Assignments for 20.04.23
NEF Advanced slide 9 ex e/ Lexis in Contest, slide 10 ex f
Lexis in context
e.Look at the highlighted 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.
1.Look down on — think they are better than sb / sth
2.Break my heart — makes me very upset
3.Keep up with — move or make progress at the same rate as sb / sth
4.Does my head in — (informal) makes me annoyed
5.Gets wearing — becomes exhausting
6.Life or death — vitally important
7.Build up — get bigger
8.Go blank — can’t think what to do or say
f. 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?
1.Sometimes what I do is painful, and I’m not a sadist. — dentist
2.I don’t expect to chat, but sometimes my cab becomes a mobile confessional. — taxi driver
3.Men are risk-takers. They go too fast and don’t like being told what to do. — driving instructor
4.I’d like some respect — people who answer the door while they’re on the phone really bug me, as do the ones who take ages to find the money. — pizza delivery man
5.It’s a cliche, but ‘Have you turned it on and off again?’ is the first thing that comes to my mind every single time someone calls. — IT support worker
6.I work in an industry that convinces people to part with their cash in pursuit of a perfetion that does not exist. I am betraying my sisterhood. — beauty counter manager
NEF Advanced slide 162 Vocabulary Adjectives describing a job ex-es 1a,2a, c,3a
1 Adjectives describing a job
a. Match sentences 1-6 with A-F.
1.My job as a divorce lawyer is very challenging. — C.It tests my abilities in a way that keeps me interested.
2.I’m a checkout assistant in a supermarket. I really enjoy my job, but it can be a bit monotonous and repetitive. — A. I have to do exactly the same thing every day.
3.I’m a primary school teacher. I find working with young children very rewarding. — B. It makes me happy because it’s useful and important.
4.I work in a small graphic design company and my job’s really motivating. — F. The kind of work I do and the people I work with make me want to work harder (do better).
5.Being a surgeon is very demanding. — D. It’s very high pressure and you have to work long hours.
6.I work at an accounting firm. My job is incredibly tedious. — E. It’s reallt boring and it makes me feel impatient all the time.
2 Collocations
a.Complete the text with the words in the list.
What I’m really thinking — The Intern
I’ve just started my third internship. At the end of it, I will have been working unpaid for a year. It feels as though I’m not in control of my own life, that I’m helpless. Academic qualifications and work experience are almost irrelevant when you’re competing against people who have years of experience, many of whom are taking a step down the career ladder. I’m not choosy — I’ve spent time in a children’s charity, events management, a press office — but they haven’t got me a permanent contract. It’s demoralizing. And exhausting — job-hunting is a full-time occupation. After clocking off, most people can be free for the night. For the intern, it’s time to go home and look for work. I have no idea how many positions I’ve applied for since graduating, but it’s more than 100.
c. Complete the two words which collocate with the groups below. What do the phrases mean?
maternity, paternity, sick, compassionate, unpaid — leave
freelance, permanent, full-time — contract
3 The same or different ?
a.Look at the pairs of words or phrases. Write S if they have the same or a very similar meaning and D if they are different.
1.colleagues-co-workers — same
2.quit (a job) — resign — same
3.staff — workforce — same
4.be laid off — be made redundant — different
5.be out of work — be off work — different
6.be sacked — be fired — same
7.get promoted — get a rise — different
8.skills — qualifications — different
9.hire sb — employ sb — different
10.perks — benefits — same
serli 