Упр.1 Check your progress Юнит 3 New Millennium English 11 класс

Read what several people say about their professions.

Find who’s who?

• A. I look after all aspects of our company’s campaign to find new customers. I’m not directly involved in selling, but I have a team of a dozen representatives who deal with our customers. I need to be very organised. I often work long hours.
• B. I suppose I am lucky. I travel a lot in my job: all over Europe in fact. I deliver goods to customers and sleep in my lorry wherever I stop. The hours are very irregular and I have to be flexible. Sometimes I’m away from home for three or four weeks.
• C. My work is pretty boring. I work for an office cleaning company in London, which means night shifts five times a week. Each office has to be clean and bright by 9 o’clock in the morning, so I have to work hard and carefully.
• D. I joined the police force when I left school and after a time in uniform, I moved into crime detection. It’s an interesting job which is never the same from one day to the next. You need to think quickly and read the criminal’s mind.
• E. I’ve always enjoyed working with children, though they can sometimes drive you crazy. They don’t always learn as much as they should and I have to be inventive to find new ways of motivating them. I also need to be patient, especially with slower learners.
• F. I’m good at communicating and quite creative so I always wanted a job in which I could use my language skills. I have to work quickly to meet deadlines — tomorrow’s newspaper won’t wait! What I like best about my work is meeting people.
• G. Holidaymakers are demanding people. Perhaps that’s not surprising since an annual holiday is expensive and they expect a lot. But I know a lot about the part of Greece where I work and I’m helpful and patient by nature, so I get on very well with most of my guests.
• H. Caring for sick people takes a lot of patience and compassion. It’s not well-paid but it is rewarding. The most satisfying part of my job is seeing a patient get well and leave the hospital. We work in teams on shifts, so I have to be flexible and co-operative in my work.
• I. Dealing with customers is fascinating. I didn’t pick up many qualifications at school but I have a good head for figures and I’m naturally open and sociable, so working in a big supermarket suits me. I wish it was better paid though.
• J. Maths was my best subject at school so I suppose it was inevitable that I would get a job involving figures or money. I had to pass a series of exams to qualify, but now I have a pretty good salary and I enjoy helping people with their financial problems.
• K. I am a good listener and I can keep a clear head in a difficult situation. I often need those qualities as I spend most of my time working with families who are going through a crisis. I also have to be able to analyse a situation objectively, without taking sides, and be persistent until a solution is found.