Language in Context

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1.creative 5.efficient

2.friendly 6.hardworking

3.intelligent 7.organized

4.reliable 8.sociable

شخص مبدع

نشيط, فعال

شخص ودود

مجتهد في العمل

ذكيشخص منظم

شخص موثوق

به

شخص اجتماعي

helping people creating things

working outdoors working alone

making a lot of money working with people

مساعدة الناس صنع االشياء

العمل خارج المنزل العمل وحيدا

الحصول على اموال كثيرة

العمل مع الناس

Prepare a job profile. Write down your qualifications مؤهالت Special Skills مهاراتخاصة personality characteristics صفاتشخصية Possible Job المناسب العمل You can use the examples in the chart below or your own ideas. In a group, discuss possible jobs for each student.

Qualifications Special Skills Personality (ch.) Possible Jobdegree in good at speaking confident TV reporterjournalism in public

A TV reporter needs to be confident and has to be comfortable in frontof the cameras, and should be interested in following news events.

TV reporter

Listen to the job interview, and complete the chart.

Candidate Job Applied For

Name:Working hours:

Education:Salary:

Skills:

Job description:

Experience:

Michael

majored in architecture

good at communicating with people

3 years as architect in apartment building company, part-time sales job in college

50–60 hours a week

high-paying

be involved in work through all stages, from selling to clients, to designing and putting up exhibit stands

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A. Listen. Note the differences in sounds. Then practice.

B. Choose some sentences from the texts you read on (page 14). Underline the words that have m, n and ing in each sentence. Practice reading the sentences aloud making the three different sounds.

/m/ /n/ /ŋ/motivation inspiration readingmodel plan working

He’s been working making models.He’s been an inspiration to me.

In pairs, ask the questions and have your friend answer. Then switch roles.

1. What do you plan to do when you finish school?2. Do you have a job? How long have you been working at your present job?3. What career interests you? Why?4. Have you ever had a job interview? Talk about it.5. Have you ever had an internship? Talk about it.6. Tell about the jobs you’ve had and the coursesyou’ve taken. Say how long you’ve been doingthe jobs or taking the courses.

Underline the words that have m, n and ing in the conversation and the expressionsday after day, day in day out, bored to death, talked someone out of it and luckily.In pairs, read the conversation aloud. Make sure to produce the three different sounds and the expressions correctly.

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What advice do you think Khalid gives Yousef?

1.I’m looking for an assistant. Are you interested?2. Why don’t you network with friends and find outabout available jobs?3. You should look at job sites on the Web.4. Your idea: _______________________________

Real Talkday after day, day in and day out = following the same patternbored to death = very boredtalk someone out of it = to convince to do something differentluckily = used to give an opinion that an event was positive.

To change his job to another one…

About the Conversation Page19 : Answer true or false

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Role-play with a partner. Imagine Youseffound another job and has been workingthere for a year now. Ask what he’s beendoing and what changes have occurred inhis career. Present your interview to the class.