Lesson 1: Getting started
Unit 12: MY FUTURE CAREER
What subjects will you choose?
Vocabulary
Academic/ˌækəˈdemɪk/ (a): có tính chất học thuật, thuộc nhà trường
Academy /əˈkædəmi/ (n): học viện
Approach /əˈprəʊtʃ/ (n): phương pháp, cách tiếp cận
Vocation /vəʊˈkeɪʃən/ (n):nghề̀ nghiệp
Vocational (adj) :thuộc về̀ nghề̀ nghiệp
Housekeeper (n): người dọn phòng (trong khách sạn), quản gia
lodging manager (n): người phân phòng, quản lí phòng trọ
Staff (n) : nhân viên
Qualification (n): trình độ, văn bằng, chứng chỉ
Leisure/ˈleʒər/, /ˈliːʒɚ/ (n, a): thời gian rỗi, giải trí
a. Put a word/phrase from the box under each picture.
lodging manager
event planner
customer service staff
housekeeper
tour guide
biologist
b. Find a word/phrase in the conversation that means:
GCSE
vocational subjects
academic subjects
applied approach
tourism
leisure
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Earn a living: kiếm sống
Earn money:
Do a nine – to – five job: làm việc theo giờ hành chính
Do/ take a course: tham gia khóa học
Work flexitime: làm việc theo giờ linh hoạt
Work overtime: làm tăng ca
1. He decided to_______ an English _______ before going to work in America.
2. I’m ___________________. I work my eight hours and I don’t have to work overtime.
3. I prefer to ___________. That allows me time to take my children to school.
4. She _________________ by selling vegetables in the village market.
5. She _______________ in cooking before taking the post as a chef in the restaurant.
6. Most people in my company are suffering from stress because they are asked to _____________.
b. Complete each of the following sentences with a collocation in 2a. Note that one is not used. You may have to change the forms of the collocations to fit the sentences.
take/do
course
doing a nine-to-five job
work flexitime
earns money/a living
took/did a course
work overtime
HOMEWORK
Learn by heart the vocabulary.
Redo exercise.
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