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Match the jobs in the box to photos 1–12.  \nbusinessman/businesswoman chef cleaner dentist hairdresser journalist mechanic musician nurse photographer pilot student  \nb 3.1  Listen to people talking about the jobs in exercise 1a and check your answers.  \nc 3.2  Listen and mark the stressed syllable in the words from exercise 1a. businessman  \nd 3.2  Listen again and repeat.  \n2 Work with a partner. Write jobs from exercise 1a and any others you know in the table. You can write a job in more than one group.  \n| Work inside | Work outside |\n| --- | --- |\n|  |  |\n\n\n| Well-paid | Badly-paid |\n| --- | --- |\n|  |  |\n\n\n| Work with a computer | Work with their hands |\n| --- | --- |\n|  |  |\n\n3 Work in small groups. Use the ideas in exercise 2 and your own ideas to choose the three best jobs. Tell your partners your reasons. I think the best job is a…because…  \n26  \n Oxford 3000™  \n1  \n3  \n5  \n7  \n9  \n11  \n2  \n4  \n6  \n8  \n10  \n12  \n Grammar & Listening  yes/no questions  \n4 Read the advert and answer the questions with a partner.  \n1 What is the advert for?  \n2 What type of person will answer the advert?  \nDo you have an unusual job?  \nAre people surprised when you tell them what you do?  \nDoes your job make you happy?  \nIs your job very difficult?  \nDo you do something  \nvery dangerous?  \nWe want to make a television programme about people with unusual jobs and we want to hear from you. If you have an unusual job, please telephone us on 0456 789789 and leave a message.  \n5 Underline the first word in all the questions in the advert and complete the questions in the Grammar focus box.  \n6a Máté Fehér from Budapest, Hungary and Dana Schriffer from Santa Fé, USA have unusual jobs. Work with a partner. Look at the words and photos. What do you think their jobs are?  \nmusic cinema weather fire  \nDana  \nb 3.3  Listen to Máté and Dana talking about their jobs and check your answers to exercise 6a.  \nc Work with a partner. Would you like to do Máté and Dana’s jobs? Why/Why not?  \n7a Complete the questions and answers about Máté and Dana.  \n1  Does  Máté   at the cinema? Yes, he   .  \n2   he always   fast music? No, he   .  \n3   Dana a police officer?  \nNo, she   .  \n4   she   in a big office?  \nNo, she   .  \n5   she   her job?  \nYes, she   .  \n6   Dana and Máté   unusual jobs? Yes, they   .  \nb 3.4  Listen and check your answers.  PRONUNCIATION do and does  \nDo and does are not stressed in questions, but they are stressed in short answers.  \n● ● ● ● Do they like their jobs? Yes, they do.  \n8 3.5  Listen and repeat the questions and answers.  \n1 A Do they like their jobs? B Yes, they do.  \n2 A Does he play the piano? B Yes, he does.  \n3 A Does he sell tickets? B No, he doesn’t.  \n4 A Do you have a job? B No, I don’t.  \n9 Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer questions about Dana and Máté using the phrases in the box.  \n\n| Dana | Máté |\n| --- | --- |\n| be a police officer | be a piano player |\n| check the weather every day | play slow music |\n| work from home | work at the theatre |\n\nA IsMáté a piano player?  \nB Yes, he is.  \n10a TASK Work with a partner. Write 4–6 questions for a quiz called ‘What’s the best job for you?’ Use the ideas in the box and your own ideas.  \nAre you an outdoor person? Do you walk a lot?  \na calm person an outdoor person  \nenjoy helping people get up early in the morning like being busy like children like working alone like working with computers organized walk a lot  \nb Work with a different partner. Take turns to ask and answer your questions in exercise 10a.  \nc What is a good job foryour partner in exercise 10b? Tell the class and give reasons.  \n3.2 What do you do?  \nGOALS  Talk about work  Ask Wh-questions  \n Vocabulary & Speaking  work  \n1  \n2  \n28   \nWork in small groups. Which of the things in the box do you think are most important in a job? 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