Text One

A. A secretary writes letters, answers the telephone, and meets people. She uses a typewriter every day. She puts papers away in the file cabinet. She stands between her boss and his visitors. She helps her boss to plan his time and to finish his work.

Vocabulary:

telephone

typewriter

file cabinet

boss

B. A porter is a hotel worker who carries the bags of the travellers. He shows the hotel guests to their rooms, and they usually give him some money for his help.

A chef works in a hotel or in a restaurant. He plans the meals and cooks the food. He often has helpers to cut vegetables, to bake bread, and to prepare the meat.

Vocabulary:

hotel

guest

restaurant

meal

vegetables

bake

prepare

C. One kind of doctor is a surgeon. He works in a hospital. The surgeon operates on sick people; he repairs their bodies. After the operation, he orders medicine. The surgeon watches his patients until they are well.

Vocabulary:

operate

repair

medicine

patient

D. A businessperson works in an office. He plans business activities. He prepares reports and goes to meetings. He learns about buying, selling, and producing things. A businessperson must hire workers to help him.

Vocabulary:

activity

hire

E. A firefighter tries to prevent fires by inspecting buildings. He asks people to make their houses safe from fire. When a fire starts, he rides to the building in a fire engine. Firefighters hurry to put out fires and to save people.

Vocabulary:

prevent

inspect

a fire engine

put out

F. A construction worker puts buildings together. He measures wood and cuts it into pieces. He carries bricks and metal parts. He follows a building plan to make houses, apartments, and stores. He sometimes repairs buildings, too.

Vocabulary:

a brick

metal

an apartment

G. A musician usually works with other musicians to make music. Musicians play together in an orchestra. They practice playing their instruments every day. They read new music and play it until it sounds good.

Vocabulary:

an orchestra

practice

an instrument

H. Fashion models show us the newest styles of clothes. They put on new clothes and stand in front of cameras. Pictures of models appear in newspapers and in magazines. People see the pictures and want to buy the clothes. Fashion models collect pictures of themselves in a book.

Vocabulary:

fashion

style

a camera

a newspaper