JOBS, WORKPLACES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

A. Say the workplace of these jobs: a factory, a hotel, a hospital, an office, a shop, a lab, etc.

accountant	firefighter	businessman
engineer	police officer	manager
receptionist	travel agent	journalist
scientist	mechanic	actor / actress
doctor	shop assistant	economist
hairdresser	judge	lawyer
nurse	designer	writer
teacher	clerk	builder
waiter/waitress	dentist	bus/taxi/train driver
architect	postman	flight attendant
artist	freelancer

B. Give the definitions of the jobs in A. What do they do?

Example: A shop assistant is a person who helps you when you are buying goods.

C. Complete the sentences with jobs from A. Use a / an before them.

1. Laura is ____________. She helps people with legal problems.

2. Marco is ___________. He builds offices.

3. Stella is ___________. She’s good with cars.

4. I’m _______________. I work with money.

5. Phil is _____________. He’s paintings are wonderful.

6. Gregory and Sam are _____________. They give lessons at college.

7. Ronaldo and I work at Walmart – we’re __________________.

8. Helen is ____________. She welcomes visitors to the company.

D. Study words and phrases that help that will help speak about jobs and responsibilities at work. Give Russian equivalents.

work for / in	self-employed	meet customers
run a department / a shop	do shiftwork	working conditions
	resign	go on business trips
get a salary	be responsible for	fire / sack
be in charge of	attend meetings	retire
paid holiday	pay rise	get sick pay
be employed by	full-time / part time job	work overtime
deal with	do flexitime	earn
involve
	promote	working hours
meet deadlines	workaholic	be good at

Now complete the sentences with these words and phrases.

1. Sam ____________ 2000$ a week.

2. I don’t like the working hours in my company, so I have to ____________.

3. My husband _____________ a big international company.

4. Stella is ______________ of a big department.

5._____________in our office are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

6. My job ____________ organizing meetings.

7. John is _______________ for computers in our office.

8. Jill is often late for work and I have to ____________ her.

9.Every year our team gets ___________ for the good job.

10. My sister ________________ a small shop in the suburbs of the city.

11. People ___________ at the age of 55 or 60 in Russia.

12. I’m ______________ the government.

13. Doctors often do _____________.

14. I have to ____________ a lot of paper work during the day.

15. She is the best person in the department and our boss wants to __________ her.

16. At the end of the month we have a lot of reports to make, so we have to work _________________ to ____________.

17. If you feel sick you may get ___________.

18. Students in Europe often take ________________ to get some pocket money.