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What makes Omsk an important air gateway to Siberia and the Far East?
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3. What was the wooden fort of Omsk erected for?
4. Why do you think Omsk became an administrative centre of Western Siberia in the
19th century?
5. Who headed the “Provisional Government of Russia”?
6. When was Omsk proclaimed as the Capital of Russia?
7. What year was the control taken by the “red” forces?
What is considered to be the centrepiece of the city?
Where are the surviving somber buildings of the 18th-century fortress situated?
What is the most opulent church in the city?
What are the major museums in Omsk?
Is Omsk Metro going to be the best one in our country?
MODULE VII
Jobs and occupations
Vocabulary Training
1. Read and remember the following words and word combinations:
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| occupation, n profession, n trade, n job, n position, n post, n work, n labour, n business, n employ (for), v apply for, v make an application make an appointment advertise for, v employee, n employment, n | unemployed, a employer, n be (un)employed line, n career, n promotion, n curriculum vitae (CV) vacancy, n accept, v take up, v What are you by profession (by trade)? What post do you hold? What business are you in? What's your line? |
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| at a factory / plant at a firm / company at a farm at a workshop at a high school at the police in an office | in a shop in a bank in an assembling department in a hospital at a travel agency – Where do you work? – I work at a candy factory. / I work for Philips. |
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| work shift-work be on flexi-time work irregular / long hours give up work be on / take maternity leave be on / take sick leave take early retirement turn down, v reject, v give up, v | leave, v (job, position) work half /part / full time work nine-to-five be fired be dismissed be out of work get the sack be made redundant dismiss from, v retire, v |
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| salary, n wages, n fee, n payment, n income, n | profit, n earn money make / do money What's your family income? How much do you earn (make)? |
2. Work as a group and give the names of occupations related to:
| a) teaching; b) health care; c) law; d) industry; e) business; f) management; | g) mass media; h) science; i) art; j) manual work; k) services; l) rare jobs. |
3. In small groups make a list of jobs which can be described as:
full-time, part-time, temporary, seasonal, prestigious, demanding, challenging, caring, influencing, managerial.
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Work with your teacher and think of the jobs requiring:
good qualification, rich imagination, an attractive appearance, refine taste, good sense of humour, quick mind, self-discipline, great responsibility, tolerance, special skills (administrative, organizational, etc.).
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Choose the right word.
1. What do you... (do/make) for a living?
2.Workers are called blue collars and they earn... (wages /salaries).
3.Wages in the USA and Europe are paid... weekly /monthly.
4. Office clerks are called white collars and they earn... salaries/fees.
5. S alaries are paid... monthly/daily.
6. Payment for particular professional advice or service (private doctors, lawyers, teachers) is called ...fee/profit.
7. I have been... offered/proposed a job in London. But I haven't been prepared to... give up / take on that job.
8. A curriculum vitae /autobiography is a brief account of somebody's previous career.
6. Work as a group now and think on the following:
| do the hair; gather crop; prepare medicines; build or repair roads; compose music; do the painting; sell meat; have special knowledge, skill; do the plumbing; | are in charge of a whole company; bake bread, buns; check tickets on a train; make up computer programmes; control or give orders to others; control a business; preside at a meeting; fly a plane. |
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