Work and jobs

Учебно-методическое пособие

по дисциплине: Английский язык для магистрантов

Составители: Новожилова М.В.

Лошкова И.Г.

Балгабекова Р.Н.

Рахимова Ю.С.

Тараз 2015

Content

UNIT I: “CAREER (THE WORLD OF WORK). VERB + INFINITIVE”

WORK AND JOBS

A

What do you do?

To find out what someone’s job is you say ‘What do you do? ’ Here, Kerstin talks about her job:

I work for a large European car maker. I work on car design. In fact, I run the design department and I manage a team of designers: 20 people work under me. It’s very interesting. One of my main responsibilities is to make sure that new model designs are finished on time. I’m also in charge of design budgets.

I deal with a lot of different people in the company. I’m responsible for co-ordination between design and production: I work with managers at our manufacturing plants.’

Note:

in charge of noun

+

responsible for verb + -ing

responsibility + infinitive or -ing

One of my responsibilities is to make sure…

One of my responsibilities is making sure …

You can’t say: I’m a responsible

B

Word combinations with 'work’

If you work or have work, you have a job. But you don’t say that someone has a work. Work is also the place where you do your job.

Here are some phrases with ‘work’:

You don’t say, for example, I’m at the work or I’m going to the work

C