Стр.25 Unit 3 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 10 класс
READING AND VOCABULARY 1 Work in pairs. Look at the photo and answer the questions. What kind of job do you think Alan had?
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Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Маккинли, Хастингс 10 класс, Просвещение:
READING AND VOCABULARY
1 Work in pairs. Look at the photo and answer the questions.
What kind of job do you think Alan had?
Would you like a job like this? Why?/Why not?
Have you ever had a job? If so, where and what was it like?
2 Read the article and order paragraphs A-G.
3 Find these words/phrases in the text and work out their meaning from the context. Then use the words to complete the summary below.
expelled (para. A) resigned (para. B) promoted (para. C) part-time (para. E) degree (para. F) career (para. F) graduated (para. F) applied (para. G) odd jobs (para. G)
After Alan left school, he began a 1) degree in law. However, he was soon 2) expelled from university. Although he 3) applied for lots of jobs, he didn’t get any. For a while he did some 4) odd jobs for family friends. And then he got. a 5) part-time job in a tea room. That didn’t work out, and he started working in an egg factory where he was soon 6) promoted to the position of fork-lift driver. Unfortunately, he 7) resigned after an accident. He returned to university and 8) graduated with an honours degree. Then he began his 9) career as a health and safety inspector.
4 Read the text again and answer the questions.
1 Why did Alan not complete his degree the first time he was at university?
2 Was it easy for him to find a job? Why?/ Why not?
3 How did he lose his job in the tea room?
4 How did he feel when he was unemployed?
5 What did Alan do in the egg factory?
6 How did he lose his job in the egg factory?
7 What did Alan do after that?
8 What is he doing now?
5 Work in pairs. Match people a-f with sentences 1-6.
a Alan
b The boss of the egg factory
c Tire manager of the tea room
d A university professor
e A worker in the egg factory
f Alan’s parents
1 Alan’s parents wanted him to study lawtask.
2 A university professor said Alan had missed too many classes
3 Tire manager of the tea room said she couldn’t employ Alan any more.
4 The boss of the egg factory told Alan he was giving him a better job.
5 A worker in the egg factory said the boss wouldn’t be happy with Alan.
6 Alan said he was going back to university.
6 Work in pairs. Complete questions 1-7 with verbs a-g. Read the article again and check your answers. Then ask each other the questions.
a drop out
b enrol
c get
d pass
e play
f sit
g skip
1 Do you like to study the night before you sit an exam? Why/Why not?
2 Which exams do you think you will pass this term?
3 What do you think should happen to pupils who play truant?
4 Are you going to enrol at university when you leave school?
5 What kind of degree would you like to get?
6 Do you think it’s alright to skip some classes at university? Why?/Why not?
7 Why do you think some people drop out of university?
7 Find the words and phrases underlined below in the article and check their meaning. Then match sentences 1-6 with their continuations a-f.
1 I want a permanent full-time position.
2 Apply for a job in the building industry.
3 The wages are too low, and I don’t like the long hours.
4 Last year I was out of work.
5 My boss sacked me because I was always taking time off.
6 You graduated with a physics degree, and now you’re in charge of a burger bar!
a And I usually clocked in late, too.
b Aren’t you a little overqualified?
c Not a temporary part-time job.
d I resign!
e It offers good career opportunities.
f Now, I’ve got a job and I earn a lot of money, but I have to work a lot of overtime!
8 In pairs, prepare and give a short presentation on one of the topics below. Use the questions to help you.
1 Pride always comes before a fall. (What does this saying mean? Can you think of any other examples from life, films or books? Can pride be a positive attribute?)
2 Nowadays young people start their first job at a much later age than their parents did. (Why is this so? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?)