Intermediate 1 - Week 11 – Hard Work
I)
Reading :
1)
Read the first paragraph of a magazine article: Life
on the Other Side
Earlier this year,
successful journalist Pat Side was preparing an article about the problems of
mothers who want to return to work. By chance, she met another woman who had
the same name as her and was the same age. The other Pat Side was unemployed
and looking for a job. The two women agreed to exchange lives for four weeks
and to write about their experiences.
2)
What do the two women have in common?
3)
Read the rest of the article
Day 2 _____________________________________
Day 4 Tomorrow, I’ve got interviews for four different
jobs. The salaries are low – more or less the same as my unemployment benefit. But
if I don’t apply for the jobs, I lose my benefit! It’s crazy!
Day 5 I didn’t get the jobs. They said I was too old. It’s
the first time in my life that I’ve wanted to cry.
Day 8 Back to the Jobcentre. I waited for three hours to
speak to Mr Mills. They said he was in a meeting, but I think he was having a
long lunch. He gave me two more application forms…
Day 12 I’ve never worried about money too much, but today
I got two bills in the post. Gas and electricity. I haven’t got the money. What
am I going to do?
Day 14 ___________________________________
Day 15 Another interview today. I didn’t have the money
for the bus so I walked. Five miles in the cold and rain and I didn’t get the
jobs. Chips again for dinner.
Day 16 ___________________________________
Day 18 I went for another interview today and took the
bus. Surprise, surprise – I didn’t get the job. They said I was too qualified.
Day 29 I’ve filled in seventeen application forms and
been to seven interviews, but no success. I begin to think this is all a waste
of time.
Day 30 __________________________________
Two weeks after this article was written, Pat Side found
a job in a telephone call centre. She enjoys her new work and says that the
money is good.
4)
Decide if the sentences are True or False. Correct
the false sentences
1.
She describes her experience of looking for work
2.
It was difficult to find a job
3.
She had some money problems
4.
She enjoyed her experience
5)
Put the diary extracts a-d into the gaps 1-4 in
the article
a.
Finally, finally, my unemployment benefit cheque
arrived and I went to the post office to cash it. At the same time, I paid the
gas and electricity. I’ve never felt so happy!
b.
I went for an interview at the Jobcentre today.
Mr Mills, my interviewer, gave me application forms for six jobs.
c.
Tomorrow I return to my old life. My job, my
home, my car and no more interviews. This is the hardest four week I’ve ever
had and I realize how lucky I am.
I really hope Pat finds a job soon.
d.
I’ve done half of the month. I wanted to go out
with some friends, but I haven’t got enough money.
II)
Reading :
1)
How often do you read your horoscope? Do you
believe what it says?
2)
Read the magazine article
It’s 9 o’clock in the morning and you have already
arrived at work. There are a million things to do: check your email, finish
something you started yesterday, get ready for that meeting, tidy up your desk…
stop, hold it! Have you read your horoscope yet?
Every time you write your date of birth on an application
form (to apply for a job or promotion, for example), somebody, somewhere will
probably look at the astrological information it contains. Does this person
have the right personality for the job? Will they work well with the other
people? How important is work in their life? Is this person a good traveller? How
ambitious are they?
So even if you think that horoscopes are a waste of time,
it’s often interesting to know what other people are thinking about you. Oh, by
the way, have you read your boss’s star sign yet?
3)
Choose the best title:1. Horoscope are a waste
of time/ 2. Why you should read your horoscope/ 3. Astrology and the secret police
4)
The article was badly torn out of the magazine. What
is the first word in each line of paragraphs 2 and 3?
III)
Grammar : present perfect with already
and yet
We usually use already
in positive sentences. We use it to emphasize that something has happened
before now (perhaps earlier than expected)
It is early in the
morning, but she has already arrived at work.
We use yet in negative
sentences and questions. We use it too talk or ask about something that has not
happened, but will probably happen soon.
Have you checked your
email yet? No, I haven’t done it yet.
Complete the dialogue
with already or yet
A: Have you finished
__________?
B: No, not ________. Another few minutes, OK?
A: But you’ve ___________
taken two hours!
B: I know, but I haven’t really understood the problem ______.
A: I’ve _______________ explained it to you twice!
B: Just give me a few
more minutes, OK?
IV)
Homework :
Complete
the text about Pat Side’s experience of work with the following verbs:
applied finished got (X2) had left lost
was (X2) went (X2)
When Pat Side’s children
______________ their studies and ______________ home, Pat wanted to find a job.
She _____________ no qualifications, so she ___________ on a training course to
become an assistant in a home for retired people. After the course, she
______________ for many different jobs. She ____________ for a few interviews,
but it was six months before she ___________ a job. She ____________ good at
her work and, two years later, she _____________ promoted to ‘senior assistant’.
She also _________________ a small pay rise. Unfortunately, the home closed a
year after that and Pat ______________ her job.
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