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1 English at work
1. In two minutes, write the names of as many jobs or professions as you can in which people
need to speak English.
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2. Now scan the article to find out what five jobs the young people do or are training for.
a. ______________________ b. ______________________ d. ______________________ e. ______________________
c. ______________________
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2 What does it mean?
Skim-read the article to find the answers. The tasks are split according to the sections in the article.
You will find the answers in the named sections of the article.
Speaking for the stars
Fill in the missing vowels (a, e, i, o, u).
1. An _ nt _ rn is usually a student who is working in a job to get experience.
2. A sch _ d _ l _ is a plan of activities or events.
3. An _ rt _ st is a musician, painter or actor.
4. An _ w _rd is a prize you get for doing something well.
5. A h _ st f _ m _ ly invites students from other countries to stay in their home.
Reaching for the sky
Put the letters in the clouds in the right order.
6. The plane is ready for
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10. When you
____ _______ __________ talked to the pilot via radio.
__________ _________ work in an airport.
_____________ are books that tell you how to operate something.
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___________ a problem you think about it carefully.
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11. When you pass your exams you will be __________________ to do the job.
12. The job requires special __________________.
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13. We need somebody who is well __________________.
14. Sometimes things take a long time, so you need to be __________________.
15. I am __________________ for locking the office every evening.
Out of this world
Write in the rest of the letters.
16. A g _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is someone who has finished his/her university studies.
17. A s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is sent into space to receive and send information.
18. If you are f _ _ _ _ _ in English, you can speak it very well.
19. It usually takes four? years at a university to get a m _ _ _ _ _ ’ _ d_ _ _ _ _.
20. If you are good at working with people you probably have good s_ _ _ s_ _ _ _ _ .
Language games
fix
22. a new form of something career
23. problems in computer software trouble
24. another word for mend or repair updated version
25. the jobs you do or the job path you follow
bugs
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We pay lots of money to fly to the world’s bes
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Speaking for the stars
cities, but some people get paid to fly! Maxpilot at
ks
Pertl, 21, from Germany, is training to be a
Susanne Bachmann, 23, from Germany, woric
men.
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with the stars as an intern at Sony BMG chance to Lufthansa in Bre
Entertainment in Munich. She has had the r lives! “I’ve wanted to be a pilot since I was six, when I
was so
meet some of her idols and even manage thei
flew on holiday with my parents. Everythinging and
land
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view
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fascinating – the take-off,
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interviews, hire make-up
fluently. We need to communicate with
staff at
and hotels for everyone in the entourage.
controllers around the world and with groundwritten
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different airports. The technical manuals
This job would be impossible without English.
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in English and some of our training is in the US,
write emails in English every day to
hers.
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without English we couldn’t understand
around the world.You need great organiza
ns,
and interpersonal skills.You must be able toflicts.
Pilots also have to assess weather conditio ion.
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forward to those special moments
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day with The Ting
the sun rise and set.”
and
which was awesome! They were in Munichtheir
learn English by reading a lot. Watching
a colleague and I took care of them during and met Maxi’s tip: “Ilish improves my listening skills.”
DVDs in Eng
interviews. We hung around for their show very
was
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them again afterwa
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relaxed and the artists shared their thoughts
and to
feelings with us.
Pilots speak via radio to air traffic controllers other!
e of
other pilots. Everybody has to understand each
As an intern, I don’t attend music awards. Som
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my colleagues do, but they’re
must be misunderstandings.
go to the after-show parties though, which
a lot of fun!”
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Staying with a host family is a great way to lears.”
other cultures and improve your language skill
Speak like a surfer with these words:
Barrel – the “inside” of a hollow wave
Pop up – to jump to your feet on the surfboard
Wipeout – a fall off the board
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Ramona Feiner, 20, from Austria, never gets
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job! Ramona is a games test
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“I work for TT Games. I do the German trangames to
for computer-game texts and also test the
make sure they work properly.
ldn’t work
I use English and German every day – I cou ated
without them. Every morning, I get an updpart. I
version of a game and check the language e to
usually do some translation and play the gam
d.
make sure that any bugs have really been fixe
Usually, this is a lot of fun!
will be
Living here has improved my English, which tria. I
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to
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great for my career when I move bac
so what
love playing console and computer games, ?”
day
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better job is there than testing gam
What’s the right job for you?
e are
How can you find out what’s right for you? Her
some tips:
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k of what’s fun to do. We’re usually good at ld.
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Rafael Sarmiento’s English is out of this theYoung • Things we enjoy.
23-year-old from Spain, is an IT engineer on n Space thin
t skills do • Find out about the job requirements. Wha
Graduate Trainee programme at the Europea
ch sends
you need? What deadlines are there?
Agency (ESA) in Darmstadt, Germany whi
satellites into space!
• Visit your local careers centre.
ment
• Go to trade fairs and congresses.
“I work in the Informatics & Facility Manage and
’re ions
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com
that
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rested in. Ask them
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satellites. inte
abroad is
so our control centre can communicate with
• Spend time abroad. Studying or working
uage.
At ESA, you have to be fluent in English. My n Union, a great way to practise a lang
pea
Euro
colleagues come from all around the
have
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English is the language of the waves – at leas
or Spain!
cool surfing beaches in Australia, Portugal that teach
There, you’ll find hundreds of surf schools ffshire in
tourists in English. Mark Boyd, 21, from Ban 8 and
Scotland, moved to the Canary Islands in 200
teaches at the Surf School Lanzarote.
as a surf
“I learned to surf in Scotland and qualified ty, I
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univ
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Afte
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teacher in southwest England
te to
wanted to work abroad, so I came to Lanzaro
me
let
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teach surfing. The weather and
improve my surfing skills too!
ble to work
We teach in English, so it would be impossiis useful
here without it. Knowing other languages nish.
too. I speak Portuguese and I’m learning Spa
e, but
It’s really cool to have the beach as your offic ocean
and
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win
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sun
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it’s also hard work. Bein
sandy
every day is very tiring. And I don’t like the day!
ry
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pup
the
for
sandwiches that I make
nized and
Good surf teachers need to be fit, well orgawledge of
kno
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very patient. They should have a goo
onsible
the ocean and weather because they are resp
for people’s safety in the water.”
’s
Mark’s tips: “Get a teaching qualification thatciation and
Asso
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Surfi
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rnat
recognized by the Inte
r country.”
get the national beach-lifeguard award in you
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conversation. We also have to write technica
in English.
I’m
I work with the most modern technology and
the
of
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ple.
surrounded by highly qualified peo
ter’s
mas
a
d
nee
positions here are technical, so you
it easier
degree in an engineering subject.You’ll findand are
team
a
to get a job here if you work well in
stress.
good at solving problems and dealing withthey’re
and
s’
These are what people call ‘soft skill
really important!”
in
Rafael’s tips: “I think everyone should take partmus.You
international exchange programmes, like Eras
learn a lot from them.”
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3 Find the information
Fill in the table with information from the article.
Name
Susanne
Bachmann
Age
Nationality
Works in ...
Works for ... What does
his/her job
involve?
What tips
does he/she
give?
All about Harry
Maximilian
Pertl
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Mark Boyd
Rafael
Sarmiento
Ramona
Feiner
4 Teen talk: AWESOME!
1.Who said that something was awesome? Was it Susanne, Maximilian, Mark, Rafael or Ramona?
________________________________
2.
When you say something is awesome, you mean that …
a. … it is extremely bad and boring.
b. … it is extremely good and exciting.
3. What have you done, seen or experienced that was awesome? Complete the sentence.
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I ________________________________________________, it was awesome!
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Interview role play
1. Choose one person from the article and write down five questions that you would like to ask
him/her about his/her job, background, colleagues, etc.
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________
d. ___________________________________________________________
e. ___________________________________________________________
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2. Work with a partner. Ask him/her your questions. Your partner should pretend to be the person
you are interviewing and should use his/her imagination to answer your questions.
3. Find a new partner and tell him/her the answers you got when you asked your questions. Your
partner will then have to guess which person you are talking about.
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Webquest
Do an online careers quiz for young people to see what job might be good for you.
Here are a few links but there are many more on the internet:
http://www.myfuture.com/toolbox/workinterest.html
http://www.mycareerquizzes.com/job-quiz
http://joboutlook.gov.au/pages/careerquiz.aspx
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Key
1
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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(in no particular order:)
promotion coordinator
pilot
surf teacher
IT engineer
games tester
1.
2. 3. 4. 5. intern
schedule
artist
award
host family
6. take-off
7. air traffic controller
8. ground staff
9. manuals
10. assess
11. qualified
12. skills
13. organized
14. patient
15. responsible
16. graduate
17. satellite
18. fluent
19. master’s degree
20. soft skills
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21. trouble
22. updated version
23. bugs
24. fix
25. career
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Name
Age
Nationality
Works in ...
Works for ...
What does his/
her job involve?
What tips does
he/she give?
Susanne
Bachmann
23
German
Munich, Germany
Sony BMG Music
Entertainment
looking after bands
when they go to
Germany, writing
emails, arranging
schedules, hiring
make-up artists,
booking hotels, etc
stay in another
country, preferably
with a host family
Maximilian Pertl
21
German
Bremen, Germany
Lufthansa
learning to fly a
plane, assessing
weather conditions,
planning routes
read and watch
DVDs in English
Mark Boyd
21
Scottish / British
Canary Islands
Surf School
Lanzarote
teaching people
to surf
get recognized
qualifications
Rafael Sarmiento
23
Spanish
Darmstadt,
Germany
European Space
Agency (ESA)
making sure that
communications
and computer
networks work
well at the ground
stations
take part in
international
exchange
programmes, like
Erasmus
Ramona Feiner
20
Austrian
Slough,
near London
TT Games
translating
computer games,
testing the games
to make sure that
bugs have been
fixed
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