2. Match a-f to 1-6.

a When did you retire? 1 I was promoted last month.

b What do you do? 2 I was unemployed for a year.

c How much do you earn? 3 On my 65th birthday.

d Are you doing well at work? 4 I was made redundant.

e Why did you leave? 5 I'm a car salesman.

f Have you ever been out 6 My salary's about £20,000 a year.

of work?

3. Choose the correct option, a or b.

a Neil got .................... for stealing the boss's wallet.

A promoted B the sack

b I was .................... because the company closed the department.

A made redundant B interviewed

c Sam retired last month after a very successful .................... as a heart surgeon.

A job B career

d Bill has a .................... job working forty hours a week in a hospital.

A full-time B part-time

e I'm going to apply.................... a job as a circus clown.

A to B for

f Most people in the UK .................... when they're 65.

A finish B retire

g Susie works .................... sales and marketing, doesn't she?

A for B in

h I resigned .................... my job mainly because I was bored.

A from B with

i If you're out of...................., life can be hard.

A employment B work

j Dave works Pizza Palace as a waiter.

A in B for

4. Complete the sentences with a suitable word.

a If you get a better job in the same company, you're ........................

b A job that only takes part of the week is a ................................job.

c People who employ you are called ..................................................

d The money you get in a year is your................................................

e If you have a job, you are ................................................................

f Shell is one of the largest oil ....................................... in the world.

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Task I

1. Read and translate the text about a woman’s career to answer the question ‘What was Pam Mc Allister?’ Pam Johnson: It's Never Too Late

Pam Mc Allister Johnson made history as the first black woman publisher of a leading white daily newspaper.

Johnson was taught to have a ‘very, very strong self-concept’ (самооценка). She believed that she could be anything and do anything she wanted to. She worked as a reporter and radio and television interviewer / announcer (ведущий новостных программ). She taught at the College. Knowing that journalism was the area she wanted to be involved in, she left her teaching position and began working as a general executive ([ig΄zekjutiv] генеральный директор) at the Bridgewater New Jorsey, Courier-News courier ([΄kuәriә] курьер). Johnson soon moved up the ladder to the position of assistant to the publisher of the Ithaca ([΄iθәkә] Итака, город штата Нью-Йорк) Journal and then became its publisher. Pam considers herself a real go–getter (предприимчивый делец).

People who know her say that Pam Johnson is a highly motivated, intelligent person with a gift for understanding and working with people. She is a well-organized, high energy person. Even at home, her philosophy is much the same. She and her husband try to encourage ([in΄kʌriʤ] – поощрять) their two children ‘to learn everything you can and think positively’.