Engineering MOSAIC. Мантатова С.С - 11 стр.

UNIT VI                                                                                        good things              bad things
Live to work or work to live                                              Anna
Before you start
1. Which of these statements do you agree with?                           Tony
1. Work is the most important thing in life.                              Erika
2. Work is just a way to get money so you can do the things you
enjoy.
Reading                                                                   Vocabulary
2. Read what three people say about their jobs. Complete the chart        3. Match the highlighted words in the quotes with the definitions.
with notes on the good and bad things about Anna's, Tony's, and           1. the people you work with _______________
Erika's jobs.                                                             2. the number of hours in the week you spend doing your job ______
                                                                          3. the money you receive every month for the work you have done __
     Anna, 18                                                             4. the things you do, usually with other people, outside work_______
“I work in a factory. My working hours are 8.00 a.m. to 5 p.m.,           5. the time you have for eating in the middle of the working day ____
                                                                          6. the time you spend at work after your normal working hours _____
Monday to Friday. I have a one-hour lunch-break at 12.30. The
                                                                          7. a system where you can choose when to start and finish work ____
routine is the same every day. My job is very boring but the pay is       8. the usual order and way that you regularly do things ___________
quite good. My colleagues and I don’t really talk to each other, but
I have a lot of friends outside work. My job is just a way to earn        4. Complete the sentences (1-6) with an adjective from the box:
money.”
                                                                               boring ■ busy ■ difficult ■ creative ■ interesting ■ stressful
      Tony, 23
“I am a computer programmer. I work a 40-hour week. We have               1. If we have too much work and not enough time, it can be quite___.
flexible hours so I can start and finish when I want. If we are very      2. In my job, I use my imagination and ideas a lot, so the work is___.
busy then I work overtime – I get paid extra for this. There are          3. I do the same thing every day - my job is____________________.
always problems to solve. This can be difficult, but it can also be       4. There is so much to do at work that I'm always_______________.
creative. I earn a good salary, but my job doesn’t rule my life. I like   5. Sometimes my job is______, but I would get bored if it was too
to do different things in my free time.”                                  easy.
                                                                          6 My job is very_________ because I'm always learning new things.
     Erika, 25                                                            Speaking
“I'm a doctor in a large hospital. I work very long hours – 60 or         5. Work in pairs. Which of the jobs in Exercise 2 would you most like
70 hours a week – often in the evenings and in the weekends. The          to have? Which would you least like to have? Tell your partner why.
work is really interesting but it can also be quite stressful. I love     Writing
                                                                          6. Think of a job you would like, or would not like, to have. Write a
my job and my colleagues are also my friends. I don’t have time
                                                                          short report about it, using the texts in Exercise 2 as models.
for a social life. When I get home, I’m too tired to do anything          Supplement II will also help you (p. 79).
except have dinner and watch TV. “