The world of work

1. THE WORLD OF WORK

“People forget how fast you did a
job-but they remember how well
you did it.”
Howard Newton.

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A.acrobat, actor/actress, accountant,
architect, athlete,
artist, author, auto mechanic,
announcer, archeologist,
astronaut
B.barber, baker, banker, butcher,
bookkeeper, bus driver, builder,
businessman/woman, biologist,
broadcaster, bodyguard, babysitter,
C. carpenter,
clerk, captain,
correspondent, coach, computer
programmer, cook/chef,
composer, conductor, cowboy,
contractor,
cartoonist, critic, chemist, clown,
construction worker
D. dancer, dentist, decorator,
detective, dressmaker,
director, diplomat, doctor, designer,
deejay (d.j.), doorman
E. editor, engineer, educator,
electrician, ecologist,
entertainer, explorer, economist,
exhibitor
F.fireman, farmer, florist, filmmaker,
factory worker, flight
attendant, fisherman
G.gardener, general, guide,
garbage man, geologist,
governor, geographer, greengrocer,
gas station
attendant, genealogist
H. hairdresser, host/hostess, hotel
manager, housekeeper, humorist,
historian,
homemaker,
headmaster,
highwayman,
horticulturist, hunter
I. inventor, industrialist, interpreter,
inspector,
insurance
agent,
illustrator, instructor, ironmonger
J. jeweler, judge, j jack-of-all-trades,
jockey, journalist
M.
manager,
mayor,
marketer,
mountain
climber,
mechanic,
mathematician,
model,
musician,
minister, milkman, magician, miner,
N. nurse, novelist, newsreader,
naturalist,
O. office worker, oceanographer,
oculist, operator,
P. painter, pilot, playwright, physical
therapist, pharmacist, postman,
physicist, poet, psychologist,
photographer, politician, police officer,
producer, president, professor, prime
minister, printer, philosopher
Q. queen, quiz show maker
R. reporter, repairman, , real estate
agent, receptionist, rabbi, referee,
radiologist, rock star, rocket scientist
S. sailor, salesman/saleswoman,
secretary,
soldier,
sculptor,
shoemaker,
singer,
surgeon,
security guard, sociologist, senator,
steward
T. teacher,
typist, taxi driver,
translator,
travel
agent,
thief,
technician, teller, taxman, timekeeper,
U. umpire, undertaker, upholsterer,
usher
K. kindergarten teacher, king, knight,
keyboardist
V. veterinarian,
vicar, violinist,
ventriloquist, vocalist
W. writer, watchmaker, weightlifter,
weatherman,
welder,
waiter/waitress,
warrior,
wood
worker,
X. x-ray technician,
xylophonist
L. lawyer, librarian, lab technician,
lumberjack,
lifeguard,
locksmith,
laundress, lady-in-waiting, lecturer,
linguist, longshoreman;
Y. yoga instructor Z.
zoologist

7. Word Formation

• Suffixes
-ar
-er
-or
Beggar farmer doctor
-ess
-ist
actress therapist
-eer
engineer
-cian
beautician
Composition
-man (woman)
Mailman
-maker
-player
-worker
-smith
shoemaker chess-player iron-worker blacksmith

8. The results of a survey among British Teenagers

Factors which are
important
Male %
Female %
Job satisfaction
50
66
Money
29
13
Friendly
atmosphere
7
13
Good conditions
5
6
Training
3
3
Travel
1
2

9. The results of a survey among my schoolmates

Factors which are
taken into account
Boys
Girls
Job satisfaction
30
35
Money
45
40
Promotional
prospects
15
4
Personal qualities
and abilities
5
8
Social importance
4
7
Travel
2
1
The influence of
other people
1
2

10.

The worst paid
job $
In Britain
In the USA
In Russia
A nurse in a hospital
Physical therapist
A doctor
A shop assistant
Veterinary
technologists
A teacher
Fitness trainers
Preschool teacher
Home health aides
Get a good salary
$$
A highly paid job
$$$
A dentist
Environmental
science
A bank clerk
A school teacher
Self-enrichment
education teacher
A shop assistant
A worker in a
factory
Respiratory
therapist
A worker in a
factory
A bank manager
Network systems
and
communications
analysts
A miner in a
coalmine
A professional
footballer
Computer engineer
Bank administrators
A nuclear scientist
Information systems
managers
A nuclear scientist