Ex. 16. Role-playing. Work in groups of three.

Students A and B: You are going to have an interview for this job. Study the advertisement and make notes on questions you would like to ask about the job.

You will want to ask questions.

The job itself?

Prospects for future?

Conditions? (food, accommodation)

Hours?

Payment?

Student C: You are the interviewer. Study the advertisement then look at your notes below. Plan your questions. Interview student A and then student B. Invent answers to questions that candidates ask about the job.

Discuss in class which of two candidates should get the job, and why.

Ex. 17. Translate the text in written form.

OUT OF WORK

In the United States a lot of people are out of work. Tracy is 19.She dropped out of high school two years ago and got a job as check-out clerk in a supermarket. She was fired four month ago and hasn’t been able to find another job yet.

My old man just doesn’t understand. He started work in the steel mill here in town when he was 16. Things are different now, but he thinks I should start bringing home some money. I get my unemployment benefit now but it isn’t very much and I’m just fed up with standing in line for it every Thursday.

I hate having to ask my folks for money. My mother gives me a couple of dollars now and then, but she can’t stand seeing me at home all day. I’ve almost given up looking for a job. I look at the paper every day, but I'm ’really tired of looking through the want ads. There are at least 50 applicants for every job. I was interested in becoming a receptionist for a dentist or a doctor because I like meeting people, but now I ‘d take any job at all. People ask me why I don’t move to California or may be Houston, but I really don’t want to leave my family and my friends. Anyway, I’d be scared of living all alone in a big city.

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