KET/PET突破2000词汇(20): Talking about your work

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KET/PET备考突破2000词汇第二十期来啦,本期的主题是Talking about your work! 


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What do you do


 

在询问工作问题时,有以下几种不同的方法:

 

What do you do?

What do you do for a living?

What is your job?

 

回答时,则可以统一回答为:


I'm a teacher/an engineer/a bus driver.


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除此之外,在谈论工作时,还可以用以下句式进行拓展:


I work for a …  来表达工作的地方、机构


I work for a community college.

I work for an online English company.

I work for a training company.

I work for the local council.

I work for myself. (个体经营、自主创业)

 

I work in… 来表达工作的领域


I work in advertising.

I work in sales.

I work in agriculture.

I work in the fashion industry.

I work in the tech industry.

 

或者来表达在公司所在的部门


I work in the sales department in a car company.

I work in the marketing department of a cosmetics company.

I work in the design department of a sports company.

 


Job Responsibility



阅读以下两段工作职责描述,看一看如何表达工作内容和工作职责吧~


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James and Emma are business consultants [商业顾问]. They advise people who want to set up a business [创业], especially in health and fitness. James deals with [处理] the marketing, while Emma is responsible for [负责] products such as towels, equipment, beauty products, etc.


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Amy is a manager in a veterinary surgery [兽医诊所]. She runs [经营] the day-to-day business of the surgery and is in charge of [管理]a small team: three receptionists, an accounts manager and a secretary.


She does administration [行政] work such as buying food, medicine and equipment; she also handles any complaints that customers make.

 

从以上两段工作职责描述中,我们可以总结出以下几种表达方式:


I (verb)


James deals with ... ...

Amy runs ... ...


I (do)


She does administration ... ...

 

I'm responsible for…


Emma is responsible for ... ...


除此之外,我们还可以使用以下表达:


I have to…

I manage…

I lead…

I take care of…

I organize…

Most of my time is spent…

 


Pay



在谈论工作时,当然离不开Money啦

 

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表达对薪资的满意度时,可以说:


The money is great/pretty good!

The money is not very good at all.

The pay is terrible.

I wish the money were better, but what can you do?

I get paid very well.

I am on a pittance! (very low salary)

I earn a lot of money.

I'm paid an average salary.(平均工资)

 

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Conditions



工作时间


I work fixed hours.

I work from 9 to 6.

I start work at 9 and finish work at 6.

 

加班


I have to do so much overtime in my job

I have to do overtime every week

I do overtime most days — and I don’t get paid for it!

 

假期


I called in sick this week

I am calling in sick today

I need a sick leave.(病假)

I want to take some annual leave.(年假)

 

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小试牛刀


 


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Alexander Carpenter works 1    sales, and he’s a regional manager. He 2   the north-west region and he’s 3     for a small team of five other sales people. His job 4     a lot of travelling within the region, and he’s in contact with his team on a day-to- 5     basis. It’s not a nine-to- 6     job: Alexander has to do a lot of 7      . Fortunately he can 8     a lot more money by doing this, and his working 9     are quite good. After income 10      he makes £60,000 11     year. Recently his wife had a baby, but the company gave him extra time 12     to be with her after the birth. Kelly Bradbury is a financial adviser for a bank. She specialises in mortgages, which means that she 13     people who want to buy a flat or a house. At the moment Kelly spends a lot of her time 14     with young people who are trying to buy a property for the first time, which is not easy. She works 15     hours – 9 am to 5 pm – and she doesn’t have to 16     overtime. 

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