8a. Match the nouns in the box to their collocates. One noun is extra.

career job retirement perk leave dismissal vacancy

workload

1 decent/ dead-end/ menial/ taxing / manual ~; land/ hold down/ know one's ~ job

2 unfair/ wrongful ~; be faced with/ be threatened with/ appeal against a ~ dismissal

3 embark on/ pursue/ boost/ resume a ~; ~ advisor/ ladder/ prospects career

4 unfilled/ suitable/ temporary ~; create/ leave a ~ vacancy

5 excessive/ additional/ administrative ~; increase/ lighten/ share/ cope with the ~ perk

6 early/ premature/ enforced ~; consider/ provide for/ take early ~ retirement

7 annual/ unpaid/ sick/ maternity ~; be entitled to/ use up/ grant sb/ apply for a ~ leave

8c. Fill in the gaps with one and the same word in each pair of sentences. Does the word
have the same meaning in both sentences?

1 Having an easy access to some of the best theatres is one of the _______of living in
Moscow.

The free childcare is definitely a ________ of the job for me.

perk

2 The first step in a ________search is to prepare an up-to-date CV.

The author has done an admirable _________ in compiling all this material.

work

3 How much annual _________ do you get?

He decided the time had come to take ________ of his home town.

leave
4 She is going to come out of _________ for this one last concert.

Your pension plan provides a cash lump sum at __________.

Retirement?/

5 She is now faced with ________ on the grounds of misconduct.

The lawyer is seeking a ________ of the charges against his client.

10. Match the occupations on the left to the descriptions on the right. Which of them can
potentially make use of foreign languages? In what way?

1 Priest D A Completely unpaid, yes, I work six days a week for the magazine,
then at a pub evenings and weekends. I drink Red Bull instead of
having lunch and eat canapés instead of dinner. Also you're in an
office of really, really hungry people. The industry would be a much
happier place if everyone just ate a sandwich. This life is all about
stamina. If you can outlast everyone else, then there's a job for you.

2 Hollywood agent B The only thing that keeps me doing the job is that I like people. I
F hate sitting at a computer and looking at figures. I know everything
about everyone. We'll be in the pub and someone will say, "Bob's
bought a new Merc, he must be doing so well…" I'm thinking, "He's
mortgaged up to his eyeballs ..."

3 Financial advisor C Lately I've been working for a famous hotel chain. I accurately
predicted the owner had picked a new site with terrible foundations
B
and saved him millions, so he employed me to help recruit his staff.
He'll email me CVs and I'll tell him if someone's dodgy. He didn't
listen once and the bloke he employed ended up stealing from him. He
listens to me now.

4 Call-centre worker D I get to be with people during some of their best moments, but some
 E of my greatest job satisfaction has come from sitting with people who
are in pain, either physical or emotional. People don't really know if
you're a real human or not. I was young when I arrived at my parish
and lots of my congregation gave me cutlery – because if I wasn't
married, I clearly didn't own cutlery. When I started dating someone
that was really weird for people.

5 Intern in fashion E It's exhausting. As if I'd chosen this minimum-wage job. I

industry desperately needed a job and was approached in the street. There are
lots of educated people there who can't get a job elsewhere. It made me
A
realise you shouldn't judge someone by the job they do. Though some
people hate – some people love it. It's a form of improvisational
performance. And if you enjoy that American, high-five culture then
you thrive.

6 Psychic E F I not only provide exposure for my client I also do damage control.
The other day at an Oprah Winfrey event the carpet wasn't tacked
down properly and my client almost went flying – I had to catch them.
I never worry that I'm spending my life making other people look good
– I'm happy for their success. I feel like a proud parent.

(Adapted from [56])

Grammar

Habits

We can use 'will' to describe present habits and behaviour whether it is good or bad.

We'll be in the pub and someone will say, "Bob's bought a new Merc, he must be doing so
well…"

He'll email me CVs and I'll tell him if someone's dodgy.

It is important to remember that 'will/would' are used to describe habits not states:

He would get angry very quickly. NOT He would be angry very quickly.

'Tend to' is used to describe typical states.

She tends to be rather shy in a new company.

13a. Match the sentence halves.

1) My boss is inclined b a) of ways to earn extra money.

2) He kept f b) to give us excessive workload.

3) I tended to e c) pat me on the shoulder and present a payroll.

d) he’s a good problem-solver.

4) They were always thinking a
e) forget important appointments so I put them
5) My co-workers would g
all on my phone.
6) My manager will c
f) ranting about how unfair his dismissal was.

7) As a rule, d g) borrow my stationary without asking.

14. Rewrite the sentences using the appropriate word in brackets.

1) He often switches jobs. (inclined/ used to)

He is inclined to switch jobs. (used to is not appropriate, no reference to the past)

2) She experiments again and again. (would/ keeps)

She would experiment again and again.

3) I retrained every year. (would/ will)

I would retrain every year.

4) My co-workers regularly phone in sick when they are actually not. (used to/ will)

My co-workers will phone in sick when they are actually not.

5) When younger he developed a sideline now and then. (tends/ would)

When younger he would develop a sideline now and then.

6) I can be overly scrupulous. (tendency/ will)

I have a tendency to be overly scrupulous.

7) As a teenager he was often unpredictable. (tended/ would)

As a teenager he tended to be often unpredictable.