Unit iv.Ways of working and applying for a job

Lesson 1.WAYSOFWORKING

Задание 1. Произнеситеслова, обращаявниманиенапроизношение ударных гласных:

1. work, charge, shift, plant, hour, our, suit, train, fluent

2. different, reasonable, flexible, flexitime, interview, educate, request,graduate, numerate, competent, science, bachelor, master

3. responsible, ideal, commute, prefer, achieve, familiar, apply

4. introduce, application, vitae, resume, diploma,

Задание2. Используя словарь, изучите слова и их производные. Заполните таблицу, подразделяя слова на части речи, например:

глагол (v)	существительное (n)	прилагательное (adj)	наречие (adv)
work	work, worker	workless

1. respond (v) – response (n) – responsive (adj) – responsively (adv)

2. prefer (v) – preference (n) – preferable (adj.)

3. commute (v) – commutation (n) –commutable (adj) – commutability (n)- commutator (n) - commutative (adj)

4. differ (v) – difference (n) – different (adj) – differently(adv)

5. reason (n) – reasonable (adj)

6. interview (v) – interview (n) – interviewer (n) – interviewee (n)

7. graduate (v) – graduate (n) – graduation (n)

8. suit (v) – suitable (adj) – suitability (n)

9. apply (v) – applicant (n) – application (n)

10. depend (v) – dependence (n) – independent (adj)

Припомощисловарясоставьтеаналогичнуютаблицудляслов: qualify, references, require, recognize, enclose.

Задание 3.Переведите словосочетания на русский язык,обращая внимание на значение выделенных слов.

high school diploma, efficient training, familiar with Microsoft Office, competent in conversational English, diploma in computer science, fluent in English, hard-working Bachelor of Arts, independent schools, knowledge of the Internet, interpersonal characteristics,the resume of an applicant,enclosed references,the requirements to the candidates,management responsibilities, ability to commute, work in the team, on-the-job training, essential characteristics, recognized business school, turn down a job,

Задание 4.Замените подчеркнутые слова и выражения словами, данными ниже.

1. Fred had already refused two jobs offers when he went for a discussion to see if he was suitable for the job. They looked at his driving license and contacted previous employers Fred had mentioned in his application. A few days later, the supermarket asked him if he would like the job and Fred said yes.

(agreed, turned down, referees, interview, offered)

2. Harry didn’t hear anything for six weeks, so he phoned the company. They told him that they had received a lot of requests for the job. After looking at the life stories of the people asking for the job and looking at what exams they had passed during their education, the company had chosen six people to interview, done tests on their personality and intelligence and they had then given someone the job.

(shortlisted, psychometric tests, applications, paper qualification, applicants, curriculum vitae)

Задание 5. Вставьтепредлоги (at, to, at, out of, to, for, in, off).

Jane lives in London and works … public relations. She leaves home … work at 7.30 am. She drives … work. The traffic is often bad and she worries about getting … work late, but she usually arrives … work at around nine. She finishes work quite late, at about eight. ‘Luckily, I’m never ill’, she says’. ‘I could never take the time … work’. She loves what she does and is glad to be … work. Some of her friends are not so lucky: they are … … work.

Задание 6. Сделайтенеобходимыелексическиеиграмматическиеисправлениявподчеркнутыхсловахивыражениях.

I work for a French supermarket company. I work about the development of new supermarkets. In fact, I running the development department and I am manage for a team looking at the possibilities in different countries. It’s very interesting. One of my main is to make sure that new supermarkets open on time. I am also charged with financial reporting. I deal with a lot of different organizations in my work. I am responsible of planning projects from start to finish. I work closely near our foreign partners, and so I travel a lot.

Задание 7. Вставьте слова и словосочетания (даны ниже).

To find out what someone’s job is you say ‘…’ Here, Liz talks about her job: ‘ … a large European car market. I …car design. In fact, I …the design department and …a team of designers: 20 people …me. It’s very interesting. One of my main …is to make sure that new model designs are finished on time. I’m also …design budgets’. I …a lot of different people in the company. I’m…co-ordination between design and production: I managers at our manufacturing plants.

(I work for, run , work on, work under, What do you do?, work with, deal with , manage , responsibilities, in charge of, responsible for)

Задание 8. Прочитайте текст и найдите в тексте слова, о значении которых можно догадаться(интернациональныеслова).Выпишитеих и вспомните, какие производные (или словосочетания) от этих слов вы знаете.

A.

Kate: I’m an office worker in an insurance company. It’s a nine-to-five job with regular working hours. The work isn’t very interesting? But I like to be able to go home at a reasonable time. We all have to clock in and to clock out every day. In this company, even the managers have to, which is unusual!

John: I’m in computer programming. There’s a system of flexitime in my company, which means we can work when we want, within certain limits. We can start at any time before eleven, and finish as early as three, as long as we do enough hours each month. It’s ideal for me as I have two young children.

Nick: I work in a car plant. I work in shifts. I may be on the day shift one week and the night shift the next week. It’s difficult changing from one shift to another. When I change shifts, I have problems changing to a new routine for sleeping and eating.

Fred: I’m a commercial artist in an advertising agency. I work in a big city, but I prefer living in the country, so I commute to work every day, like thousands of other commuters. Working from home using a computer and the Internet is becoming more and more popular, and the agency is introducing this: it’s called teleworking or telecommuting. But I like going into the office and working with other people around me.

B.

Fred: The trouble with graduates, people who have just left the university, is that their paper qualifications are good, but they have no work experience. They just don’t know how business works.

Kate: I disagree. Education should teach people how to think, not prepare them for a particular job. One of the last year’s recruits had graduated from Oxford in philosophy and she is doing very well!

Fred: Philosophy is an interesting subject, but for our company, it’s more useful if you train as and qualify as a biologist or chemist – training for a specific job is better.

Nick: Yes we don’t need scientists. We also need good managers, which we can achieve through in-house training courses within the company. You know we have put a lot of money into management development and management training because they are important. You need to have some management experience for that. It’s not the sort of things you can learn when you are 20!

Задание9. Расположите утверждения данные ниже в той последовательности, в какой они даны в тексте.

1. The speakers are telling about their ways of working.

2. The speakers are discussing the problems of graduates.

Задание 10. Завершите предложения, используя информацию текста.

1. You need to be …. , as you will be working on financial budgets.

2. As part of the sales team, you’ll be working independently, so you have to be self -… and self - … .

3. We are looking for someone who can work on ten projects at once. You must be …. and … .

4. We need … journalists who are very good at their jobs and extremely … to find out as much as they can.

5. You will be researching developments on the Internet, so you have to be … . You must be … able to work on your own initiative, and a … . But as part of a team of researchers, you need to be a good … too.

a. very keen to do well in this job

b. good with numbers

c. good at working with his own

d. can work in a planned, orderly way

e. good with computers

f. can work well with other people

g. naturally very good at what he does

Задание 11. Ответьтенавопросы.

1. What is the problem the graduates face when looking for a job?

2. Why do some companies prefer to recruit people with managerial abilities?

Задание 12. Скажите, отличается ли ваш рабочий день и как. Обратите внимание на правильное употребление предлогов времени. В своих ответах используйте фразы данные в скобках.

1. She’s Alice, she works in a public library in the afternoon from two until six. (but I work …)

2. My sister works in an office from 9 am to 5.30 pm. (As for me …)

3. Our friends work in a bank from eight till five every day. (As far as I’m concerned I work …)

4. He’s David and he works in a café from 8 pm until midnight. (But I don’t, I …)

5. My girl-friend works in a local market and she can have this job as long as she wants it. (I wouldn’t like to work like this, I would prefer …)

6. They are working at the laboratory for four weeks.( As for me …)