T a s k 6. Vocabulary exercise.

Put in the following words into the given sentences:

supervise, contribution, award, personal details , development, major, marital status, relations, maintain, raise, in

charge, dissertation, fluent, additional, hang-gliding, conduct, research, working knowledge, currently, parachuting.

1. When applying for this job you must give as many ____ as possible.

2. What do we know about his _____ ?

3. Which university _______ you the degree?

4. This is one of the ______ cities in this country.

5. What _______ would you like to make?

6. My language ______ is very slow now.

7. We shouldn't let her ______ this work.

8. I don't think you'll ______ enough money to solve all problems the school is facing now.

9. The police failed to ______ order during the match.

10. We have no choice but to establish friendly ____ with this country.

11. Who is ______ here?

12. We don't need any ______ evidence to accuse

him of committing the crime.

13. I speak ______ English, but I still make errors.

14. My ______ of Spanish allows me to communicate

in everyday situations.

15. I've been interested in ______ since childhood.

16. Is it true that you want to take up ______ ?

17. ______ we want to make as much profit as

possible.

18. The government is now ______ an antismoking

campaign on television.

19. This ______ is very expensive.

20. It's a pity you want to write a ______ .

Applying for a job

1. Read the text about four people talking about their approach

to applying for a job. Take notes and match

the people on the left to the summaries below.

a) I’m looking for a chance to develop and

demonstrate my true potential.

b) My qualifications and experience speak for

themselves.

c) I'm so brilliant at whatever I do, they would

be lucky to have me working in their company.

d) There may be people with better qualifications

and experience, but no one is more enthusiastic

or hard working than me.

2. Which speaker(s) do you agree with?

What approach did you use to get your present

job? Does the approach you use depend on the

job?

3. Read the following extracts from letters

of application. Match them to the summaries in 1.

I am very keen to work for your company because of its excellent reputation. I do not have the specific qualifications or experience referred to in your advertisement. However, I am applying because I feel I am able to make up for this through hard work and willingness to learn.

If you believe in the pursuit of excellence, then I am interested in joining your company. I set high standards for myself and expect them from others, especially the organisations that I work for. I look forward to an opportunity to add

to the list of already outstanding achievements, which are outlined in my CV.

From my CV, you will see that five years at a chemicals multinational have given me a solid business background.

I am responsible for my department's logistical planning, which has developed my organizational skills. However, I am now looking for opportunities for further development and responsibility, which my present employer cannot offer.

As a commercially aware and linguistically trained university graduate, I have a broad range of employment experience

at blue-chip companies in both the USA and Europe. I am dynamic and creative, with a strong team spirit and leadership qualities. I have a proven record of working with individuals at all levels through highly developed interpersonal

and communication skills.

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