Read the sentences and answer the questions

Part I

Professional World

YOUR CV

Lead-in

Which of these statements do you agree with?

1) Work is the most important thing in life.

2) Work is just a way to get money so you can do things you enjoy.

What is a CV?

a) description of someone’s family, education, likes and dislikes;

b) description of someone’s education, work experience, and skills.

Read the curriculum vitae (CV) quickly and choose the correct answer.

How is it arranged?

a) under headings;

b) like a letter.

NAME	Gavin H Alvarez
ADDRESS	26 Dryfield Road Cambridge CB2 2DS
TELEPHONE NUMBER	01223 3268452
E-MAIL ADDRESS	[email protected]
DATE OF BIRTH	14 June 1987
EDUCATION
1995 - 2000	Graves High School for Boys Graves Avenue Cambridge CB3 4RG
2000 - 2002	Cam college of Engineering and Technology Rich road Cambridge CB6 7YT
QUALIFICATIONS
	GCSEs; English, Maths, General Science, design and Technology, French, Spanish, Art and History.
	Level 1. Engineering and Technology foundation course.
	Level 2. Computing course specializing in software development.
WORK EXPERIENCE
AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2000	Temporary gob as IT assistant at Noms’s Aeronautics, Cambridge.
OCTOBER 2000 – JUNE 2002	Saturday and holiday job testing computer games at Sicompany, Cambridge.
OTHER INFORMATION	Bi-lingual in Spanish and English; clean driving license.
INTERESTS	Developing computer games, member of college football team, photography, and playing the guitar.
REFEREE	Ms Daisy Valentine (course tutor) Cam College of Engineering and Technology Birch Road Cambridge CB6 7YT

2. Read the CV again and decide if the sentences (1 – 7) below are true (T) or false (F).

1. Gavin Alvarez lives in Cambridge.

2. He is a student at Cam College.

3. He passed his GCSEs in 2001.

4. He has had Saturday and holiday jobs since 2000.

5. He left Cam College in 2000.

6. He is quite good at languages.

7. He isn’t interested in technology.

3. Read these two advertisements, which job is best for Gavin?

GAMES4U Wants young, dynamic people to develop the next generation of computer software. Foreign languages an advantage. Send CV and covering letter to…

BOOKS FOR STUDENTS Need two people aged 18 – 20 to work in their engineering and technology department. To apply, send CV and covering letter to…

Read these phrases from the CV and the advertisements. Choose the correct meaning (a or b) of the words in italics.

1. … a covering letter…

a) a letter to give more information;

b) a letter to hide a CV.

2. foreign languages an advantage…

a) it will help if you can speak a foreign language;

b) it is essential that you can speak a foreign language.

3. A clean driving license …

a) your license isn’t dirty;

b) you haven’t done anything illegal in a car.

5. Write your own CV in English using qualifications you already have or ones that you think you might have in the future. Use Gavin’s CV as a model for your writing.

NAME
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE NUMBER
E-MAIL ADDRESS
DATE OF BIRTH
EDUCATION
QUALIFICATIONS
WORK EXPERIENCE
OTHER INFORMATION
INTERESTS
REFEREE

Vocabulary

1.	Curriculum vitae (CV)		резюме
2.	education		освіта
3.	qualification		кваліфікація
4.	experience		досвід
5.	covering letter		супровідний лист

Vocabulary Notes

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Part II

World of Calculations

Geometrical Figures

1. Is Geometry a very important subject for technology? Name the most important geometrical figures.

2. Let’s revise some geometrical figures.

This is a point. This is a point.

What is this?

What is this?

This is a line.

This line is straight.

What is this?

This is a curve.

Is this a curve?

Yes, it is. Is it open?

Yes, it is.

What are these? These circles are large.

These are circles. Are these circles large?

Are these circles? Yes, they are.

Yes, they are.

What are those?

Those are squares.

Those are squares, aren't they?

Yes, they are. They are squares.

Those squares are small.

Read the sentences and answer the questions.

Number 1is an angle.

This is an angle.

It is acute.

In other words, this angle is acute.

1. What is this?

2. Is it an acute angle?

Number 2 is also an angle. That is also an angle. But it is not acute. It is right. In other words that angle is a right angle.

1. What is that?

2. Is it also an acute angle?

3. It is a right angle, isn't it?

Number 3 is an angle as well. That is also an angle. But it is neither acute nor right. It is obtuse. Thus that angle is an obtuse angle.

Number 4. All these are curves. These are simple curves. They are simple open and closed curves. In other words, these curves are simple open and closed.

1. What are all these?

2.Are they simple curves?

3. These curves are simple open and closed, aren't they?

Number 5.

Those are planes.

Those are parallel planes.

They are parallel.

So those planes are parallel.

1. What are these?

2. Are they parallel planes?

3. Those planes are parallel, aren't they?