A. What do you do?
To find
out what someone’s job is you say ‘What do you do?’ Here, Kerstin
talks about her job:
‘I work for a large European car maker. I work on car design. In fact, I run the design department and I manage a team of designers; 20 people
work under me. It’s very
interesting. One of main responsibilities
is to make sure that new model designs are finished on time. I’m also in charge of design budgets.
I deal with a lot of different people in
the company. I’m responsible for co –
ordination between design and production. I work with managers at our manufacturing plants.’
Note:
In charge of + noun/ verb + ing
Responsible for + noun/ verb+ ing
Responsibility
+ infinitive or –ing
Example:
1.
One
of my responsibilities is to make sure ………
2.
One
of my responsibilities is making sure ……….
B. Word combinations with “work”
if you work or have work, you have a job. But you don’t say that someone has a
work. Work is also a place where
you do your job
Here are some phrases
with “work”
Hi, I’m Frank. I
work in a bank in New York City. I leave
for work at 7.30 every morning. I go to work by train and subway. I get
to / arrive at work at about nine. I am usually at work till six. Luckily, I don’t get ill very much so I’m not
often off work.
The economy is
growing fast and more people are in work
than ever before. The percentage of people out of work has fallen to its lowest level for 30 years.
You don’t say, for example, I’m at
the work or I’m going to the work
C. Types of job and types of work
A full-time job is for the whole of the
normal working week; a part-time job is
for less time than that.
You say
that someone works full-time or part-time.
A permanent job does not finish after a
fixed period; a temporary job finishes
after a fixed period. You talk about temporary
work and permanent work.
Exercises
Pierre is talking about his work. Correct what he says.
I work for a French supermarket company. (1) I work about the development of new
supermarkets. (2) in fact, I running
the development department and (3) I am
manage for a team looking at thhe possibilities in different countries. It’s
very interesting. (4) one of my main is
to make sure that new supermarkets open on time. (5) I’m also charged with financial reporting. (6) I deal
at a lot of different organizations
in my work. (7) I’m responsible of planning
projects from start to finish. (8) I work closely near our foreign partners, and so I travel a lot.
Complete the text with one of the best prepositions available
in the passage above
Rebecca lives in London and works in public relations. She leaves
home for work at 7.30 am. She drives ________ work. The traffic is of ten bad
and she worries about getting _______ work late, but she usually arrives
______work at around nine. She finishes work quite late, at bout eight. ‘Luckily,
I’m never ill’, she says. ‘I could never take the time ______ work.’ She loves
what she does and is glad to be ________ rowk. Some of her friends are not so
lucky; they are _____ work.
ANSWER KEY
I work for a French supermarket company. I work on the
development of new supermarkets. In fact, I run the development department and I
manage a team looking at the possibilities in different countries. It’s very
interesting. One of my main responsibilities is to make sure that new
supermarkets open on time, I am also in charge of financial reporting.
I deal with a lot of different organizations in my work. I’m
responsible for planning projects from start to finish. I work closely with our
foreign partners, so I travel a lot.
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