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Boss Director Manager Executive AdministratorSecretary Clerk

Skilled worker unskilled worker Laborer

Receptionist Public relation officer

1. The person who represents the workers’ interests in disputes with the management in a factory

• Safety officer Security officer Union official EconomistPersonnel officer Sales assistant Adviser Education officer

Research worker Supervisor

BossDirector Manager ExecutiveAdministrator Secretary Clerk


Receptionist Public relation officer Safety officer Security officer Union officialEconomist Personnel officer Sales

assistant Adviser Education officerResearch worker Supervisor

2. A person who has a high position in a company and whose job is to make important decisions.





3. An important person in a company who sits on the Board.





4. A worker whose job requires no special training.





5. A person generally in charge of the day to day administration in a company.





6. A person whose job it is to make sure there are no risks of accidents from machinery,etc.





7. A person whose job it is to keep an eye on the day to day work of other workers.





8. A person who does hard physical work.





9. A person who handle application of vacant posts.





10. The person who gives out information to the press for the company.

Lawyer Dentist HairdresserMechanic Architect PriestFarmer Vet LibrarianPhysiotherapist Child-minder

Police officer AccountantEngineer Scientist Chef

Firefighter Civil servantTailorDesigner Builder Carpenter

Plumber

2. Think of five people you know who work for a living. Can you name their job in English?

Work: get, find, do, look forA living: make, earn, do for

A job: take on, offer, have, look for, get, do, find

Hours of work: shift-work, flexi-time, nine-to-five,

Reasons for not working: on strike, get the sack, be fired, be dismissed, made

redundant, laid off, give up work, take maternity leave, take sick leave, take early

retirementOther: workaholic, promoted, apply for a job

• 1. I lost my job. They had to make cutback.





2. He’s enjoying life on a pension, although he is only 58.





3. One week it’s six to two, the next it’s night.





4. They have made her general manger as from next month





5. I was late so often, I lost my job.





6. I get in at nine o’clock and go home at five.





7. Your trouble is you are obsessed with work

Would you call the following a trade, a profession or an unskilled

job?

• 1. vet 2. plumber 3. electrician

• 4. Cleaner 5. chef

• 6. architect 7. tailor

• 8. dressmaker 9. tailor

• 10. lawyer

Cork city is the major metropolis of the south; indeed with a population of about 135,000 it is the second largest city in the Republic. The main business and shopping centre of the town lies on the island created by two channels of the River Lee, with most places within walking distance of the centre.

• 1. Where is Cork?• 2. Where is the shopping and business centre of Cork?

The buses tend to be overcrowded and the one way traffic system is fiendishly completed. In the hilly area of the city is the famous Shandon Steeple, the bell-tower of the St Anne’s Church, built on the site of a church destroyed when the city was besieged by the Duke of Marlborough.

• 3. What is Cork’s traffic system like?• 4.What is special about the site of St Anne’s

Church?

Back across the river Lee lies the city’s cathedral, an imposing 19th century building I the French Gothic style. Cork has two markets. Neither caters specifically for tourists but those who enjoy the atmosphere of a real working market will appreciate their charm.

• 5. In what style the architecture of Cork Cathedral?

The Crawford Art Gallery is well worth a visit. It regularly mounts adventurous exhibitions by contemporary artists. The fashionable residential districts of Cork city overlook the harbor. There are other residential areas in the outskirts

• 6. Is the Crawford Gallery worth visiting and why?

• 7. Where do Cork’s people live?

Sports: Swimming pool Sports centre Golf coursetennis courts football pitch skating rink

Cultural: theatre opera house concert hall radio station art galleryEducational: school college university library evening classes museumCatering & night life: restaurant café nightclub take-away

hotel B and B youth hostel dance-hall discoTransport: bus service taxi rank car hire agency car park parking metersOther: health centre law courts registry office

citizens’ advice bureau job centre departmental storebottle bank chemist’s estate agent

garden centre police station Town or city hallsuburbs housing estate industrial estatepedestrian precinct

What facilities would your ideal town have?

ProblemsTraffic jamsSlumsVandalismOvercrowdingPollutionCrime

• Are any more problem you are facing in your town? Mention.

Adjective for describing towns

• Historic spacious elegant

magnificent atmospheric lively

Crowded shabby

SucceedingManage, succeed, accomplish

• Attain an ambition• Attain a target• Reach an agreement• Reach an obligation• Reach a target• Reach a compromise• Realize an ambition• Realize a dream

• Fulfill an ambition• Achieve a target• Achieve a

compromise

Failing

• Misfire• Lack of success• Come to nothing• falter

• Difficulty• Hard• Have trouble• Had a lot of bother

with• Cope with

Correct

• 1. I find very difficult to understand English idioms.

• 2. She succeeded to rise to the top in her profession.

• 3. Do you ever have any trouble to handle the photocopier?

• 4. I’ve accomplished to work hard this last month• 5. I’m amazed that you can cope all of the work

they give you.

What would you do if---

• 1. A plan misfired?• 2. You are having a lot of bother with your car?• 3. A club had only two member left out of 50?• 4. A student faltered in one exam out of six, but

well do in all the rest?• 5. You started a small business but it come to

nothing?• 6. You couldn’t cope with your English studies?

Prefix Meaning Examples

ab Of, away, from Abnormal, absent, abstain, abuse

Ad To, near, at Adapt, adjacent, admire, adopt,

Ambi Both, around Ambiguous, ambitious

Ante before Antedate, antenatal

Anti against Antibiotic, anticlimax, antidote, antiseptic

Bi Twice, double Bicycle, bigamy, bilateral, binocular

Contra, counter

Against, opposite

Contraband, contradict, counterattack, counterfeit


Dis Not, less Disable, discount, disarm, dishonest

Ex- Former Exit. Exclude, ex-president

Extra- More Extraordinary, extracurricular

Fore Front, before Forehead, foreground, forecast, foresight

Hyper Over, too much

Hyperactive, hypercorrect, hypersensitive

In, il, im, ir

Not Inactive, illiterate, impossible, irresistible

Inter Between, with each other

Interfere, intercept, international


Kilo Thousand kilometer, kilogram

Mega Large, a million Megaphone, megawatt, megahertz

Mis Badly, wrong Misrepresent, misspell, mistake

Mono One Monotonous, monopoly

Multi Many, much Multiple, multifaceted

Non Not Nonsense, non-toxic, nonchalant, nonconformist

Octo, oct Eight Octopus, octane, octet, octpule

Penta, pent Five Pentacle, pentagon, pentateuch


Poly Many Polygamy, polytechnic, polygon, polythene

Post After Postwar, postpone, post meridian (pm)

Pre Before Preface, precaution, prefabricated, precept

Quadri Four Quadrilateral, quadrant,

Quasi Like Quasi-intellectual

Re Again, back Recall, refresh, rebuff, rebel, revise, reinforce, remind, revile, refrigerate

Retro Backward Retrospection, retrograde

Semi Half Semoconductor, semidetached, semitone


Sub Under Submarine, subordinate

Trans Across, beyond Translate, transform, transparent

Tri Three Triad, triangle, triplicate

Ultra Beyond, too much

Ultraviolet, ultraconservative

Un Not, back Unhappy, untie, uncouth, unbend

Under Beneath Underwear, underwater, underpay, underweight

Uni, un One Unicycle, unanimous, universe, unity

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