Пособие по обучению практике устной и письменной речи (начальный этап) на английском языке Под ред. О. В. Серкиной
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6.6. Match the sentences (1-6) with one of the sentences (a-f). Use thewords in bold to help you.1. Samantha is the assistant manager of a bank and she works from 8.30 to 5.30 every day. 2.Tracy works on the production line of a factory which makes cars. She uses a machine to spray paint onto the finished car parts. 3.Jane works for herself. She is a photographer. She works every day for about eight or nine hours. 4. Jeanette is a cleaner for a company in Birmingham, but she only works there for about three or four hours a day. 5. Claire has a powerful job in the personnel office of a large multinational company. She is responsible for employing new people and getting rid of those that the company doesn't want to employ anymore. 6. Marie works in the finance department of an international college in Oxford. a. She is a semi-skilled blue-collar worker in a manufacturing industry. b. She is a self-employed and works full-time. She likes to describe herself as freelance. c. She is responsible for hiring and firing. d. She calculates the wages, salaries, pension contributions and medical insurance contributions of all the staff. e. She is a full-time white-collar worker in a service industry. f. She is an unskilled part-time employee. 6.7. In each of the following passages someone is talking about his or her occupation. Identify each occupation and give at least five words or phrases which helped you to decide. (a) Most of my customers are very particular. They want wide lapels or narrow lapels, a single vent or a double vent or no vent at all, turn-ups or plain bottoms. Flared trousers are out nowadays, so are tapered. Everyone wants them straight. Some people are even fussy about the lining. Everyone wants to be trendy. (b) When I start at 8.30, the baskets are already stacked, the trolleys are lined up near the door and the shelf-fillers have done their work. I make sure I've got a supply of carrier bags and enough change in the till and I’m ready to start. (c) We get the latest weather briefing from the meteorologists and then we board. We say ‘hello’ to the cabin crew, do a complete cockpit check, and then wait for instructions through the headphones to start taxi-ing out to the runway. (d) Two discharges-today, but five admissions and Mrs Crowther’s got to go to theatre this afternoon. They have their mid-morning tea at eleven, then, since it’s Tuesday, the specialist will be doing his round at half-past. And there are always relatives’ phone-calls to deal with. Next week I’m on night-shift. Excuse me, I must go and change some dressings. (e) I picked up a fare at the station today. I was in the rank. Smartly-dressed chap. Wanted St Michael’s Church. “Going to a wedding?” I said. “Yes, and I'm late. Step on it,” he said. I did my best and as I dropped him off I said, “Doesn't look as if they’ve started yet.” “They can’t,” he said, “I’m the bridegroom.” And he didn’t give me a tip! (f) We’re fully-dressed in our helmets and protective clothing by the time we arrive. Then we start unrolling the hoses and getting the ladders ready in case they’re needed. The worst things are hoax alarms. You can never be sure till you get there whether a call is genuine or not. Some people think it’s fun to dial 999. 6.8. Fill in gaps with prepositions where necessary.
6.9. Use the correct phrase from the following list to replace each of the phrases in italics in the sentences below. the headmaster-to be the so-called headmaster the late headmaster the would-be headmaster the present headmaster the ex-headmaster the headmaster present the stop-gap headmaster the actual headmaster the sacked headmaster the headmaster in question (a) The man determined to be headmaster made a speech. (b) The headmaster, who is now dead, made a speech. (c) The headmaster who was at the occasion made a speech. (d) The man who had previously been headmaster made a speech. (e) The man who is now headmaster made a speech. (f) The headmaster who was dismissed made a speech. (g) The headmaster himself made a speech. (h) The man who was temporarily acting as headmaster until someone was appointed permanently made a speech. (i) The headmaster who is the subject of discussion made a speech. (j) The man who was due to take up his appointment as headmaster made a speech. (k) The headmaster, who I think is very bad at his job, made a speech. 6.10. Read these passages and match the words in bold to their definitions after the text. a) Study and Exams Before an exam you can revise or cram for it. If the exam happens every year, you can look at past papers. Some things can be memorised or learnt off by heart. But rote learning is not sufficient for most subjects. It is also possible to use mnemonics. But tricks alone are not enough, and the best idea is to bury yourself in your books until you know the subject inside out. (a) learning purely by repetition (b) spend the maximum time studying (c) exam papers from previous years (d) know it completely (e) study intensively for a short time (f) tricks that help you remember something b) Colleagues Well, Philip is my opposite number in the company’s New York office. He and I have a good working relationship. Last month we got a new boss, who quickly established a good rapport [ræ'po:] with everyone in the office. I do socialise with my workmates but we try not to talk shop. The company is generally very hierarchical; there’s a pecking-order for everything. I do a job-share with a woman called Rosemary. It suits us both as we each have children to look after. (a) colleagues, especially in non-professional jobs (informal) (b) has the same position/ does the same job as me (c) has a structure with powerful and less powerful people (d) communication/ relationship (e) we each have a 50% contract for the same job (f) a system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others (g) how we communicate and work together (h) talk about work (informal) 6.11. a) How did you choose your future profession? Was it difficult to choose? Was it your own decision or did anybody help you with it? Who was it? Discuss it in class. |