This document outlines various professions and individuals, focusing on their jobs, locations, language skills, and personal lives. It introduces characters such as Alison, Bob, Phillippe, Mark, and Mona, each with unique backgrounds and occupations. Additionally, it discusses Semas, a man with twelve different jobs, and includes vocabulary related to work and common job titles.

1. UNIT 3 – THE WORLD OF WORK
BELI NDA BAARDSEN, AMERI CAN EX PAT, SAUDI ARABI A, DECEMBER 2012

2. UNIT 3 - VOCABULARY
Waiter Postman
Scientist Centre Old
Works France Policeman
Speaks Paris Fireman
Languages Interpreter Taxi driver
Skiing United nations School bus driver
Doctor New York Boatman
Australia Journalist Ambulance
Switzerland BBC Accountant
Flying Moscow Undertaker
Non-stop Twelve Wife
No free time Jobs Hotel
radio Busy Island
very Scotland

3. THE WORLD OF WORK
Present
Simple:
he, she, it
Three jobs
My father is a My mother is
My brother is..
doctor… a…
1. Alison is a scientist.
2. She comes from Cambridge, in England. Alison Hauser
3. She now lives in Switzerland.
4. She works three days a week at the Institute of Molecular Biology in Geneva. Page 20
5. She speaks three languages.
6. She’s married and has a daughter.
7. She likes skiing in the winter and going for walks in the summer.

4. WHO IS ALISON HAUSER?
• 1. Alison..married?
• 2. Scientist..works?
• 3. Switzerland..lives?
• 4. …married?
• 5. Languages /
speaks?
• 6. …children?
• 7. Hobbies?

5. BOB NELSON Page 20
• Bob is a doctor.
• He is English, but he now lives in
Australia in a small town, Alice
Springs.
• He is a “flying doctor.”
• He works every day from 8:oo
am until 10:00 am.
• He speaks to people by radio.
• He flies to help them.
• He works 16 hours a day non-
stop, but he loves his job.
• He isn’t married.
• He has no free time.

6. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BOB?
• He/Doctor
• Flying..
• Works / non-stop
• Lives / Australia
• Where/ lives?
• Hobbies?
• Married?
• Children?

7. PHILLIPPE BALLON
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1. Phillippe Ballon is a waiter.
2. He lives in France.
3. He lives in the city of Paris.
4. He works in the centre of Paris.
5. He speaks French, and a little
English.
6. He is married.
7. He has two sons.
8. During his free time he likes to
read, and play football.

8. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PHILLIPPE?
What do you know about Phillippe?
Break out in pairs – discuss what you know in English
Present to class what you know

9. MARK KONIG
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1. Mark is a journalist for the
BBC
2. He is English, but he lives in
Moscow.
3. He works in an office.
4. He speaks three languages:
English, Russian and German
5. He is married to an
American, and has three
daughters.
6. His hobby is skiing.

10. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MARK?

11. MONA HALASHEH
• Mona is an interpreter.
• She is Jordanian, but she
lives in New York.
• She works at the United
Nations.
• She speaks three
languages: Arabic, French,
English
• She is married.
• She has two sons.
• Her hobby is reading.

12. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MONA?
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13. THE MAN WITH 12 JOBS
• Semas mcsporran – is a very busy man.
• He is 60 years old.
• He has 12 jobs.
• He is a postman.
• A policeman.
• A fireman.
• A taxi driver.
• A boatman.
• An ambulance man.
• An accountant.
• A petrol attendant.
• An undertaker.
• He and his wife Margaret also have a shop,
and a small hotel.
• He lives and works on the Island of Gigha in the
West of Scotland.
• He gets up every day at 6:00 am and makes
breakfast for the hotel guests.
Go to page 24 – in your Headway Plus Book and
find out more about Semas.

14. WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT SEMAS?

15. WRITE & DISCUSS: WHAT KIND OF JOB
DO YOU WANT?

16. IDEAS & VOCABULARY
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A pilot
An interpreter
A nurse
A chef
An accountant
A journalist
A postman
An architect
A shop assistant