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Lead-in
task 1a response Reaktion There was a very positive response to the
new film.
task 1a exchange your seine Gedanken/Mei- We exchanged our thoughts on the
thoughts nungen austauschen problem.
task 1a select (aus)wählen Daniel was selected to play for the school
rugby team.
task 1b raise a question eine Frage aufwerfen The study raised many questions over
how best to treat the disease.
task 1b take a vote abstimmen We took a vote on who would speak first in
the presentation.
task 2 entrepreneur Unternehmer/in He is a successful entrepreneur with
businesses in London and Manchester.
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Fact overlapping überlappend; The artwork was created with overlapping

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l. 2 world economy Weltwirtschaft The world economy is currently strong but
who knows what will happen in five years.
l. 3 period of Rezessionsphase I graduated from uni during a period of
recession recession and found it difficult to get a job.
l. 3 average wage Durchschnittslohn What’s the average wage of a teacher?

l. 4 lift sb. out of jdn. aus der Armut Since the opening of the factory here, many
poverty befreien; jdn. aus der families have been lifted out of poverty.
Armut führen
l. 4 minimum wage Mindestlohn Theo earns the minimum wage in his job
as a waiter.
l. 5 unconditional bedingungsloses How will the country finance paying
basic income Grundeinkommen everyone an unconditional basic income?

l. 6 income equality Einkommensgleichheit There should be income equality between

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men and women in the same job.

l. 7 budget cut Budgetkürzung; Due to the budget cuts, we are not able to
Haushaltskürzung increase our staff numbers.
l. 7 claim jobs Arbeitsplätze kosten The closure of the factory claimed many
jobs in this region.
l. 8 collect unemploy- Arbeitslosengeld I collected unemployment benefits for six
ment benefits beziehen months after I lost my job.

l. 11 build a career Karriere machen Building a career takes a lot of time and
energy at first.

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l. 12 competition Konkurrenz; Wettkampf There’s strong competition for first place in

the tennis tournament.
l. 12 job hunt Arbeitssuche I applied for jobs at 50 companies during my
job hunt.
l. 13 dream job Traumjob Stacey has a dream job as a flight
attendant – she gets to fly all over the world!
l. 15 change jobs den Beruf wechseln After working as a journalist for ten years, I
changed jobs and became a teacher.
l. 17 career advice Berufsberatung He got a lot of career advice to help him
decide what to do after school.
l. 17 gain work Berufserfahrungen Sophia gained useful work experience
experience sammeln during her internship at the art gallery.
l. 19 applicant Bewerber/in We had twenty applicants for the job.
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l. 20 be in short supply knapp sein There was enough food at the party but
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drinks were in short supply.

l. 21 massive mismatch enorme Diskrepanz; There is a massive mismatch between the
massives Ungleich- price of this car and its quality.
gewicht
l. 22 career Berufserwartungen Sahir has just graduated as a doctor and
expectations has very high career expectations.

l. 22 realities of the Marktgegebenheiten We can’t ignore the tough realities of the

market market when planning our next product.
l. 23 paid/unpaid bezahltes/unbezahltes I was lucky enough to get a paid internship
internship Praktikum at a law firm last summer.
l. 25 deal with difficult mit schwierigen Jane’s calm manner means she’s excellent
customers Kunden umgehen at dealing with difficult customers.

l. 26 have a head for eine Begabung für etw. Sebastian has a good head for business.
sth. haben
l. 27 have a passion for eine Leidenschaft für I have a passion for cooking and want to
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sth. etw. haben become a chef when I’m older.

l. 28 job sector Arbeitsbereich Which job sector are you looking for work
in: healthcare, business or finance?
l. 28 employment area Beschäftigungsbereich Media and art are difficult employment
areas in which to get work.
l. 32 ability to solve Fähigkeit, Probleme zu The exam tested our ability to solve
problems lösen problems under time pressure.

l. 32 showcase your Fähigkeiten/Kenntnisse The internship gave the students an

skills präsentieren opportunity to showcase their skills.
l. 33 letter of motivation Motivationsschreiben I wrote a letter of motivation stating why I
was interested in the job.

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l. 35 face-to-face persönliches Carrie was so nervous in her face-to-face

interview Vorstellungsgespräch interview that she forgot to introduce
herself.
l. 36 telephone telefonisches Adil did a telephone interview for the job.
interview Vorstellungsgespräch
l. 37 assessment centre Assessment-Center Debbie completed an online exam at the
assessment centre.
l. 39 leave a positive einen positiven Miss Tremaine left a positive impression
impression Eindruck hinterlassen on her interviewers.
l. 40 successful erfolgreiche(r) There can only be one successful
candidate Bewerber(in) candidate for the job.

l. 41 interview response Antwort/Reaktion im You must ensure you give enough

Vorstellungsgespräch information in your interview responses.
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l. 42 body language Körpersprache Her body language revealed that she was
very nervous in the interview.
l. 42 demeanour Auftreten; Benehmen His arrogant demeanour means he is not
well-liked by his colleagues.
l. 43 salary package Gehaltspaket The salary package includes holiday pay
and health insurance.
Part A The right to a job – the right job
A1 The second Bill of Rights
title bill Gesetzesentwurf; The bill was changed three times before it
Gesetzesvorlage became law.
l. 2 economic security wirtschaftliche I want a job which gives me and my family
Sicherheit economic security.
l. 2 economic wirtschaftliche He saves his money so that he has
independence Unabhängigkeit economic independence when he retires.

l. 7 prosperity Wohlstand; Reichtum Good education is linked to financial

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prosperity in later life.

l. 7 establish sth. etw. schaffen; It is important to establish good
etw. aufbauen relationships with your colleagues.
l. 7 regardless of sth. von etw. unabhängig Regardless of how much I practice, I don’t
seem to get any better at the guitar!
l. 9 the right to sth. das Recht auf etw. Everyone should have the right to a place
to live.
l. 11 provide sth. etw. bereitstellen; I’ll provide the food for the party, but
etw. gewährleisten everyone needs to bring their own drinks.
l. 11 recreation Erholung; Freizeit Skiing and hiking are very healthy forms of
recreation.

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l. 14 trade (v) handeln The neighbouring countries often trade with

each other.
l. 18 adequate angemessen; Have you packed adequate clothing for
ausreichend your skiing trip?
l. 19 opportunity to do die Möglichkeit/ I didn’t have the opportunity to introduce
sth. Chance, etw. zu tun myself to him before he left.
l. 19 achieve sth. etw. erreichen Pete achieved excellent grades in his
exams.
l. 25 be prepared to do bereit sein, etw. zu tun I’m not prepared to lie on my CV just to get
sth. a job!
l. 26 implementation of Umsetzung/Durch- The implementation of the plan was
sth. führung von etw. successful.
l. 27 goal Ziel My goal is to speak three languages
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l. 31 citizen Bürger/in You don’t need a visa to travel to the

Europe Union if you are a US citizen.
task 3a line of argument Argumentationskette I can’t follow the politician’s complicated
line of argument.
A2 More work, fewer workers
intr. have an effect on eine (Aus-)Wirkung auf The financial crisis had an effect on small
sth. etw. haben businesses.
l. 1 appeal to sb./sth. an jdn./etw. appel- The police appealed to anyone who had
lieren; jdn. ansprechen, seen the crime to help them find the thief.
jdm. gefallen
l. 1 blue-collar (Industrie-)Arbeiter-, When the town lost its last factory, a lot of
(adj) wenig qualifiziert the blue-collar workers had to move to
(blue collar = blauer other places to find jobs.
Kragen)
l. 1f. blame sth. on einer Sache / jdm. die The trainer blamed his team’s bad play on
sth./sb. Schuld (an etwas) the weather.
geben
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l. 8 conventional gängige Meinung, According to conventional wisdom, a child

wisdom allgemeine Auffassung who can touch his left ear with his right arm
over his head is ready for school.
l. 8f. be in decline zurückgehen, im The number of pandas were in decline for
Niedergang begriffen many years but have recently begun to rise.
sein
l. 11f. according to … laut …, nach …, The President was taken to hospital,
… zufolge according to newspaper reports.
l. 15 roughly ungefähr, etwa It takes roughly eight minutes for light from
the sun to reach the earth.
l. 17 stagnate stagnieren; stillstehen The town of Dundown has stagnated since
the 1980s with factories closing down and
people leaving.

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l. 19 require sth./sb. etw./jdn. benötigen, You require a credit card to book tickets on
(fml) etw./jdn. brauchen the airline website.
l. 22f. estimate schätzen, abschätzen The car mechanic estimated the repairs
would cost around €300.
l. 25f be susceptible to anfällig für etw. sein The glass used in smartphones today isn’t
sth. as susceptible to cracking and scratches
as in the past.
l. 29 disrupt sth. etw. unterbrechen; etw. The rise of mobile devices such as
stören, etw. zerstören smartphones and tablets has disrupted the
traditional TV and movie industries.
l. 33 appear to do / be zu tun scheinen When I came in, Elaine appeared to be
doing crying.
l. 35 phase sth. out etw. stufenweise The MegaMedia store says it will phase out
einstellen, etw. the sale of CDs over the next 12 months
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auslaufen lassen and sell music by download.

l. 38 from scratch von Grund auf, ganz I had to prepare my presentation from
von Anfang an scratch because my thermos opened in
my bag and water destroyed the one I had
prepared.
l. 40 claim behaupten Joseph claims his father is a millionaire,
but I don’t believe him.
A3 Income inequality and guaranteed income
intr. seek an nach einer Begründung Scientists are seeking an explanation for
explanation for sth. suchen/streben the dramatic change in weather.
l. 1 proposal Vorschlag; Angebot We presented our proposal for the new
project to the company director.
l. 8f. range from sth. to von … bis … reichen; Our clients range from young children to
sth. eine Bandbreite von … elderly people.
bis … haben
l. 9 dignity Würde Rosalind has a strong sense of dignity and
refuses to let others control her actions.
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l. 10 concern (n) Sorge; Anliegen The doctor expressed his concerns about
the patient’s health.
l. 12 distribution of Einkommensverteilung There is a very uneven distribution of
income income across the world.

l. 14 exceptional einzigartig; She is an exceptional dancer who has

außergewöhnlich performed all over the world.
l. 15 earner Verdiener/in I am the only earner in my family so it’s
important for me to have a secure job.
l. 16 share (n) Anteil; Beitrag You do your share of the work, and I’ll do
mine.
l. 17 source of income Einnahmequelle What is your main source of income – your
job or your student loan?

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l. 20 routine task Routinearbeit I complete my routine tasks at the

beginning of the day before getting down to
work.
l. 21 low-paid job schlecht bezahlte Erin took a low-paid job as an office
Beschäftigung; gering- assistant after school.
fügig vergütete Arbeit
l. 21 unskilled worker Hilfsarbeiter/in; Unskilled workers often do seasonal work
ungelernte Arbeitskraft such as fruit picking.
l. 25 manufacturing Herstellung; Produktion British car manufacturing has boomed in
the last decade.
l. 28 reward sb. for sth. jdn. für etw. belohnen/ Our teacher rewarded us for our hard work
bezahlen by taking us to the cinema.
l. 28 appeal (n) Anreiz I used to think Paul was attractive but he
lost his appeal once I got to know him.
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task 1c current derzeitig; aktuell Have you seen any of the current season
of Game of Bones on Webflicks?
task 2 backdrop Hintergrund The fight took place against a backdrop of
increasing tension at work.
task 4b self-employed selbstständig; Arman is a self-employed painter and
freiberuflich decorator.
Fact reject sth. etw. abschlagen; etw. Ronaldo rejected my offer to help him carry
File ablehnen the books.
l.11
Fact advocate sth. etw. befürworten He advocates lowering the university fees
File for students.
l.15f.
A4 Teenagers’ career aspirations
intr. publish sth. etw. veröffentlichen The first Harry Potter book was published
in 1997.
intr. expectation Erwartung I had low expectations of the movie, but I
was wrong – it was great!
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intr. point sth. out (to (jdn.) auf etwas Joseph put on his school uniform and got
sb.) hinweisen ready to go – then his mother pointed out
that it was Saturday.
l. 3 aspirations Bestrebungen, Hoff- Tracy definitely has high career aspirations
nungen, Ambitionen, – she wants to be President one day.
ehrgeizige Pläne
l. 5f. a crossroads eine (Weg-)Kreuzung, Patrick reached a crossroads in his life –
eine Weggabelung; ein should he quit his boring job and follow his
Punkt, an dem man dream?
sich entscheiden muss
l. 12 thrive (gut) gedeihen, florie- Our town centre is really thriving now – lots
ren, blühen, Erfolg of new shops, more jobs and more money
haben in people’s pockets.

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