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speakout Pre-Intermediate
UNIT 2

WORK

Overview

Watch the video podcast. What do you have in common with the people?

1 Read and complete Hinas text with the words from the box. Then watch the video podcast from
0:11-0:28 and check your answers.

Hi, Im Hina. I work for 1 the BBC in London as 2_____________

Hina

researcher. Ive learnt a lot of skills in my job and Ive


_____________ some good friends 4____________ work.

Sometimes my 5____________ gets too busy and I dont


______________ enough time to 7_____________, or even to tidy

my 8 ______________. What do you do?

the get at flat a relax job made


Glossary: t idy = organise /put things in the right place

2 Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the video podcast from 0:28-3:43 and
underline the correct word in italics in each answer, 1-8. Watch the podcast again if necessary.

The 1 worst / best thing about my


job is the hours we work. We can
be there until ten, 2 twelve / eleven
oclock.

The best thing is that no


Im a mechanical
3
day /week is ever really the same. 4 engineer / accountant for an
energy company in Australia.

Going out / Working with my


colleagues and friends.

We mainly operate in continents


like 6 Australia / Asia, Africa, South
America, so I spend a lot of my
time 7 abroad / on a plane.

Im a fashion 8 designer/ photographer


and I work for a fashion agency.

Glossary: m
 echanical = with machines; colleagues = the people you work/
study with; photographer = a person who takes photos

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UNIT 2

WORK

3 Watch the video podcast from 0:28-1:20 and number the jobs in the box in the order you hear them,
1-8. Notice the pronunciation of the words and practise saying them.

accountant 1 singing teacher ___ Director of Sales ___ college professor ____
expedition leader ___ private investigator ___ charity worker ___ film maker ___
Glossary: p rivate investigator = private detective; charity = organisation that collects money and
helps people who need it; expedition = an organised journey to a specific place

4 What do they do? Where do they work? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then
watch the video podcast from 0:28-2:03. Write A-D next to two answers for each person.

1 teaches singing

B 5 works from home and in schools

__

2 mostly works in Berlin

__ 6 makes films

__

3 works from home in London

__ 7 works in the City of London

__

4 works for a software company called B-line

__ 8 has his own company in Germany

__

5 What are the best things about their jobs? Look at the people below and read the sentences about
them. Then watch the video podcast from 2:04-2:48 and tick () the correct answer.

1 He likes travelling around the world.


2 He likes meeting different people.

3 The best thing is that she travels to a different


place every day.
4 She travels a lot and every day is different.

5 The best thing is that theres a lot of variety in


his work.
6 He has lots of meetings every day.

7 He likes being funny and making kids laugh.


8 He likes doing things for kids that make them happy.

Glossary: v ariety = a lot of different kinds of things; kids = small children (informal)

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UNIT 2

WORK

6 What are the worst things about their jobs? Read the words and phrases in the box and watch the
video podcast from 2:49-3:43. Underline the six phrases you hear.

can get very stressful need to take work home low salary
seeing people who are poor working under pressure long hours
hard to make plans cant stand the boss risking your life
being away from my family dealing with problems

The way we speak


7 Look at the people below and read what they say. Then watch the video podcast from 0:28-2:03 and
write the correct prepositions. Watch the podcast again and notice other examples.

1 I work in
advertising.

2 I work _____ an
office.

3 I worked ___
4 I work _____
many years _____
eight hours drive
a publishing
______ where I
company.
live in Brisbane.

5 I work _____
home and then I
also work _____
schools.

Personalisation

8 Write your answers to Hinas questions.


1 What do you do?
_____________________________________________________________
2 Where do you work?
_____________________________________________________________
3 What are the best things about your job?
_____________________________________________________________
4 And the worst things?
_____________________________________________________________

Fun Facts
Monday is the most popular day to be off sick. To find out more, go to the
BBC link below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8347332.stm

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