Материал: Профессионально-ориентированный английский язык Методические указания и контрольные задания. Для студентов ЗФ. Направление подготовки бакалавр. Профиль УП
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Вариант 2
1. Read and translate the text.
More workers take a career break
Record numbers of workers are planning a career break. The latest research says that many people want to leave their job and travel the world. In the past, a gap year was for students or rich people. Now more and more ordinary workers are taking a break from their job. Almost one in five British workers - around five and a half million - are planning to take a break from their careers. In the past five years, three million employees have taken a break. The research shows that more than half the people who are taking a career break want to travel and see the world. A third are looking for a break from office life.
Gap Year for Grown Ups is a company that provides career break projects for people over thirty. Even people in their fifties and sixties are taking career breaks. Some people went straight from university to work and now they want to travel. The majority of people who book with Gap Year for Grown Ups are women. Eighty per cent of their clients are female. Africa is the most popular destination. And South America is becoming more and more popular for people who want to do voluntary work as well as travel and go sightseeing.
British workers like companies that offer career breaks to their staff. One in four employees works for a company where career breaks are a staff perk. The government and finance and insurance industries are leading the way - 40 per cent of their employees can take a career break. They are followed by IT, telecoms staff (36 per cent), and medicine / the health service (25 per cent). The research shows that career breaks also help employers: companies that offer career breaks are able to recruit and keep good staff.
2. Answer the questions to the text.
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2.Who do Gap Year for Grown Ups organise projects for?
3.What continent is the most popular to travel to on a career break?
4.What other things do some people do on a break, apart from t ravel?
5.Which work areas offer the most career breaks?
6.What does a career break mean?
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3. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right. Use a dictionary if it is necessary.
1. ordinary |
a) adults. |
2. majority |
b) belonging or relating to women. |
3. destination |
c) visiting places of interest. |
4. career break |
d) the detailed study of something in order to |
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discover new facts. |
5. perk |
e) the people who work for a particular company, |
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organization, or institution. |
6. voluntary work |
f) normal, not unusual. |
7. a gap year |
g) opposite of minority. |
8. research |
h) work that is done by people who do it because |
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they want to, and without expecting any money for it. |
9. go sightseeing |
i) a period of time when you choose not to have a |
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job, for example because you want to travel or take |
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care of your children. |
10. female |
j) an extra payment of benefit that you get in your |
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job. |
11. staff |
k) the place you travel to. |
12. grown ups |
l) a year away from college or work. |
4. Complete the sentences with the words from task 3.
1.The appointment of a ______ director is a quantum leap for women's equality.
2.A company car and a mobile phone are some of the _______ that come with
the job.
3.She does _________ for the Red Cross two days a week.
4.The team did some _____ into the entertainment business.
5.I took a ________ for a year and travelled around the world.
6.The _____ are not very happy about the latest pay increase.
7.The ________ of the employees have university degrees.
8.There was no time to ________ in Seattle.
9.California, along with Florida and Hawaii, is among the most popular US tourist _______.
10.There should always be at least one ______on duty in the playground.
11.A _______ can provide a person with valuable new skills that any employer will be impressed by. Cultural awareness, organization, and an ability to work independently are just some of the skills that are gained by taking a year out.
12.Readers of the magazine said they wanted more stories about ______ people and fewer stories about the rich and famous.
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Study the difference in use between job, work and career.
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career |
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payment or you are not |
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2. Job is mostly used as |
2. Work is both a verb |
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Complete the sentences with job, work or career. |
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Many women sacrifice interesting _______ for their family. |
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How do you usually get to _______ ? By bus or by car? |
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Ask Paul to fix your radiator. He's a plumber - it's his _______ . |
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I used to ________ in Manchester but now I'm at a company near Leeds. |
5.He started off his _________ working as a photographerat a design firm.
6.I like my _________ .I’m a vet and I love working with animals.
7. I've had three different ________ in the last year - and I hated ALL of them!
8.During a successful business ______, she accumulated a great amount of
wealth.
9.What do you do for a living? What's your _______ ?
10.I’m busy at the moment – I have a lot of ______.
11. I’ll be pretty busy at the weekend – I have a lot of small _____ to do in the house and garden.
12.She manages to successfully combine family life and a ______.
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Вариант 3
1. Read and translate the text.
Friends andrivals
New York and London are cities that are popular locations for international companies. They are good business locations because they have many things that organizations look for when they want to open an office abroad. Both cities have good transport connections with the rest of the world. They have large international airports. They also have good telecommunications, strong legal systems, skilled workers and famous financial institutions (the Stock Exchange in London and Wall Street in New York). There are also things in both cities for employees to do after work - restaurants, theatres, cinemas and nightclubs.
Many organisations open international offices in one of these cities. For example, Nomura, a big Japanese bank, employs about 1,400 people in London, with an other 400in 12 other offices across Europe. Of its 1,200 staff in the USA, 90 percent are in New York.
People who work in London complain about the price of property and also about crowded roads, trains and buses. New York is also busy and expensive. But financial executives from different countries still want to work in London and New York. This is because the Stock Exchange is the world's most international money market and London is close to the rest of Europe. Wall Street is the biggest money market in the world and New York City is home to six of the world's ten biggest investment firms.
London and New York are competitors in the financial market, but they have different strengths. Both remain popular locations with international organisations.
2. Answer the questions to the text.
1.What famous financial institutions in Britain and the USA does the text mention?
2.How many employees does Nomura have in the USA?
3.What kind of problem do people meet in London? 4.Why is London a good location?
5.Why do many organisations open their international offices in London and New York?
6.What can employees do after work in London and New York?
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3. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.Use a dictionary if it is necessary.
1. job listings |
a) job opportunities. |
2. apply for a job |
b) work only for part of the day or the |
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week. |
3. part-time job |
c) the activity of trying to find a job. |
4. a rewarding job |
d) the process of trying to get a specific |
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job when you send your resume or CV to |
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a company. |
5. an entry-leveljob |
e) a dynamic and important job. |
6. a dead-end job |
f) work for the whole of the working |
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week. |
7. ahigh-powered job |
g) requires a lot of effort. |
8. a lucrative job |
h) small advertisements online or in the |
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newspaper about job openings. |
9. job openings |
i) job which makes you feel good. |
10. full-time job |
j) a job that has no opportunities for |
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advancement or promotions. |
11. a demanding job |
k) a job where you earn a lot of money. |
12. job hunt |
l) a job that can be done by someone who |
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is just beginning their career, which |
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doesn’t require much experience or many |
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skills. |
4. Complete the sentences with the words from task 3.
1.My mother wants me to marry a man with a______– like a doctor or lawyer.
2.The marketplace is heating up and employers are looking for fresh talent. With a growing job market in mind, PayScale added another tool for job seekers: a job search engine. Search for ______ that suit your strongest skills, ideal location, favorite industry and more.
3.Being an emergency surgeon is a ______ – you have to be on call 24 hours a
day.
4.One of the major reasons why people want to get a ______ is to receive benefits, including paid leave time, health insurance, life insurance, and other coverage.
5.Working with refugee children was one of the most ________I’ve had.
6.When you ______, you'll generally be asked to send in your
CV/résumé, together with a letter or email of application.
7.After she published her book, she got a ________ as director of a national newspaper.
8.As part of her ______, she attended a networking event.
9.Daniel got an _______ as an administrative assistant