Friday 20th
To begin class we will watch this video about jobs, and then discuss the following questions in pairs or small groups.
- What did you want to be when you were a child?
- What are some of the best and worst jobs you can think of?
- If every job paid the same amount of money, which job would you prefer to do?
- Do you think what job someone has determines who they are?
- If you have children would you ever dissuade them from choosing a particular career?
- Artistic performer e.g. musician / actor
- Journalist
- Doctor
- Soldier
- Footballer
This will lead into speaking part 2 exam practice.
We will focus on part 4 of the exam, and 7 expressions/ phrasal verbs connected to the world of work. We have a Kahoot to learn the expressions, and afterwards students will complete a part 4 exam exam task using the words we learned to finish the sentences.
Following on we will complete a listening part 4 exam task. We also have some speaking part 3 and 4 practice as well as a revision of report writing.
- A competitor has recently bought the company that Tim founded.
OVER
The company that Tim founded ……………………. a competitor.
- Brian’s grandfather founded the company over 50 years ago.
UP
The company ……………………. a century ago.
- Due to the economic crisis, we unfortunately have no choice but to make well over 100 employees redundant.
LAID
Well over 100 employees will have……………………., owing to the economic crisis.
- You’ll be sacked if you don’t get to work on time,
GIVEN
Unless you get to work on time ……………………..
- If we want to survive the next quarter we must significantly reduce rising costs.
CUTBACKS
Rising costs mean we have ……………………. we want to survive the next quarter.
- The unions are adamant they won’t give in and are threatening to continue strikes well into next year.
BACK
The unions are refusing ……………………. threatening to continue strikes well into next year.
- The speaker rambled on for ages before stating what the lecture was about.
POINT
It took ages for the speaker……………………. what the lecture was about.
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