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This unit includes:
LANGUAGE
Pronunciation
Stressing auxiliary and modal verbs
Vocabulary
Words related to work
Grammar
Simple, compound, and complex sentences (review and extension)
SKILLS
Reading: Reading for main ideas, specific information and inference in job advertisements
Speaking: Giving opinions about different jobs
Listening: Listening for main ideas and specific information in a phone conversation about a job vacancy
Writing: Writing a job application letter
COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE / CLIL
Everyday English
Expressing anxiety and responding to it
Culture
Unusual jobs around the world
PROJECT
Doing research on suitable part-time Jobs for students
I. GETTING STARTED
Our parents' jobs
1. Listen and read. 🎧
Lan: Come in, Mark. Did you find my place easily?
Mark: Yes, I actually met your dad in the street and he showed me the way. He said he was on his way to work.
Lan: That's right. My dad is a factory worker, so he works in shifts. Today he's on the night shift.
Mark: Working night shifts must be really nard. When does he sleep?
Lan: He goes to bed right after he comes home in the morning when there's no one at home. My mum's usually at work then. She teaches at a primary school.
Mark: Working with kids must be fun.
Lan: Yes, she loves her job though teaching can be tiring. Getting up in front of the class and putting up a performance every day seem so stressful.
Mark: I agree. My mum used to be a teacher, but she gave up her job to look after me and my brother.
Lan: How about your dad?
Mark: He has a nine-to-five job. He's an accountant at a bank.
Lan: Working with numbers must be difficult.
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Mark: Yes, but it's not just numbers. You need to learn so many regulations and build good working relationships with clients.
Lan: I guess he often goes on business trips.
Mark: Not really, but he works overtime. He sometimes comes back home when I'm already in bed.
Lan: You're good at maths, so you should follow in his footsteps.
Mark: Definitely not. Neither I nor my brother wants to become an accountant. I'm interested in computer programming because it opens up so many job opportunities. What about you, Lan?
Lan: Well, I love working with children, so I want to become a primary school teacher like my mum.
Mark: Didn't you say last year you wanted to become a scientist?
Lan: (laughing) Yeah...
2. Read the conversation again and put a tick (✔) in the appropriate column.
| Who... | Lan's dad | Mark's dad | Lan's mum |
| 1. is a factory worker? | |||
| 2. is a bank accountant? | |||
| 3. works in shifts? | |||
| 4. is a primary school teacher? |
3. Match the words/phrases to make phrases mentioned in 1.
| 1. work | a. business trips |
| 2. go on | b. job |
| 3. nine-to-five | c. shift |
| 4. night | d. overtime |
4. Complete the sentences with phrases or clauses in the box based on the conversation in 1.
| a. because it opens up so many job opportunities b. so she wants to become a primary school teacher like her mum c. a difficult job d. though teaching can be tiring |
1. In Lan's opinion, being an accountant is _____.
2. Mark wants to study computer programming _____.
3. Lan likes to work with children, _____.
4. Lan's mum loves her job _____.
