Professions

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 469.

P.9-10

P.6-8

‘Living by the sword'

- instead of a hairdresser

- to be pleased with

- to train with professionals

- the most successful novice [^/novis]

- to be popular with the crowds

- brilliant performances

- to take a test

- out of the ring

- to look like a matador

- to be casually elegant

- to wear one's hair loose

- to move much more like a dancer than an athlete [^/æΘli:t]

- to be all power

- to warn smb that / about smth

- to be hard enough for a man

- a tough [t_^f] world for a woman

- to start with the door shut in your face

- to prove oneself

- whereas / perhaps

- to get my foot in the door

- a feminine [^/feminin] / female / masculine [^/ma:skjulin] / male profession

- to seem strange

- to meet problems

- even though

- to win the legal right

- to fight bulls on equal terms with men

- the main support in one's life / to be a great support to smb

- to give up

- to get on well

- to have a tough fitness routine

- to work out in the gym

- to practise with smb

- to be home for supper

- to be in bed

- to socialise [^/səuſəlaiz] with people

- to spend most of the year travelling

- to dislike watching

- to wait at home next to the telephone

- to be injured lightly in the leg / seriously in the stomach [^/st_^mək]

- to be wounded

- to damage one's confidence

- to make smb mature [mə^/tjuə]

- unprofessional

- to let smth happen

VOCABULARY (“People and Jobs”, Unit 1, Enterprise 4) 2

- to be managed by

- there is no limit to

- to have a champion's mentality

- courage and technique

- to be initially opposed to the idea

- to succeed as a female bullfighter / to succeedin smth

- to demonstrate one's skills

- to beat the novice

- to face a real fire

- a tennis coach

- a profession / a job / a career / an occupation

- to give upeating fatty foods (to stop)

- to give up / to give in(to surrender)

- to give away top secret information (to reveal)

- to give out / awayfood to the poor and needy (to give freely)

- to give out / offa lot of heat (to emit)

- to give out(to come to an end)

- to be serious about smth

- to decide on / about smth

- to be worried by / about smth

- to arrive in a city / to arrive at the office

- to prefer smth tosmth else

VOCABULARY (“People and Jobs”, Unit 1, Enterprise 4) 3

- a baker / a typist / a cashier / a painter / a magician / a hairdresser

- a mechanic / an engineer / a publisher / an editor / a lifeguard / a bodyguard

- a librarian / a bookseller / a journalist / a newsreader / a fisherman / a fishmonger [_/fiſ^/m_^ngə]

- an astrologer / an astronomer / a weather presenter / a meteorologist

- salespeople / a shop assistant / a scientist / a receptionist

- a surgeon / a judge / a fashion designer

- persuasive / persistent / brave / courageous [kə^/reid əs] / creative

- patient / impatient / intelligent / polite / accurate [^/ækjurit] / fair / calm

- friendly / imaginative / helpful / efficient [i^/fiſənt] / hard-working

- careful / caring / sympathetic / fit / cheerful / original / reliable

- stubborn / annoyed / reserved / bossy / spoilt

- sensible / sensitive / sociable / understanding

- well-paid / satisfying / upsetting / annoying / irritating / challenging

- to lend a hand

- to use scientific knowledge

- to develop machines

- to be responsible for smth

- to borrow / to lend a book

- to present news stories on TV or radio

- to study the stars and planets / weather conditions

- to make predictions

- to understand complex theories

- to make people feel welcome

- to find oneself in a dangerous situation

- to give all the evidence equal consideration

- to come up with new designs

- a wage / salary

- perks / bonuses

- a CV (curriculum vitae) / resume [ri/zju:m] AmE / application form

- to come for an interview

- to appoint for the post

- to apply for the job

- redundant

- a trained / experienced lawyer

- a full-time / part-time teacher

- to appreciate

VOCABULARY (“People and Jobs”, Unit 1, Enterprise 4) 4

- HEIGHT: short , tall , of medium height

- BUILD: plump, well-built, muscular, skinny, slim, slender

- AGE: teenage, middle-aged, elderly, in his/her early/mid/late 20's, 30's, etc.

- COMPLEXION: tanned, freckled, pale, wrinkled, spots, sunburnt, red

- FACE: square, round, freckled, pale, wrinkled, oval, heart-shaped

- HAIR: thick, straight, wavy, curly, blond, shoulder-length, permed, dyed, grey, grayish, white

- EYES: almond-shaped, slanting [^/slo:ntiŋg]

- EYEBROWS: thick, bushy, thin

- NOSE: straight, crooked, hooked, curved, turned-up

- CHIN: double, pointed, round

- LIPS: full, thin, red

- SPECIAL FEATURES: dimples, scar, mole, limp, tattoo, high cheekbones, earrings, birthmark

- to walk with a limp

- CLOTHES: smart, shabby, elegant, casual, formal