Unit 6 Day-to-day work Talking about your work (1) Listening Listen to Ana Campos talking about her working hours. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)? 1 She starts works at 7.30. ______ 2 She finishes work at 4.00. ______ 3 She has lunch at 12.00. ______ 4 She has one hour for lunch. ______ 5 She works a 40-hour week. ______ 6 She doesn’t work on Friday afternoon. ______ (2) Vocabulary Put the words in the box under the correct headings. at on in nine o’clock Monday__ ___July___ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Now complete these sentences with the correct prepositions. We start work ______ 8.30 and finish ______ 4.00. What time do you finish work ______ Friday afternoon? Do you have a break ______ the afternoon? The next meeting is ______ 3 April. She started working here ______ 1999. (3) Reading Look at these graphs and use the information to complete the paragraphs.   Describing routines (1) Grammar Complete these questions with do or does and one of the verbs in the box. How _do___ you _get___ to work? What time ______ your boss ______ work? Where ______ you ______ lunch? How long ______ you ______ for lunch? When ______ your boss ______ the office? What ______ you ______ in the evenings? Now match the questions to these answers like this: a An hour._4____ b By train. ______ c At nine o’clock. ______ d In the canteen. ______ e I read the paper or watch television. ______ f I don’t know. ______ (2) Listening and speaking Listen to these statements from an interview. What do you think the questions were? Practice asking questions like this: VOICE 1: I get up at 5.15 every day. (beep) YOU: What time do you get up? VOICE2: What time do you get up? (repeat) (3) Language in use Put these words in the correct order to make sentences. watch / we / television / in the evenings / never ______________________________________ to work / hardly ever / the train / takes / she ______________________________________ a month / on business / I / three times / travel ______________________________________ goes / usually / swimming / he / after work ______________________________________ customers / twice / come / to my office / a week ______________________________________ goes / at the weekend / always / to the cinema / she ______________________________________ Likes and dislikes Reading Read this advertisement and tick (√) the correct statements below. You do not need good writing skills for this job. ______ You will need to travel in this job.  ______ You will never need to work late. ______ You need to know how to work with computers. ______ You will get 30 days’ annual holiday. ______ You will receive ￡22,000 for one year’s work. ______ Reading and writing Nicola Cox is applying for the Press Officer position. Look at these notes the Personnel Officer made and then write sentences.  She likes making phone calls . _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ Do you think Nicola Cox will get the job? Vocabulary Complete these sentences. 1 The people you work with are your ________. 2 The person you work for is your ___________. 3 Do you usually have lunch in the __________? 4 How many days’ __________ do you get a year? 5 The night _________ starts at 10 p.m. 6 The American English for (4) is __________. 7 Do you have an __________ job? 8 How many __________ a week do you work? 9 It takes me an hour to get to work. It’s a terrible ___________. 10 The basic _____________ is ￡19,000 a year. Reference 6.1 1 1F She usually starts work at 8.30. 2F She finishes between 5 and 6. 3T 4F She has three quarters of an hour for lunch. 5T 6T AINTERVIEWER: Ana, can you tell me something about the working hours in your company? ANA: Well, we have flexitime. I have to be in the office by half past eight and I can leave any time after three thirty. I’, not really a morning person, so I’m lucky if I get in on time. I usually start work about eight thirty and then leave the office some time between five and six. AINTERVIEWER: And when do you go to lunch? ANA: Well, the lunch break is between twelve and two. But I hardly ever have time for breakfast before I go to work, so I get very hungry. I usually try to go to lunch at twelve ‘o’clock. AINTERVIEWER: And how long do you have for lunch? ANA: Three quarters of an hour. AINTERVIEWER: How long is your working week? ANA: Three quarters of an hour. AINTERVIEWER: How long is your working week? ANA: 40 hours, unfortunately. But I always work more hours from Monday to Thursday so I can take Friday afternoon off. 2 At: 12.30, lunchtime, noon On: 1 May, Friday, Tuesday morning In: the morning, summer, 2001 1 at / at 2 on 3 in 4 on 5 in 3 1 37 2 28 3 47 4 15 6.2 1 2 does / start 3 do / have 4 do / have 5 does / leave 6 do / do b1 c2 d3 e6 f5 2 1 VOICE 1: I get up at 5.15 every day. ( beep ) ( pause ) VOICE 2: What time do you get up? ( beep ) ( pause ) VOICE 2: What time do you get up? 2 VOICE 1: I always take the train to work. VOICE 2: How do you get to work? VOICE 2: How do you get to work? 3 VOICE 1: I travel on business several times a week. VOICE 2: How often do you travel on business? VOICE 2: How often do you travel on business? 4 VOICE 1: I usually only have half an hour for lunch. VOICE 2: How long do you have for lunch? VOICE 2: How long do you have for lunch? 5 VOICE 1: I never leave the office before 6 o’clock. VOICE 2: When do you leave the office? VOICE 2: When do you leave the office? 6 VOICE 1: I sometimes read a book or watch a film. VOICE 2: What do you do in the evening? VOICE 2: What do you do in the evening? 3 1 We never watch television in the evenings. 2 She hardly ever takes the train to work. 3 I travel on business three times a month. 4 He usually goes swimming after work. 5 Customers come to my office twice a week. 6 She always goes to the cinema at the weekend. 6.3 1 Tick statements 2, 4 and 5. You do need good writing skills, you will need to work late several times a week, and there is a bonus paid after 12 months to add to the ￡22,000. 2 She likes going on business trips. 3 She likes working late. 4 She doesn’t mind going to meetings. 5 She doesn’t like writing reports. 6 She doesn’t like working with computers. She probably won’t get the job as writing reports and working with computers are important to the job. 3 1 colleagues 2 boss 3 canteen 4 holiday 5 shift 6 vacation 7 interesting 8 hours 9 journey 10 salary