Unit 40

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Unit 40

The World of Work

Employment patterns,

economic migration

Which words do you know that
can be related to employment and
industries?

Exercise 1.1 (page 239)

In pairs / groups of three:
Translate the words in this exercise, so you

know what the different industries are.

Exercise 1.1 (page 239)

Class discussion:

Which of the industries are people employed

in where you live?

Exercise 1.2 (page 239)

In pairs / groups of three:
Match each word list with one of the industries

in exercise 1.1.

Exercise 1.3 (page 239)

Listen to three people talking about work.

Are the sentences true or false?

Speaker 1:
She got her first job in a local factory.

1. True
2. False

first job was for an insurance company

Speaker 1:
She now works in India.

1. True
2. False

her job was moved, but she didn’t move

Speaker 2:
He has lost two jobs.

1. True
2. False

Speaker 2:
He is quite relaxed about having lost his job.

1. True
2. False

Speaker 3:
His father used to run the farm.

1. True
2. False

Speaker 3:
He employs five people.

1. True
2. False

five people including him and his wife

Exercise 1.4 (page 184)

Listen to the talk again. 
Complete the sentences with words used by the speakers.

Answers

1. youth unemployment
2. general office skills
3. call centre
4. retired
5. made redundant
6. out of work
7. take cover from
8. cover costs

Which formal words from the box can replace the words in italics in the sentences?

Employment laws lay down the warnings we have to an employee before we sack them.

What bothers me is the significant increase in the number of unemployed graduates.

During the week you will pick up many of the IT skills needed in the modern workplace.

If you hurt yourself at work, you boss may have to give you some money.

acquire

compensation

dictate

dismiss

disturbs

employer

Choose the correct word:
I came to London to improve my English and now I am planning to find a ... work.

1. job
2. work

Choose the correct words:
He must get to ... (A or B) by 8 o'clock , other wise he'll lose his ... (C or D)

1. job
2. work
3. job
4. work

Choose the correct word:
I just need the money. I'm prepared to do ... of any kind.

1. job
2. work

Choose the correct words:
If you do this, you'll have more ... (A or B) and I'll have an easier ... (C or D)

1. job
2. work
3. job
4. work

Easy to remember!

• Job = countable
  Refers to a particular employment
• I'm looking for a job in retail.
  
  
• Work = uncountable
  Describes the general activity in which we use effort
• I've got much work to do.
  

Complete the compound nouns in these sentences

I get absolutely no job                        when my work                        is so high. 

Job                          cannot be guaranteed during an economic downturn.

To create a healthy work                          , lighting, space and noise level must be taken into consideration.

She's waiting for her work                          to arrive and then she can accept that job                           .

The job                          is particularly tough for job                            fresh from school or college.

Many of my work                          are looking for new job                            outside the company.

When you join us next week, you'll need to bring suitable work                          and please remember to keep your work                            free from clutter.

Job:

Work: 

market

offer

opportunities

satisfaction

security

seekers

clothes

colleagues

environment

load

permit

space

Continue

In pairs / groups of three:
Continue working on exercises 2.1 & 2.2 on page 241.

Check the answers with the key in the back of your book.