Read the advertisements.

Wanted engineering staff

Communicate, a go ahead company involved in the design, development, and production of VHF/ UHF communications equipment and accessories, are looking for engineers for the following jobs:

Trainee Service engineers (two posts)

Applicants should either have practical knowledge in RF communications or have qualifications in the fields of electronics with / without practical knowledge. Salary: negotiable, depending on experience.

Service engineer

Applicant should have at least two years experience in servicing VHF/ UHF communications equipment down to component level. The successful applicant will be servicing land mobile, marine, and amateur radio products. Salary: according to experience.

Analogue RF design / development engineer

Applicants should have an HNC or BSc in Electronics or Telecommunications and should have experience in RF product design with an understanding of mechanical assembly. Salary: according to qualifications and experience.

CVs for the attention of: Mr. Clark

Head of Personnel

Communicate (UK) Limited

Tradescant House

Lewis Avenue

London NW31BR

9. Study the job advertisement above. Answer these questions:

1) What is the name of the company?

2) What are its activities?

3) Where is the company based?

4) How many posts are vacant?

5) Which posts are available to those without experience?

6) How do you apply for a post?

7) Who is Mr Clark?

8) What salaries are offered?

 

IV. LISTENING

Listen to four people on a training course introducing themselves and talking about their jobs. Which job does each person do?

Speaker 1	Speaker 2	Speaker 3	Speaker 4

V. GRAMMAR AND WRITING

Use the words in brackets to form a word that fits in the space.

Working abroad

Going to work abroad can prove to be quite a 0valuable(value) experience. Learning how to adjust to 1... (foreigner) cultures is both character building and strengthening. Many people who give in to the 2… (tempt) of living abroad, do so in search of a more 3...(adventure) life. However, the whole concept of leaving your home country must be 4... (care) thought out. Problems such as finding 5…(accommodate) and 6...(immigrate) procedures should be considered well in advance. For the first few weeks abroad, you may feel terribly 7... (loneliness)and homesick. 8... (communicate) problems may also lead to unnecessary 9...(understanding)with the locals, so it is always useful to 10...(familiar) yourself with both the language of the country and its customs before you go.

Must/Should and Job Requirements

· We can describe the essential requirements like this:

You must have a degree or diploma in IT.

You must be physically fit.

· Note the meaning of the negative form:

You mustn’tbe colour-blind. (It’s a requirement not to be colour blind.)

· We can describe desirable requirements like this:

You should have good organizational skills.

You should be able to cope with long hours.

Write sentences to describe the requirements for jobs 1-3.

(vv = essential, v = desirable, x = requirement not to be)

1. Satellite Technician

1 diploma in engineering

2 good team player

3 good communication skills

4 physically fit

5 afraid of heights

6 colour-blind

 

2. Engineering Construction Technician

1 certificate or diploma in engineering

2 good mathematical and computing skills

3 willing to travel

4 able to explain complex requirements in clear terms

 

3. Offshore Petroleum Engineer

1 diploma or degree in petroleum engineering

2 willing to travel

3 willing to spend long periods in difficult environments

4 good communicator

5 able to supervise others

Write a brief description of your career plans, using information of your own and from this unit.

Write a letter of application for one of the jobs advertised in this unit. Base your letter on the one shown in Appendix III.

 

VI. SPEAKING

Discuss in your group what you should and should not do when invited for interview by a company. Write out your advice in note form like this: You should / You should not.

Work in pairs, A and B.

StudentA: Play the part of Mr. Clark. Write five questions to ask Charles Dunkin at his interview.

Student B:Play the part of Charles. Write five questions you think Mr. Clark might ask you at your interview. Prepare suitable answers. Conduct the interview.

 

Role-play the situations. Choose one of these people to be an applicant.

1) A technician with experience in servicing hospital equipment.

2) An engineer who would like to work in broadcasting.

3) Someone who wants a job which provides a car.

4) Someone who wants a job with a lot of travelling.

5) An engineer who wants to work in the USA.

6) Someone who wants to work in developing countries and who does not require.

7) A technician with experience in servicing all kinds of communications equipment.

8) An electronics engineer who wants to work in Europe and who speaks English, Italian, and German.

 

 

UNIT 6. ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD

 

I. WORD STUDY

navigator	мореплаватель
extend	расширять
prosperity	процветание
settlement	поселение
rule	(зд.) господство
establish	устанавливать
discover	открывать
impose	навязать
administration	управление
differ	отличаться
national holiday	национальный праздник
common	общий
island	остров
lie off	находиться на некотором расстоянии от берега
highly developed industrial country	высокоразвитая промышленная страна
political party	политическая партия
coast	побережье
the Commonwealth	Содружество
be situated	быть расположенным
consist of	состоять из