The perfect job

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: from the office to the bakeryListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10The second conditionalGrammar rule
11. 11Imagine…Grammar exercise
12. 12Say it naturallySpeaking practice
13. 13Your one-minute video applicationSpeaking practice
14. 14Let's discussDiscussion
15. 15Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: what would you do?Grammar exercise
4. 4Homework: my dream jobDiscussion

Words

• passionate/ˈpæʃənət/

  having very strong feelings about something you love (passionate about something)

• colleague/ˈkɑːliːɡ/

  a person you work with

• salary/ˈsæləri/

  the money you get for your job, usually a fixed amount per year

• apply for/əˈplaɪ fər/

  to ask officially for a job, often by writing a letter or filling out a form

• career/kəˈrɪr/

  the jobs you do during your working life, usually in one area

• rewarding/rɪˈwɔːrdɪŋ/

  making you feel happy and proud, because it is useful or important

• stressful/ˈstresfl/

  making you feel worried and under pressure

• raise/reɪz/

  more money for doing the same job (get a raise)

• in a rut/ɪn ə ˈrʌt/

  stuck in a boring situation that does not change

• stepping stone/ˈstepɪŋ stoʊn/

  something that helps you get to something better

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about work.

1. What did you want to be when you were a child?
2. What is more important in a job: money or happiness?
3. Do you know anyone who has a really unusual job?

Grammar rule

The second conditional

If + past simple, would + verb

We use it for imaginary or unlikely situations, now or in the future:

• If I had more time, I would learn to cook. (I don't have time.)
• If you could do any job, what would you do?
• I wouldn't work if I won the lottery.

were for everyone

In careful English, we use were for all people: If I were you, I'd ask for a raise. In conversation, many people say If I was…

First or second?

• If I get the job, I'll move to Denver. (It's possible.)
• If I got the job, I'd move to Denver. (I don't really think I'll get it.)