7. Listen to some people meeting one another and make notes in the chart below.

Conversation 1	Conversation 2 Conversation 3
Is this the first time they have met?
Where do you think they are?
What nationalities do you think they are?

8. With a partner, practice meeting someone for the first time at a business reception. Use real or imaginary information about yourself. Try to continue the conversation for as long as possible, using the table below as a guide.

PART 1. JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Vocabulary

1. Match the words from the box with the corresponding heading:

   1. What do you do?

   2. General responsibilities

   3. Working hours

   4. Pay and conditions

   5. Jobs

   6. Living the company

work for/in	sacked	meet clients	dismissed
salary	carpenter	nine-to-five job	get sick pay
run	self-employed	resigned	be employed by
surgeon	do shiftwork	paid holiday	full-time job
in charge with	attend meetings	retire	work overtime
mechanic	pay income tax	pay rise	do flextime
part-time job	handle	attend meetings	architect
responsible for	personnel manager	minimum wage	deal with

2. Match the verbs on the left with the nouns on the right. Use each verb once only.

1. earn a overtime

2. work b meetings

3. deal with c a shop

4. attend d complaints

5. run e £2,000 a month

3. Rewrite these sentences starting with the words given. The meaning must stay the same.

Example I'm a banker.

I work in banking.

1. What do you do?

What's

2. I'm employed by the government.

I work

3. I earn $50,000.

My

4. I get £20,000 from my teaching job and another £10,000 from writing.

My total

4. In my job I look after all the computers in the building.

My job involves ………………….

4. I'm responsible for one of the departments.

I'm in ……………………..

4. This is part of a conversation with a teacher about her job. Write the missing questions.

A: ? B: I start at nine and finish at four.

A: ? B: Yes, a bit. On certain courses I work until 5.30.

A: ? B: 12 weeks. That's one of the good things.

A: ? B: Yes, we do, but we have to have a doctor's note.