THI VẤN ĐÁP (CHỦ ĐỀ VỀ NGHỀ NGHIỆP)

JOB1. e.g. a nurse / an accountant / a builder
2. I work in (+ place or general area). e.g. a hospital / an office marketing / social
3. I work for (+ name / place of the company). e.g. Union Bank / IBM / Fiat / an international bank
What your job involves
4. I`m in charge of e.g. a big company
5. I`m responsible for e.g. some workers in that department
6. I have to deal with e.g. any complaints / overseas clients, mainly
7. I run e.g. the company / a restaurant
8. I manage e.g. a shop in downtown
Daily duties / routines
9. I have to go / attend (formal) e.g. (to) a lot of meetings / conferences
10. I visit / see / meet e.g. patients / clients
11. I advise e.g. people / clients and give them help...
12. It involves e.g. writing letters / filling in forms / doing a lot of paperwork / using computers a lot of the time
Getting a job
13. It`s not easy to get / find work e.g. in big cities / round these parts
14. I`d love to do e.g. marketing / this kind of work
15. It`s difficult to make a living as a / an e.g. freelance writer
16. I`ve been offered a job e.g. in that company / in London
17. I`ve applied for a job e.g. in a local company / in the accounts department
Working hours
18. I have a nine-to-five job / I work nine-to-five (regular working hours in Britain)
19. I do / work shift work. (nights one week, days next)
20. I am on flexi-time. (flexible working hours)
21. I have to do / work overtime. (work extra hours)
22. I only work part-time / take a part-time job. (part of a day or a few days a week)
23. I am a workaholic. I work full-time. (work too much)
24. I took early retirement. (retire at 55 in Britain)
25. I am on / take sick leave. (a period spent away from work, etc. because of illness)
26. I am on / take maternity leave. (expecting a baby)
27. I gave up work e.g. in order to study
28. I was laid off (informal) e.g. when the factory went bust
29. I was made redundant. (no longer needed and therefore out of work)
30. I was dismissed (formal) e.g. for refusing to obey orders
31. I was fired (informal) e.g. for always being late
32. I am on / off duty. (to be working / not working)
Other useful phrases
33. We usually take a break e.g. for lunch / for ten minutes
34. We normally knock off work (informal) e.g. about 5:30 p.m. and go off to a restaurant nearby
35. I get some rest. (a period of time when you relax after working)
36. I was rather inexperienced e.g. for that kind of work
37. I have a lot of experience e.g. in this area / of this kind of problem
38. I am sufficiently qualified e.g. for this position
39. This is a job requiring (a period of time when you relax after working)
40. I try to be hardworking. (work hard)
41. I`m quite competent e.g. at my job
42. I try to work efficiently. (work quickly without making mistakes and wasting time)
43. Efficiency is very important e.g. in my job
44. A lot of people do voluntary work. (you want to do it and you`re not paid)
45. I was promoted. (get a higher position)
46. It is a demanding job. (needing a lot of effort, care, skill)
47. I fill in for / stand in for / cover for e.g. her while she is off sick
48. I am acting e.g. as a manager for the next couple of months
49. I will take the place of e.g. our manager when he leaves
50. The morning shift