An Unexpected Offer

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 695.

Ex.11. Read the text.

By next year the students will have studied the passive.

I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.

At six o'clock someone was telling a story.

They are building a new stadium near the station.

The traffic might have delayed Jimmy.

Somebody should do the work.

By this time tomorrow we will have signed the deal.

John will tell you later.

He had written three books before 1867.

The cleaner has cleaned the office .

Picasso was painting Guernica at that time .

My grandfather built this house in 1943.

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

People speak Portuguese in Brazil.

Ex.10. Change these active sentences to passive. Choose if you need the agent or not.

13. Somebody has drunk all the milk!

Yesterday, a headhunter offered me a new job. The headhunter emailed me a message about an opening at startup company. I already had a job that I liked very much. But the offer intrigued me.

The headhunter described the job skills to me. The headhunter told me details about the position. The headhunter promised me a much better salary. I told her that I already had a job. The headhunter suggested keeping an open mind to me.

The headhunter asked me a few questions about my availability. The headhunter gave me an invitation to visit the company offices. The headhunter introduced me to the group that I would work with.

I thought about the pros and the cons. I owe money for my house. I have four "mouths" to feed (my family). The higher salary would be useful. The work would be interesting.

Today, I accepted and they are hiring me.

availability (n.) – being available, having an opening in one's calendar to do something or schedule an appointment;

headhunter (n.) a person (male or female) who searches for skilled, new employees for a corporation; a personnel recruiter;

intrigue (v.) – interest very much; cause to be curious, fascinated by something new and unusual;

pros and cons (expression) – the good points and the bad points;

recruit (v.) – to actively search for new people to join a group, corporation, or military.

Note that when a person is contacted regarding a new job opportunity, it is customary to keep the communications private. The name of the company and the recruiter is not mentioned. The employee usually says very little while considering the new position so that he or she does not compromise his or her existing job.