People in Different Jobs

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 539.

Task 1. You are going to read an article written by Linda Rossener, a young comedian, who performs in small clubs in London and on the South Coast of England. First look at the eight headings below (A-H). Then read the article. It is in seven parts. Choose the most suitable heading which best summarize what each part is about. There is an example at the beginning (0). Notice that there is one heading which you DO NOT need to use.

1. The secret I had to keep
2. Learning through observation
3. How I suddenly became a star performer
4. A painful but important lesson
5. Then it happened again
6. The most important skill of all
7. How I first realized I could be a comedian
8. Losing my first job

Task 2.Decide whether the following sentences about Linda are true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. ________ She was lucky to get her first job.

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2. ________ She lost her first job after an argument with the management.

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3. ________ She lived with her sister in London for a while.

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4. ________ She had serious problems in her second job.

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5. ________ She didn't want her family to know what she was really doing after suddenly leaving her second job.

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6. ________ Something very important happened in her next job.

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7. ________ As soon as she became a comedian, she was a great success.

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8. ________ She finds it very difficult to understand how comedians make people laugh.

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9. ________ Good comedians do something that most of us never really notice.

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