You'd have better hours,
and it's probably not as much work.
Mark: Yeah, but a landscaper earns more than
an intern . And you get a great tan!

B (4;' Listen to the rest of the conversation.

What is Tracy going to do at the amusement park?

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with adjectives with verbs

. . . is more/less interesting than ... ...earns more/less than . . .
. . .is harder than ... . ..earns as much as . . .
. . . is not as hard as . . . . . . doesn't earn as much as . . .
with nouns with past participles
.. . hos better/worse hours than . . . . . . is better paid than ...
. . .hos more education than ... ... is as well paid as ...
. . .isn't as much work as . . . . . isn't as well paid as ...

A Complete the sentences using the words in parentheses.Compare

with a partner.(More than one answer is possible.)

1. Being a fashion designer is . ................ . ................................. (interesting) being an accountant.

2. A TV reporter's job is ...................................................... (dangerous) a firefighter's job.
3. A police officer ...................................................... (travel) a flight attendant.
4. A factory supervisor ...................................................... (earn) a volunteer teacher.
5. Long-distance truck drivers have ...................................................... (hours) bank tel1lers.
6. Pilots usually have ...................................................... (education) airport security guards .
7. A doctor is ...................................................... (trained) a medical assistant.
8. A social worker isn't ................................................. .... (paid) a pharmacist.

B GROUP WORK Make one more comparison for each pair of jobs in part A.

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