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G discourse markers (1): linkers V work P the rhythm of spoken English Nice work! Whenever you are asked if you can do ajob, tell'em, ‘Certainly ican. Then get busy and find out how to doit: 1 READING & SPEAKING a Think about people you know who either absolutely hate or really love their jobs. What do they do? Why do they feel that way? How do you know how they feel? b_ The Guardian runs a weekly series called What I'n really thinking, where people in different jobs or situations reveal their true feelings. Lookat the three jobs in the articles. With a partner, say ‘which person you think said the following, and why. 1 Although its not my place to judge, I get frustrated sometimes. 2. People assume you're an idiot. 3 Your expressions and bodies reveal far more than you know. © Read the articles and check. Reading between the lines, do you think on the whole they like or dislike their jobs? Read the articles again and answer A, B, or C. Who..? implies that he / she sometimes finds the job boring says people seem to think he / she can’t see them feels misjudged by the people he /she eomesin contact with has to.ask one particular question, to which it is not always, easy to get the answer 5 [_] would like the opportunity to give feedh: he / she works with 6 [J notices physical change in him / herself when he {she is working on the people 7 [J describes a moment when he [ she really loves the job suggests he / she won't be doing the job for much longer tries to empathize with the people he | she speaks to LEXIS IN CONTEXT € Look atthe Bighlightfed phrasal verbs and idioms and guess the ‘meaning of the ones you don’t know from the context. Then match them to the definitions 1-8, EEERY think they are better than sb / sth [EI makes me very upset EEIED move or make progress atthe same rate as sh / sth I (informal) makes me annoyed becomes exhausting 1 vitally important Bm get bigger EM can'tthink what to do or say What I’m really thinking ‘A THE CHECKOUT GIRL Of course I judge you by your shopping. It's ‘the only diversion have, The work isn't that intellectually ‘demanding ~the til does all the maths ~ ‘and itdoes become robotic. Having identical conversations every day ‘quickly gets wearing. ‘You get to know types of customers, The stressed-out mum, feeding her kids on the way round and thrusting the empty packet at me to scan. The sweet older couple, carefully packing cat food and biscuits {nto a trolley. The woman in a suit who buys a bottle of own-brand vodka, then puts it in her handbag. Sometimes I like to channel my inner Sherlock. Dark circles, nappies and aspirin? New baby. Rice cakes and spinach? The diet starts tomorrow. Older women are very polite and chatty, but ‘watching a queue build up as they count out pennies does my head in, Usually I take a deep breath and try to treat them as I would my own ‘grandma, And I don't mind when people have to. stay on their phone, but it is rude. People assume you're an idiot. The fact is, Tm studying for a history degree, But that’s frrelevant; neither I nor my colleagues are stupid, and people have no right to look down on us. B |THE UNIVERSITY LECTURER look at the 23 of you in the room —a small group this year - and wonder ifyou're even aware of. me as I teach. Might it be that because you're not talking directly to me, you forget to adjust the expressions on your faces? Or is it that you imagine, ina crowd, you are somehow invisible? ‘Your expressions and bodies reveal far more than ‘you know ~ sneering, eye-rolting, yawning, you ‘can barely stay awake sometimes. Your indifference bears no relation to my hours of preparation. The university asks you tocomment, ‘anonymously, on the quality of my teaching. would like the chance to ‘comment on the quality (of your listening, When you are really disengaged and disconnected, see hands reach for phones in bags. You connect, but i's usually to someone outside this room. Sometimes you even pass notes, giggle, and whisper. Yet Talso see you when you laugh at my jokes, When you are concentrating hard, I can almost ‘hear your minds working. Some of you take notes ‘0 intensively, fighting to keep upwith my words, as if t's life ordeath if you miss something. see your faces light up when you want to say ‘something, the eagerness to comment, to take part, You are relaxed, smiling, enjoying the ‘moment of understanding. We connect. Now I see you and you see me. C] THE 999 OPERATOR ‘The hardest part of my job is also the simplest ~ getting the address. Often when someone calls, they gobblank Or in the case ofa road accident, they don't know exactly where they are. But the ‘most important element is the address, because that’s what brings the ambulance. Ihave to ask for it twice, which infuriates people. It still surprises me to hear my voice during acall.It changes, becoming deeper, almost authoritative. I have to take control of the situation. I suppose that's why I wear a uniform. Thave a script, but I refuse to be a robot; hearing people at their most vulnerable makes me add to it, When the caller is hysterical, telling them, 'm ‘going to help you' and I knaw you're frightened! calms them down. But it breaks myheart when they're in pain or their loved one is dying; Lhave to takea ‘stress break’ after harrowing calls. ‘Although itis not my place to judge, I get frustrated sometimes. The man who rang because his toothpaste was ‘burning his mouth; the ‘mother whose baby was afraid of ay. Don't they realize they're taking up precious time when a life-or- death situation may be needing help? But the moment Icall them time-wasters is ‘the moment I should quit my job. Look at some extracts from other What I'm really thinking articles. Match them to the jobs in the list. What do they imply that the people (sometimes) feel about their jobs? beauty countermanager| | dentist| | driving instructor IT support worker! | pizzadelivery man _|_taxi driver 1 Sometimes what I do is painful, and I'm not a sadist. 2. Tdon'texpect to chat, but sometimes my cab becomes a mobile confessional, 3. Menare risk-takers. They go too fast and don't like being told what todo. 4 Tdlke some respect - people who answer the door while they're on the ;phone realy bug me, as do the ones who take ages to find the money. 5 _It’sacliché, but ‘Have you turned it on and off again?’ s the first thing that comes to my mind every single time someone calls, 6 Twork inan industry that convinces people to part with thelr cash in pursuitofa perfection that does not exis, Lam betraying my sisterhood, fall the jobs mentioned in che articles and extracts, which one (s)-.? + would you never do under any circumstances + might you consider doing if you desperately needed the money + would you actually quite like to do VOCABULARY work Look at three sentences from the articles and complete the missing words 1 ‘The work isn’t that intellectually d 2. ..neither nor my € look down on us. re stupid, and people have no right to 3 Bur the moment |call them time-wasters is the moment I should qu my jab, > p-161 Vocabulary Bank Work. Complete sentences 1-5 with words or phrases from the list. ‘Then write five sentences for your partner to complete with the other five words. apply for befired belaidoff clock off perks quit rewarding skills tedious unpaid 1 Can we leave whenever we like or do we have to ata Nursingis often described asa job, even though it may be badly paid. 3 The company has decided that around 20% of its workforce will have to until the economic situation improves. 4 Theonly required for this post are a good level of English and the ability to drive. 5 Ifyouare prepared to do. work, there are several voluntary ‘eganietny dara lng Sr people aT EI 3 SPEAKING & LISTENING Since 2001, the Sunday Timeshas been an annual survey to find the 100 best companies in the UK to work for. Look at the criteria which they use to assess the companies and complete them with the headings. Fair deal Giving something back Leadership My-company My manager My team Personal growth Well-being 1 _My-company show staff feel about the organization they work for as opposed to the people they work with 2 how staff feel about the pressures of work and the balance between their work and home duties 3 how much companies are thought by their staff to contribute to the local community and society 4 to what extent staff feel they are stretched and challenged by their job s how staff feel towards their immediate boss 6 how employees feel about the head of the company and its senior managers 7 how staff feel about their immediate colleagues 8 how happy the workforce is with their pay and benefits b_ Which three criteria do you think are the most important when judging a company youre thinking of working for? © Now look atthe photos and read about Skyscanner, a travel comparison website, one of the top-rated companies in last year's survey. Does it sound like a company you would like to work for? Why (not)? skyscanner Who are they? ASA KEEN SKIER who regularly escaped tothe slopes, maths ‘graduate Gareth Willams became frustrated with the tedious process of searching through a mulitude of aiine and trave-agency \webstes to find the cheapest fights, So he and two university fiends set about creating single website that coud collec, callate, and compare prices for every commercial fight inthe World Launched in Edinburgh in 2001, Skyscanner, which also provides instant online comparisons for hotels and car hire, gets ‘more than 60 milion visitors a month and now operates worldwide ~ italso has ofices in Singapore, Beijing, Miami, and Barcelona No organization offers as many opportunites 0 learn andl grow as this one does, say its employees. Skyscanner perks include a paid day off to do a social activity, and home-country werking, where people who aren't native to the UK can spend up to three weeks @ year working i ther country of origin. Ae the sta represent more than 36 diferent nationalities, his isa particularly popular benefit 4 GRAMMAR discourse markers (1): linkers -it very quickly becomes the norm for someone who works here, all these amazing benefits we have, _ when you talk to someone: else in another company, you suddenly think Wow, we're so lucky’. a Look at the extract from Lisa's interview. What do you think the missing word is? What kind of clause does it introduce? b_ With a partner, put two linkers from the list into each column. as consequently despite due to even though inorderto so.asto therefore d_ @13)) Listen to an interview with LisaImlach, who works for Skyscanner. What her position aresult a reason apurpose | acontrast in the company? How positive is she about so because to but the company and her job on a scale of 1-5 (5 = very positive)? What makes you think so? Glossary PR Pulte Relations e Now listen again and answer the questions. ¢- p.141 Grammar Bank 18. Learn more about linkers, and 1 How long has Lisa been at Skyscanner? practise them. 2. Why did she apply for a job there? 3. Where di she go the day afer the interview; 5 PRONUNCIATION the rhythm of spoken English and where was she when she heard she'd got the job? 4 What three benefits does she mention about Fine-tuning your pronunciation: the rhythm of English In spoken English, words with two or more syllables have one working for Skyscanner? main stressed syllable. in sentences, some words have stronger 5 Which benefit does she value most highly ‘tress and other words are weaker. This pattern of strong and bate ‘weak stress gives English its rhythm. Stressed words ina sentence sod-wtiy are usually content words, e.g, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and 6 Whatchallenge does she say that the ‘adverbs. Unstressed words tend to be function words and include eaicagecisanta? ‘auxiliary verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, determiners, and possessive adjectives, LEXIS IN CONTEXT f (4/14) Listen to the phrases in context. ly be. What do you think che highlighted words exactly as possible and phrases mean? i London Underground workers vere on strike yesterday. 1 ..somewhere that was kind of ‘asa result it took people twice as long to get to work. a (@15)) Listen and repeat the sentences. Try to copy the rhythms travel-focused... 2. it very quickly SCORES for b @16)) Listen and write down the beginnings of eight sentences, nmreenrsnct reais hese. Compare with a partner, and then decide how you think the 3 .omaybe that’s the plan, maybe that's sentences might continue. ‘typBY that they've gone with! 4 .citsquiceacasual ching,.you'rein charge, € 173) Now listen and complete the sentences. Are they you'e the, you're the one who knows your similar to what you predicted? Practise saying them with anatural rhychm. 5 ...s0 [think at some point that will be something that becomes more of ‘MWUISSUE..I'm pretty confident that & WRITING ‘Skyscanner will be able to ERIE hat > p.112 writing A job application, Analyse a model email and ‘write a covering email applying for ajob at a festival g What do you think of Skyscanner after listening to Lisa's interview? Are you more 7 @mP3)) SONG We Work The Black Seam J or less attracted to working there? a= DES MLB recourse meters C result 1 havea job interview next week, so I've bought myself suit! 2 had snowed hard allnight. Asa result, the airpore was closed until 11.00 am. We regrer that you do not have the necessary qualifications and therefore | ‘consequently we are usable to offer you the job, 1 soisthe most common way ofintrostcing result o logical connection 2 asa result therefore and consequently (more formal than se) are often used at thebeginning ofa sentence orclause + thereforeand consequently can also be used before a main verb, Wehave therefore | consequently decided no to oer you the job reason 1 Thave topped writing to her, because /as / since she never answers me. Why did your boss resign? Becatise his wife was il. 2 The plane was late because ofthe fog. Flight 341 has been delayed due to / owing to adverse weather conditions. 1 because, as, and since (more formal) are synonyms and are used to introduce clauses giving a reason, as and sinc are often used atthe beginning ofa sentence, e.g. As] Since the rain hast stopped, we've decided not to go out. + Weuse becuse (oot asor since) to answera Why...? question. 2 hecauseof due to,and owing to also express the reason for something. They are ‘usually followed by a noun, a gerund, or che fact that + clause * due to and owing to are more formal than because of purpose 1. [did a language course to in order to / sas to improve my English 2 She closed the door quietly so as not to /in order not to wake the baby. 3. They moved to London so (that) they could se their grandchildren more often. 4 Fmnorgoing to ell Ann in case she tells everyone else. 1 to,inonderto, and so asto introduce aclause of purpose and are all followed by Aaninfinitive. 10 isthe most informal 2. Fornegative purpose we use so as not to oF inanler not to 3 You can also use 0 (that) + ca | could + verb or will would + verb to express purpose. You can leave out that in informal English * Use so (hat) when there isa change of subject inthe cause of purpose, eg. ‘She put a blanket over the buy so (that he wouldn't be col 4 Weuse in case +a clause when we do something in order to be ready for future situations | problems or t avoid them, contrast, 1 Weenjoyed the concert, but the journey home was a nightmare Agnes was attracted tothe stranger, yet something in her head was telling her nor to get close to him tsa realy good idea. However, it may be too expensive The moon shone brightly. Nevertheless, it was hard to find our way. We enjoyed the film although / even though | though ie was long, Inspice of being 85, she sil travels all over the world. Despite her age Despite the fact that she’s 85, 1 utisthe most common and informal way of introducing conteast and is, ‘normally used to link two contrasting points within a sentence. _yet is used inthe same way; butis more formal / itera. however and neverthelessare normally used at the beginning of a sentence to connect it to the previous one and are usualy followed by comma, + nevertheless (or nonetheless is more formal literary than however 2. even thouglis more emphatic than aluhough.thougl is more common in informal speech, 3 After in spite of and despite use a gerund, a noun, or the fact tha + clause GRAMMAR BANK a Gre) therighelinker ren hough] Despite she’s working realy hard, Taanibk she be ableto catch op. 1. Wecanafoed to haves bllay tia year aso wove goran overeat weber 2 hkl werearasguiiycimcaa | Tdontt ave so many classes on Fridays? 4) Ippo she lneview oie dues ste of he ac he a ale aa 4 Therearanrchaiahashada very diffu eae Nevertheless sare they havent had 10 any orca tears 5 He pts god salary though since hao asele b Gre thebeiter option acomding to register. Sales have increased over the last three months. So [Therefor we willbe aking on five new employees. 1 Tvebeen off work forthe lasttheee days hecause of [owing to this nasty cough I've gor. 2 Theorganizatio has severe financial problems, and so | consequently half the sta have been lad of 3. ‘The company has reported declining sles this year. Nevertheless But they have so far managed toavoid any staff cuts 4. Istopped ata service station to inondertofillup with petrol 5 thought itwas an amazing film. was quite depressing, though however. 6 hasbeen announced tha the last match ofthe season has been canceled due [because of the severe weather Join the sentences using the bold word(s), making any necessary changes. ‘We only use energy-efficient light bulbs. We don't want to waste electricity. soas Weonly use energy-efficient light bulbs so as not to waste electricity 1 Ourseats were along way from the stage. We enjoyed the play. In spite We 2 Teeookus ages to get there. The traffic was heavy because of © — 3 Itook the price of the bag. I dida’t want Becky toknow how much it had cost. $0 1 — 4 Keep the receipt forthe sweater. Your dad might pot like it. imease Keep 5. Susanna isan only child, She isnt atall spoilt. Eventhough Susanna 6 Prices have risen because production costs have Increased. due to Prices xiy 4) Iworkina small graphic design ‘company and my job's really motivating ‘motive 5.) Being a surgeon is very demanding {ii'mo:ndiy 6 ©) Iworkaran accounting firm. My job is incredibly tedious "ixlios A. Thave todo exactly the same thing every day. B_Itmakesme happy because it's useful and important. C Ictests my abilities ina way that keeps me interested. D It’s ery high pressure and you have to ‘work long hours. E t’sreally boring and it makes me feel impatient all the time. F The kind of work Ido and the people I work with make me want to work harder (do better. b @10)) Listen and check. Think ofajob you could VOCABULARY BANK 2 COLLOCATIONS a Complete the text with the words in the list, career clocking experience for full job management permanent positions qualifications unpaid What I’m really thinking ~ rc irenn ‘Te just started my third internship. At the end of tt, I will have been working + unpaid fora year. It feels as though I'm natin control of my own lif, that I'm helpless. “Academic and Swork are almost irrelevant when you're competing against people who have years of experience, many of whom are taking astep down the*__ ladder. mot choosy - I've spent time ina children's charity, Sevents a press office - but they haven't got me a° contract. It's demoralizing. And exhausting—’__-hunting is a® time ‘occupation. After? off, most people can be fre forthe night, For the inter, it's time fo go home and look for work. [have no idea how many ™ T've “applied ‘since graduating, but it’s more than 100. b @11)) Listen and check. © Complete the two words which collocate with the groups below. What do the phrases mean? freelance many mien np emp compassionate ee cca 3 THE SAME OR DIFFERENT? Look at the pairs of words or phrases. Write S if they have the same ‘ora very similar meaning and D if they are different. 1 colleagues co-workers s 2 quit (ajob) resign 3 staff workforce 4 belaid off bbe made redundant 5 beoutofwork be off work 6 besacked be fired 7 get promoted getarise 8 skills qualifications 9 hire sb employ sb 10 perks benef b @z12)) Listen and check Can you explain the difference between the D words, in meaning or register?

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