Quiz 1: WORK. Choose the correct answer.
Quiz 2: JOB AND WORK. Choose the correct answer.
Emma Sparre-Slater has a very interesting and different job. She's a
funeral director, and arranges and runs the funerals of those who have
died. It might be a burial or a cremation, depending on the preference
of the person who has passed away and their family. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
1. What does Emma's father do for a living?
2. Which adjectives does she use to describe her job?
3. What exactly does her job entail?
1. What does Emma's father do for a living?
2. Which adjectives does she use to describe her job?
3. What exactly does her job entail?
Listening 2: Being a Housekeeper Today.
Margaret tells us what it's like to be a housekeeper
and look after a family and their guests. She explains what made her
stop working as a 'professional' and become a 'Mrs Mop.' Listen to her and answer the questions.
1: What did Margaret do before she became a housekeeper?
2: Why did she decide to change her job?
3: Why was she once embarrassed when people asked her what she did?
You can find the answers as a 'comment' to the post.
1: What did Margaret do before she became a housekeeper?
2: Why did she decide to change her job?
3: Why was she once embarrassed when people asked her what she did?
You can find the answers as a 'comment' to the post.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
Listening 1:
ReplyDelete1. He's a vicar.
2. It's very rewarding, powerful and moving.
3. She has to walk in front of the hearse (the vehicle carrying the coffin), she's there to make sure the family's wishes are carried out, and she looks after the practicalities of the day (toilets, parking...). Also, she makes sure everything goes according to plan.
Listening 2:
1. She worked in a school as a teacher.
2. She was made redundant from her previous job.
3. She was worried about her status -whether people would see her as being not educated or important. She didn't see housekeeping as a professional job.