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speak out Pre-Intermediate
UNIT 2
WORK
2
Overview
Watch the video podcast. What do you have in common with the people?
1
Read and complete Hina’s text with the words from the box. Then watch the video podcast from
0:11-0:28 and check your answers.
Hi, I’m Hina. I work for 1 the BBC in London as 2 _____________
Hina
researcher. I’ve learnt a lot of skills in my job and I’ve
3 _____________ some good friends 4 ____________ work.
Sometimes my 5 ____________ gets too busy and I don’t
6 ______________ enough time to 7 _____________, or even to tidy
my 8 ______________. What do you do?
the
get
at
lat
a
relax
job
made
Glossary: tidy = organise /put things in the right place
2
Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video podcast from 0:28-3:43 and
underline the correct word in italics in each answer, 1-8. Watch the podcast again if necessary.
The 1 worst / best thing about my
job is the hours we work. We can
be there until ten, 2 twelve / eleven
o’clock.
The best thing is that no
3 day /week is ever really the same.
I’m a mechanical
4 engineer / accountant for an
energy company in Australia.
5 Going out / Workin g with my
colleagues and friends.
We mainly operate in continents
like 6 Australia / Asia , Africa, South
America, so I spend a lot of my
time 7 abroad / on a plane.
I’m a fashion 8 designer/ photographer
and I work for a fashion agency.
Glossary: mechanical = with machines; colleagues = the people you work/
study with; photographer = a person who takes photos
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speak out Pre-Intermediate
UNIT 2
WORK
2
3
Watch the video podcast from 0:28-1:20 and number the jobs in the box in the order you hear them,
1-8. Notice the pronunciation of the words and practise saying them.
accountant 1
singing teacher ___
Director of Sales ___
college professor ____
expedition leader ___
private investigator ___
charity worker ___
ilm maker ___
Glossary: private investigator = private detective; charity = organisation that collects money and
helps people who need it; expedition = an organised journey to a speciic place
4 Whatdotheydo?Wheredotheywork?Look at the people below and read their answers. Then
watch the video podcast from 0:28-2:03. Write A-D next to twoanswers for each person.
A
B
C
D
B 5 works from home and in schools
1 teaches singing
__
2 mostly works in Berlin
__ 6 makes ilms
__
3 works from home in London
__ 7 works in the City of London
__
4 works for a software company called B-line
__ 8 has his own company in Germany
__
5
Whatarethebestthingsabouttherjobs?Look at the people below and read the sentences about
them. Then watch the video podcast from 2:04-2:48 and tick (
✓
) the correct answer.
1 He likes travelling around the world.
2 He likes meeting different people. ✓
3 The best thing is that she travels to a different
place every day.
4 She travels a lot and every day is different.
5 The best thing is that there’s a lot of variety in
his work.
6 He has lots of meetings every day.
7 He likes being funny and making kids laugh.
8 He likes doing things for kids that make them happy.
Glossary: variety = a lot of different kinds of things; kids = small children (informal)
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speak out Pre-Intermediate
UNIT 2
WORK
2
6
Whataretheworstthingsabouttherjobs?Read the words and phrases in the box and watch the
video podcast from 2:49-3:43. Underline the six phrases you hear.
can get very stressful
need to take work home
low salary
seeing people who are poor
working under pressure
long hours
hard to make plans
can’t stand the boss
risking your life
being away from my family
dealing with problems
The way we speak
7
Look at the people below and read what they say. Then watch the video podcast from 0:28-2:03 and
write the correct prepositions. Watch the podcast again and notice other examples.
1 I work in
advertising.
2 I work _____ an
ofice.
3 I worked ___
many years _____
a publishing
company.
4 I work _____
eight hours’ drive
______ where I
live in Brisbane.
5 I work _____
home and then I
also work _____
schools.
Personalisation
8
Write your answers to Hina’s questions.
1 What do you do?
_____________________________________________________________
2 Where do you work?
_____________________________________________________________
3 What are the best things about your job?
_____________________________________________________________
4 And the worst things?
_____________________________________________________________
Fun FACts
Monday is the most popular day to be off sick. To ind out more, go to the
BBC link below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/ 1 /hi/health/8347332.stm
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