试听180秒Talking about jobs 谈论工作 （下）

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Saying it accurately

challenging  monotonous    rewarding     fulfilling

interesting     stressful     absorbing     demanding  

1.    My jobdoesn’t vary very much on a day-to-day basis. It’s quite monotonous.

2.    It’s very rewarding/fulfillingto see the children’s excited faces at the end of a really good lesson.

3.    Ifind my job quite stressful when my phone won’t stop ringing and everyone wantsto ask me something.

4.    Myjob as an illustrator is very absorbing/interesting/demanding. Sometimes hoursgo by and I don’t even notice.

5.    I’malways learning new things, which makes my job very challenging/interesting/fulfilling/absorbing,but also very interesting/stressful/demanding.

Saying it clearly

Listento the adjectives and mark the stressed syllable of each word, following theexample.

1.    challenging

2.    monotonous

3.    rewarding

4.    fulfilling

5.    interesting

6.    stressful

7.    absorbing

8.    demanding

Saying it appropriately

1.    I’m a nurse. I help to look after people whenthey are sick.

2.    I work inmarketing. My main responsibility is to promote new products ahead of theirlaunch.

3.    I’m amanager on a construction site. I oversee a team of 250 builders and twentyadministrative staff.

4.    I’m a PA.My job entails organizing my boss’s affairs.

5.    I’m an ITprogrammer. My company develops websites for clients.

6.    I’m aproject manager. I’m responsible for making sure that our projects come in onschedule and within budget.

7.    I’m anarchitect. I’m in charge of designing new buildings for our clients.

8.    I’m abanker. My job involves managing my customers’ money effectively andprofitably.

Get speaking [Homework]

Use the language we learnt in this unit to talk about your job.

·   Briefly explain what you do, usingappropriate adjectives.

·   Make it relevant to the students listening.

·    Accentuate the positive aspects of yourprofession.