- Are there any challenges in your job?
Of course any job has challenges. It can sometimes be difficult when you‘re working on
several products and each one has a deadline to meet. - What qualifications do you need to be a successful scientist?
Obviously, you need a degree in Science, but you also have to be good at problem solving.
It‘s important to be able to communicate your ideas to other people too, and that can be
difficult sometimes if they‘re not scientists.
Drill 1
Vocabulary
- Match the meaning of these words and phrases, then check in a dictionary.
1 rewarding a relating to real activities and events more than ideas.
2 apply b something which causes worry.
3 training c the ability to do something well.
4 stressful d skills or knowledge that make you eligible for a job or work.
5 skill e doing something that makes you feel good.
6 contract f emergency room in a hospital.
7 practical g a legal agreement.
8 qualifications h make a formal request, usually in writing.
9 casualty department i learning skills you need for a job.
Narrator: Ahmed
Man: Did you find out about any job opportunities at the job fair, Ahmed?
Ahmed: I had a talk with a man from an IT company and he said that there were lots of jobs for
young people in his company. He told me that I needed to have good maths and IT skills
but also English. He said that most people in IT used English at work. I asked him if I
needed to do a degree in Information Technology and he said ̳no‘.
Narrator: Sarah
Woman: Hello Sarah. Was the job fair interesting?
Sarah: Yes, I‘ve decided what I want to do as a job now.
Woman: Oh, what‘s that?
Sarah: I want to be a flight attendant for an international airline. I talked to a woman from an
airline company and she said that it was a really interesting job. She told me that I had to
speak at least two other languages as well as Arabic, so I‘m going to start learning
French. I asked her how many countries she has visited and she said that so far she‘d
been to over 40 – imagine that!
Narrator: Omar
Fatima: Did you get any useful information about work at the fair, Omar?
Omar: Yes. I‘m not going to go to university, but I‘m going to learn a trade. I spoke to a man
who owns a construction company and I told him that I didn‘t really like studying and that
I wanted to do something practical.
Fatima: Well, you‘ve always been really good at making and fixing things. Mum and Dad
agree, too.
Omar: I know. That‘s what I told him. He asked me whether I had had any work experience and
I told him that I‘d been helping our uncle make furniture for a few years. He said that
would be useful and that I should try and get an apprenticeship in a local company.