MEETING 4

INTEGRATED ENGLISH
IPS – PERGUNU CLASS
Hidayat, M.Pd.
 Perspective career debate
“Being a flight attendant
sound very exciting. Flying
all the time would be fun”
“Designing clothes is not a
man’s job. Woman are much
more fascinated by fashion”
“I’d enjoy working with
animals. I think working as a
veterinarian could be
rewarding.”
“But, flight attendants get
tired of traveling. They spend
most of their time in
airports!” “I’d like to work in the
television industry. Directing
a TV show would be really
“that’s not true! Many great interesting”.
clothing designers are man.
Just look at Calvin Klein!”
“I disagree! Working in front
of the camera as an actor
would be much more
satisfying.”
“I’m not so sure. Animals
can be very unpredictable.
Getting a dog bite would be
scary!”
 Grammar Focus (Gerund)
Gerund phrases as subjects Gerund phrases as Objects
◦ Being a flight attendant sounds ◦ He’d love being a flight attendant
exciting. ◦ He wouldn’t like being a fashion
◦ Designing clothes is not a man’s job designer
◦ Working as a veterinarian could be ◦ She’d enjoy working with animal
rewarding ◦ She’d be good at directing a TV
◦ Directing a TV show would be show
interesting
Example of gerund as subjects
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 difficult
6. Making a living as an artist may be kind of boring
7. Doing volunteer work overseas really rewarding
8. Retiring at age 40 very challenging
Example of gerund as objects
1. I’ be interested in Working Mechanical engineer
2. I’d get tired of Taking care of children
3. I’d be very excited about Being a farmer
4. I’d enjoy Working on Design for manufacturing
5. I think I’d be good at Designing clothes
6. I wouldn’t be very good at Working as an accountant
Suffixes to form the names of job
-er -or -ist -ian

TV reporter guidance counselor scientist computer technician

Farmer content creator dentist laboratorian
Teacher translator journalist
Astronomer Surveyor Archaeologist
conversation
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!