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of economic policy will inevitably face frustration at times. With the exception of academic study leave (which is by no means automatic) and occasional foreign trips on official business, a career in the Civil Service has none of the fringe benefits associated with working in the private sector.

I have enjoyed my nine years in the Treasury enormously. It has been educational, stimulating, and rarely boring. I have been surprised at how much economics is involved in the work here. The Treasury is a centre of macroeconomic policy making in the United Kingdom. For someone who is interested in economics and who wishes to apply it, I can think of nowhere better to work.

Ex. 2. Answer the questions.

1.Why did Steven decide to be an economist?

2.What rind of education did he get?

3.Where did he begin his working experience?

4.What was his next job? What were his targets working there?

5.What kind of promotion did be have?

6.What did Steven do after his returning to England?

7.What are enjoyable aspects and drawbacks of Steven's working in the Treasure?

8.Did Steven really enjoy his work?

Vocabulary:

to persuade – убеждать

Treasure – казначейство fore cast – прогноз target – задача

to apply – применять

to apply to – подать заявление rate – темп, рост

intense – напряженный perk – льгота

to draft – писать

to draft a reply – отвечать a reply – отвечать

to involve – включать, вовлекать drawback – недостаток

scrutiny – тщательное изучение, рассмотрение frustration – крушение, досада

enormously – чрезвычайно sabbatical year – творческий отпуск

Ex. 3. Have you ever thought why people work? Which of the following reasons do you find most usual? List them in the order of priority.

People work for two sets of reasons: extrinsic and intrinsic.

1.Extrinsic. This means simply that a person works for a wage, and little else. This is typical of people in repetitive, manual occupations, such as a worker on the factory floor. This attitude to work is often connected to feelings of alienation at the place of employment.

2.Intrinsic. This means that a person works for more than the wage. It way be the interest and enjoyment of the job, such as in the case of many professional sportsmen. However, this division, although important, glosses over the fact that work has a social, aspect to it as well.

3.People work for the companionship they find among their workmates.

4.It the case of many women, it is to escape the restrictive role of housewife; indeed four out of five women questioned in a national survey in 1999 wanted to work irrespective of how much they earned.

5.Work gives people a sense of identity.

6.Work gives status.

Ex. 4. Choose the right word.

1.Workers earn ... wages / salaries. Wages are paid ... weekly / monthly.

2.Office clerks earn ... salaries / fees. A salary is paid ... monthly / daily.

3.The general word for wages and salaries is ... pay / income. It is money that an employee receives for his regular work or services, especially in the Navy, Army and Air Force.

4.Payment for particular professional advice or service (private doctors, lawyers, teachers) is called ... fee / profit. Fee is a one attendance.

5.I'd love to ... do / make that kind of work.

6.What d'you ... do / make for a living?

7.I have been ... offered / proposed a job in London. But I haven't been prepared to ... give / take on that job.

8.A curriculum vitae / autobiography is a brief account of smb's previous career.

Ex. 5. How would you call a person who:

(match the words on the left with the words on the right)

Ex. 7. Choose the right word from those listed below

At a firm

Mr. Dickson is the ... of a firm. The people working in his office are his ... .

Mr. Dikson is their ... . The lady who makes his appointments is his ... . The girls who type his letters are ... . The men who take care of the financial administration of the business are ... . The business they all work for is called a

... . Sometimes you can find the letters Ltd. after the name of a company. This is short for limited liability company. A smaller office in a different place from the head-office is a ... . The boy who does all kinds of jobs is the ... .

manager, employer (boss), company, branch, typists, employees, secretary, book-keepers, office-boy.

At a Factory

Mr. McDonalds has a factory. He is a ... . People who work in the factory are

... . They usually do manual work for ... . Many of them have been trained to do their ... . They have learned different ... and become skilled workers.

A man who works very hard is an ... man. But when your work is very poor you are ... . Other words for "dismissed" are ... . When there is a vacancy you can apply for the ... . Then you are an ... . When they think you are the right man for the job you are appointed. So you get the ... .

manufacturer, wages, jobs, industrious, fired / sacked, job, factory workers (factory hands), trades, dismissed, applicant, appointment.

Ex. 8. Find out about your groupmates' and other people's occupations. Use the following dialogues as models:

Model A: - What do you do for a living?

-Actually, I don't work yet. I go to Manchester Business School and study management.

-Why have you chosen management as your future profession?

-Because it's a demanding and prestigious job today.

Model B: - What does your friend do?

-Oh, he wants to take up computers.

-Why does he want to study computer programming?

-Well, he lost his job last month and hasn't been able to find

another one.

Model C: - What's your present job, Sam?

- I work as a personnel manager at a big firm but I want to transfer

to

the International Sales Division.

-What for?

-Well, I don't really like to work at the cabinet. I just want to

travel,

to go to Africa or Latin America, for example. - Hmm, that's exciting.

Model D: - What would you like to be, Philip?

-Actually I don't know yet. I think I'd rather be a writer.

-Are there any special reasons for that?

-I see only one: I like to see my name in print.

Ex. 9. A. Point out the most important factors in choosing your job. Put them in order of importance and explain your choice:

B. Which jobs and professions fit these criteria to the best advantage? Does your friend's job fit the criteria he/she has selected?

Ex. 10. Answer the self-assessment questions. Discuss them with a partner and decide what the answers tell you about the type of employment you both have chosen:

1. Would you like your work to be a) indoors?

b) outdoors?

c) a mixture of both?

2. Would you prefer a job that

a) allowed you to work on your own, away from other people? b) involved you in working with other people?

3. Would you like the people you work with to be a) mainly of your own sex?

b) mainly people of the opposite sex? с) people of both sexes?

4. At work would you like

a) to be told what to do by a supervisor?

b) to use your own initiative most of the time? с) to be entirely your own boss?

5. Would you prefer

a)to work with people mainly of the same age as you?

b)to work with people older than you?

6. Would you prefer to have a job for which

a)no further training is required?

b)further training is necessary?