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** Lesson: CHOOSING A JOB ** **INTRODUCTION – LET’S TALK** (5 minutes)

--- // Do you want to be with youg people? // // Can you practice sports? // // Can you cook? //
 * Have you ever had a summer job?
 * Would you be interested in a job like this?
 * What would you want to know about it before you decide to apply for it?
 * __Read__ the advertisements**: (10 min)
 * // Have you got experience of camping? //

// JOIN US in a SUMMER CAMP // // We need helpers for our youth camps in Scotland this summer. // // We provide accomodation and modest salary. //

// Edinburgh //// Youth Camps // // 1225 Main Drive //// Edinburgh // ||

// Do you care about the environment? // // Can you clear paths through the forest? // // Can you guide visitors round the park? // // Fancy a free holiday with people who care about nature! //
 * // HOLIDAY //// JOB //
 * // HOLIDAY //// JOB //

// We provide best accomodation. // // Write to Tiverton Trust // // English Heritage // ||


 * __Discuss__ the questions with your partner**: (5 min)


 * Do you mind about the problems of the environment?
 * Are you interested in natural history?
 * What sort of person the advertisers are looking for?
 * What are the qualities you should need for each of these jobs?


 * PRE-READING ACTIVITY** (5 min)

__Say__: - //whether you’d like to earn your own money without asking your parents for it. Give reasons why you should do it.// //- what job you would choose.//


 * READING** (10 min)

__Read__ the following text:

Last year, in June, Tom Gate was fifteen. It was the beginning of his summer holiday.He was having dinner and his mother told him: “I am glad you have finished the school year. Now you can go to work.” “But, Mum, I am on holiday! I don’t want to!” Tom said in a big voice. “Well, you have got to” she said. “I can’t afford to keep a **__pit-prop__** like you at my door!” “I thought I could have a break before starting to work” he said. His father was sitting by the fire, listening to their argument. He added: “Listen to me, son! No work, no **__grub__**! So, get out and look for a job tomorrow and don’t come back till you have got one. Is it clear?” Next day Tom started to make inquiries in the neighbourhood. He would have liked to work in the open; to mow the lawn or to do some gardening. But nothing! Then he went to the nearest supermarket and he read the notices in the windowpane. Again nothing! In the end he remembered that one of his neighbours used to work in the bike factory, somewhere in the north side of the town. About twelve o’clockhe reached the gate of the factory. The porter took him to the **__turnery__**. The noise hit him like a boxing glove when he went in. He looked for his neighbour,a middle-aged man, a good worker and a reliable person. His neighbour, Mr. Dwyer, introduced him to his **__foreman__** and to his **__tool-setter__**. The last one passed him to a youth. He lead Tom to a cupboard, opened it and gave him a broomstick and said: “You do the gangway till the programme ends!” Tom looked down, then he looked at the gangway to see how wide it was, he looked at his hands and his clean clothes and he said to himself: “I cannot come back home and tell my father I couldn’t find anything to work! In fact I can tell him I operate certain power machinery in the bike factory. Yes. I’ll never tell him I sweep the foors here!” Then he asked the young man in a low voice, almost whispering: “How long have you been sweeping the floor?” “About two months. But don’t worry! You will get used to the place quickly! Be proud you have found a job!” **WHILE –READING ACTIVITY** (5 min) __Match__ the words with their meanings: **** **FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY** (10 min) __Answer__ the questions: HOMEWORK: Write an answer (letter of application) to one of the job advertisements seen at the beginning of the lesson.
 * Pit-prop || food ||
 * Grub || Skilled workman who looks after tools and machines ||
 * Turnery || Person in charge of a group of workmen ||
 * Foreman || Lazy fellow ||
 * Tool-setter || Workshop where pieces of metal are shaped ||
 * 1) Give arguments why Tom’s mother wanted him to take a summer job.
 * 2) Say whether it was correct that Tom should be sent away to find a job without any advice.
 * 3) Could Tom have found a better job if he had got any advice?
 * 4) What was Tom’s reaction when he realized that he would start his first job by sweeping the floor?
 * 5) Was he ashamed of his first job?
 * 6) Would you sweep the floors in a factory if you were in great need of money?