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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Darell

  • do not have any qualifications
  • mess around
  • get the hang of sth.
  • apprenticeship

Kara

  • black spot
  • lose count of sth
  • go around in circles
  • unpaid slave
  • get your foot in the door
Photo by Will Montague

Loukas

  • unemployment benefits
  • ecotourism
Photo by Tax Credits

Black spot

A place where something is very bad

Get your foot in the door

Start working somewhere at a low level in the ope you will progress
Photo by UGArdener

Literacy program

A program for learning literacy skills
Photo by angelaathomas

Ecotourism

A kind of tourism that helps local people and does not damage the environment

Doing your own thing

Doing sth independently
Photo by Phil Thirkell

Have a thing about sth

Have strong personal feelings about sth
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Make a big thing of it

Give sth too much importance

Applying for a job

  • Where is the best place to find out about job openings?
  • Have you applied for a job? How did you apply it?
  • What are needed to appeal for a job?

Resume: a summary of your personal details and qualities, work experience and educational qualifications

Photo by Graela

A cover letter: a short, formal letter that says which job you’re applying for and where you saw the job advertised. Key information to say why you’re suitable for the job.

Photo by gbaku

Use the adjectives

  • Lazy, selfish, conscientious , boring, hardworking, responsible, critical, demanding, unrealistic, spoiled
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Get a bad rap

(Rap sheet- a criminal record) have a negative reputation

Sulk

to be angry and to refuse to discuss it with others
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If you do or achieve something against the odds, you do or achieve it although there were a lot of problems and you were not likely to succeed.

diarrhea

an illness that causes you to pass waste from your body very frequently and in liquid rather than solid form

Public housing development

A complex of residents. Buildings built by the government for low-income residents

Jamming session

An informal, unplanned performance of rock music
Photo by Yvette de Wit

take upon oneself

to take the responsibility for
Photo by The U.S. Army

Hospice

Medical center or home providing care for the terminally ill
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Memorial services

Gathering to honor sb who died
Photo by Al_HikesAZ

Beneficiary

Sb that is being helped by others
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Double -mast schooner

Debate

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Debate

  • More and more young people choose to do unpaid internships, hoping that more work experience will increase their value on the job market.
  • There is value in low-paid internships.
  • There is no value in low-paid internships.

Stages

  • Create the visual aids
  • Present your argument
  • Pause- Think about the weak points in the opposing argument
  • Back to the debate
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opinion- reasons- evidence

Questions

  • Have you made a phone call in English?
  • When will you make a phone call in English? In what context?
  • What might be the differences or difficulties about talking on the phone in English?
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Small talk

  • At parties, conferences
  • Weather, sports, what you’ve been doing recently, vacations, friends or families, etc.

Recorded menus

  • Used by companies
  • To deal with many calls
  • To direct a caller to the correct department
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Jingle

Photo by patdebaz

Detox

Detox food
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Patchy

Reflex

Adamant

Photo by mrbill78636

Manifesto

Photo by kapheine47

Monumental

Debate

  • The phone ban education is necessary in schools
  • The phone ban education is not necessary in schools
Photo by timparkinson

What do you think about 'the right to disconnect' law?