Recording 2

Ú Pre-listening Tasks

Paraphrase the following word combinations below.

to be terrific

a fabulous salary

to be promoted

Ú Listening Tasks

1. Listen to Julia and Carlos – two friends who have not seen each other for a while – talking about their jobs and take notes, writing down only key words that tell what Julia and Carlos like or dislike about their jobs. Fill in the table below with your answers.

Julia likes about being a model - - - -	Carlos likes about being a restaurant manager - - - -
Julia does not like about her new job - - - -	Carlos does not like about his new job - - - -

2. Listen to the recording again and answer the following questions.

1. What was Carlo’s old job?

2. Why does he like his old job?

3. What does he like more about his new job?

Ú Follow-up Activity

1. Speak on the benefits of being a model.

2. Speak on the benefits of being a restaurant manager.

THE JOB INTERVIEW I

Recording 3

Ú Pre-listening Task

A young man has applied for a job. Before you listen, work with your partner and predict the questions that the interviewer might want to ask.

Ú Listening Tasks

1. Listen to the job interview. The interviewer asks questions on seven “topics”. What are they?

Listen again and answer the questions.

1. Where is Emil from?

2. How old is he?

3. When did he come to Britain?

4. What has he been doing in Britain?

5. How many brothers and sisters has he got?

6. How old are they?

7. What does he do in Finland?

8. What is he studying?

9. How long has he been doing that?

10. What jobs has he done?

11. Has he worked with children before?

Ú Language Focus

Translate the Russian words into English.

1. And did you come именно to find a job?

2. I decided прервать учебу на один год to improve my English before выпускными экзаменами.

3. Have you got какой-нибудь опыт работы?

THE JOB INTERVIEW II