Vocabulary - U6

My first job

• I feel I’m gaining useful skills.

• I enjoy some parts of the job more than others

• I enjoy the financial independence.

• I feel frustrated with things I can’t deal with.

• I feel people enjoy chatting to me.

  - I get the impression people like talking to me.

• I fi nd it surprisingly hard work.

• I’m learning a lot from the people I meet.

• I might have the opportunity to achieve an ambition.

Paraphrase each option in your own words.

Open Ended

Match speaker

(1–5), you will have to choose from the list of options

(A–H) which feelings or opinions they describe.

A. I feel people enjoy chatting to me.

B. I fi nd it surprisingly hard work.

C. I’m learning a lot from the people I meet.

D. I might have the opportunity to achieve an ambition.

E. I feel I’m gaining useful skills.

F. I enjoy some parts of the job more than others.

G. I enjoy the fi nancial independence.

H.I feel frustrated with things I can’t deal with.

1. Before you listen, read each option carefully and think about what it means.

2. Listen for the general idea of what each speaker is saying.

3. Wait until each speaker finishes before you choose an answer.

4. Remember that the speakers may talk about something connected with other sentences, but there is only one correct sentence for each speaker.

Exam advice

• Job is used to talk about the particular type of work activity which you do. This noun is countable.

Ex. He’s looking for a job in computer programming.
Ex. Cook, teacher, banker, etc.

​job (n)

• Work is something you do to earn money. This noun is uncountable.

  Ex. She enjoys her work in the hospital.

work (v, n)

Vocabulary

• If something is funny, it makes you laugh.

  Ex. It’s a very funny film.

• If something is funny, it is strange, surprising, unexpected or difficult to explain or understand.

  Ex. The washing machine is making a funny noise again. (hài hước, phấn khích, cười điêng)

funny

• If something is fun, you enjoy doing it.

Ex. I really liked the skating – it was such fun
(niềm vui, sự vui vẻ (vui nửa mùa, cừi mỉm thoy)

fun

An occasion is an event, or a time when something

happens. Occasion does not mean ‘chance’ or ‘opportunity.’

Birthdays are always special occasions.

• A possibility is a chance that something may happen or be true.

• Possibility cannot be followed by an infinitive.

Ex. Is there a possibility of getting a job in your organisation ?

possibility

occasion

opportunity

An opportunity is a possibility of doing something,

or a situation which gives you the possibility of doing

something.

The trip to Paris gave me an opportunity to speak French.

I have more opportunity to travel than my parents did