Exercises

7. 1 Correct the mistakes in this paragraph.

1 think I have а good working relationship with most of my colleagues. 1 tried to estaЫish а good rapport

with them from the ver y beginni ng. The person I like most is my opposite number in our office in Paris.

Generally, when I socialise with my colleagues outside of work. we try not to talk shop, but it's not easy

and someti mes we have а good gossip aЬout people who are not there.

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7.2 Give three adjectives which you think describe each of tbese jobs (for example, stressful,
glamorous, dead-end). Think of words you would use in your own language, then try to
translate them into English. Use а dictionary if necessary.
1 assemЬly-line worker MONOTONOUS, MIND-NUMBING, MUNDANE 5 lifeguard STRESSFUL, DANGEROUS, REWARDING
2 shop steward DEMANDING, STRESSFUL, SENSITIVE 6 trawlerman DANGEROUS, UNPREDICTABLE, STRESSFUL
3 PR officer STRESSFUL, DEMANDING, UNPREDICTABLE 7 private еуе FASCINATING, DANGEROUS, STRESSFUL
4 bodyguard STRESSFUL, DEMANDING, DANGEROUS 8 refuse collector MONOTONOUS, DIRTY, LOW-PAID
7.3 Use words and phrases from В and С оп the opposite page to complete these sentences.
1 I would get bored if I had а nine ......TO FIVE JOB.............................................................. .
2 When I arrive in the morning and Jeave the office in the evening I use this card to
CLOCK IN AND OUT
3 l'm very tired; recently Гvе had а very heavy ................WORKLOAD.................................................... .
4 1 don't want an office job. 1 don't want to spend all day stuck BEHIND A DESK .
5 I сап clock in апу time between eight and ten and clock out between four and six; l'm
оп FLEXI-TIME
6 l'd hate to feel trapped in my job and to Ье stuck in A RUT
7 He's not .here this evening, he's working nights; you see, he does SHIFT WORK
8 I work for different companies at different times as it suits me. l'm FREELANCE
9 I used to work for someone else, but now Гm my own boss; l'm SELF-EMPLOYED
10 I stopped working in the hamburger restaurant. lt was jusr а dead-.END JOB
11 When I was working in the factory, all. 1 could think of all day was the moment when
I could knock OFF
12 Being а nurse is а good job, but you can't
go out much with friends. Tl1e hours are а USA IODAY SnapshotsФ

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Using а dictionary if necessary, give one example of ...

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1 а manual job STATION REPORTER •
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2 а vocational job SOCIAL WORKER � .
3 а job with great variety COURIER s.1
4 а job with irregular hours DOCTOR �
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5 а job with routine tasks POST OFFICE WORKER
6 а job with regular deadlines NEWS REPORTER ...,,_
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7 а job with lots of paperwork SECRETARY

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