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regular working hours. The work isn't very interesting, but I like to be able to go home at a reasonable time.

We all have to clock in (clock on) and clock out (clock off) every day. In this company, even the managers have to, which is unusual!

5. I'm in computer programming. There's a system of flexitime (AmE: flext'me) in my company. We can start at any time before eleven, and finish as early as three, as long as we do enough hours each month. It's ideal for me as I have two young children.

6. I work in a car plant. I work in shifts. I may be on the day shift one week and the night shift the next week. It's difficult changing from one shift to another. When I change shifts, I have problems changing to a new routine for sleeping and eating.

7. I'm a commercial artist in an advertising agency. I work in a big city, but I prefer living in the country, so I commute to work every day, like thousands of other commuters. Working from home using a computer and the Internet is becoming more and more popular, and the agency is introducing this: it's called teleworking or telecommuting. But I like going into the office and working with other people around me.

Exercise 2. Here, people talk about their wages, salary and benefits. Read

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3I'm Catherine and I'm a saleswoman based in Paris. I get a basic salary, plus commission. If I sell more than a particular amount in a year, I also get extra money - a bonus, which is nice. There are some good fringe benefits with this job: I get a company car, and they make payments for my pension. All that makes a good benefits package.

Exercise 3. Pierre is talking about his work. Correct what he says.

I work for a French supermarket company. (1)I work about the development of new supermarkets. (2) In fact, I running the development department and

(3) I am manage for a team looking at the possibilities in different countries. It's very interesting. (4) One of my main is to make sure that new supermarkets open on time. (5) I'm also charged with financial reporting. (6)I deal at a lot of different organizations in my work. (7) I'm responsible of planning projects from start to finish. (8) I work closely near our foreign partners, and so I travel a lot.

Exercise 4. Complete each of the following sentences with in, on or for. There are two possible answers for number 2. You can then make similar sentences about yourself and your job.

∙ Tenses at work

You use the present simple to talk, for example, about where you work or

what you do: I work...

You use the present continuous to talk about current projects:

I am working...

∙External communications means how the company communicates with the outside world. Internal communications means how people inside the company communicate with each other.

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3.She is based _______ Paris.

4.She works _______ the external communications department.

5.At the moment she is working_______ the design of the company's wesite.

6.She is responsible_______the development of an important part of the site.

7.She is very interested _______ Website design.

8.She depends _______ the web and on personal contacts for new ideas.

9.She spends one or two hours every day on the Web getting information all

_______ the latest developments.

10.She is happy because there is a big demand _______ good website designers at the moment.

Exercise 5. Sidney Carton is talking about his job responsibilities but is having problems with his prepositions. Complete the following sentences with a preposition from the box, where necessary. You need some of the prepositions more than once. Some of the sentences do need an extra word. You can then make similar sentences about your own job responsibilities.

after in on out to with

1.I head _______ the marketing department at Power Enterprises.

2.I report directly _______ Mr Power himself.

3.I look _______ a department of about 30 people.

4.I deal _______ all the major aspects of the company’s marketing strategy.

5.I liaise ______ the other members of the management committee.

6.I listen carefully _______ what our customers say.

7.I handle _______ one or two of the major accounts myself.

8.I’m working _______ a very important account at the moment.

9.I also monitor _______ the general situation in the market place.

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10.We carry _______ market surveys regularly.

11.We test _______ new products on groups of consumers.

12.I am also involved _______ one or two of Mr Power’s takeover projects.

Exercise 6. Complete the text with one of the prepositions.

Rebecca lives in London and works in public relations. She leaves home for work at 7.30 am. She drives (1) _______ work. The traffic is often bad and she worries about getting (2) _______ work late, but she usually arrives (3)

_______ work at around nine. She finishes work quite late, at about eight. 'Luckily, I'm never ill,' she says. 'I could never take the time (4) ______work.' She loves what she does and is glad to be (5) _______ work. Some of her friends are not so lucky: they are (6) _______ work.

Exercise 7. Lorenza Muller is telling her partner about her day at the office. Match the beginning of each sentence on the left (1-13) with a phrase on the right (a-m). You can then make similar sentences to talk about your day at

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Exercise 8. This is part of a conversation with a teacher about her job. Can you supply the missing questions?

A:_____________________ ?

B:I usually start at nine and finish at four.

A:_____________________?

B:Yes a bit. On certain courses I work until five o'clock, and then I get paid extra.

A:_____________________?

B:Twelve weeks. That's one of the good things about being a teacher.

A:_____________________?

B:No we don't, I'm afraid. That's one of the disadvantages of being a teacher. But I suppose money isn't everything.

Exercise 9. Starting with the words you are given, rewrite each of these sentences using the active vocabulary. The basic meaning must stay the same. Example: I'm a banker.

I work in banking.

1.What do you do?

What's _____________________.

2.I earn $50,000 dollars.

My _____________________.

3. I get £20,000 from my teaching job and another £10,000 from writing.

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My total _____________________.

4. I am a chemist.

I work for _____________________.

5.In my job I have to look after and maintain all the computers in the building. My job involves _____________________.

6.I'm responsible for one of the smaller departments.

I'm in _____________________.

Exercise 10. Think about your own job and tell everything you can about it. How is your work different? Can you explain your responsibilities and daily duties in English? What is a typical day at your current job?

Use the additional questions on p.p. 31-35

TEST

1. EXERCISES.

1.1. Circle the correct option.

We’re working with/ on a new advert at the moment.

a)Julian is accountant/an accountant . Не works for a bib company in Birmingham.

b)I’m thinking of getting a new work/job.

c)Nick has always worked in/for marketing.

d)We generally arrive/get to work at about 8.00 a.m.

e)My job involves/implies a lot of travel.

f)Peter Davidson works as/like a financial advisor.

g)I’d like a half-/part-time job really.

h)What’s your new job title/name?

i)I usually end/finish work at half past six.

j)Joe spends/uses most of his time in meetings.

k)A typical/usual day in the office involves answering calls from custom-

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ers.

l)“How/What do you do” “I’m the manager of a small company.”

m)I’ve got a six-month contract so it’s only a permanent/temporary job.

n)Do enjoy working with/for numbers?

1.2.Find and correct five mistakes.

In my job I deal in in-house training. – with

a)Joe hasn’t got a job. He’s been out work six months now.

b)Does your job involve meetings lots of people?

c)James works for banking and my other son is at university.

d)I’m responsible of the computer network.

e)Mo’s in charge of 120 people.

f)Maria gets to work at nine.

g)Ed works in Microsoft.

h)Do you enjoy working like a sales rep?

i)I spend most of my day writing emails.

j)I’m working on a very exciting project at the moment.

2.READING AND COMPREHENSION.

2.1. Read the following text.

Financial Managers

∙ Nature of the Work.

Almost every firm, government agency, and other type of organization employs one or more financial managers. Financial managers oversee the preparation of financial reports, direct investment activities, and implement cash management strategies. Managers also develop strategies and implement the long-term goals of their organization.

The duties of financial managers vary with their specific titles, which include controller, treasurer or finance officer, credit manager, cash manager, risk and insurance manager, and manager of international banking. Controllers direct the preparation of financial reports, such as income statements,

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balance sheets, and analyses of future earnings or expenses, that summarize and forecast the organization's financial position. Controllers also are in charge of preparing special reports required by regulatory authorities. Often, controllers oversee the accounting, audit, and budget departments. Treasurers and finance officers direct their organization's budgets to meet its financial goals. They oversee the investment of funds, manage associated risks, supervise cash management activities, execute capital-raising strategies to support the firm's expansion, and deal with mergers and acquisitions. Credit managers oversee the firm's issuance of credit, establishing credit-rating criteria, determining credit ceilings, and monitoring the collections of past-due accounts.

Cash managers monitor and control the flow of cash receipts and disbursements to meet the business and investment needs of their firm. For example, cash flow projections are needed to determine whether loans must be obtained to meet cash requirements or whether surplus cash can be invested.

Risk and insurance managers oversee programs to minimize risks and losses that might arise from financial transactions and business operations. Insurance managers decide how best to limit a company’s losses by obtaining insurance against risks such as the need to make disability payments for an employee who gets hurt on the job or costs imposed by a lawsuit against the company. Risk managers control financial risk by using hedging and other techniques to limit a company’s exposure to currency or commodity price changes. Managers specializing in international finance develop financial and accounting systems for the banking transactions of multinational organizations. Risk managers are also responsible for calculating and limiting potential operations risk. Operations risk includes a wide range of risks, such as a rogue employee damaging the company’s finances or a hurricane damaging an important factory.

Branch managers of financial institutions administer and manage all of the

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functions of a branch office. Job duties may include hiring personnel, approving loans and lines of credit, establishing a rapport with the community to attract business, and assisting customers with account problems. Branch mangaers also are becoming more oriented toward sales and marketing. As a result, it is important that they have substantial knowledge about the types of products that the bank sells. Financial managers who work for financial institutions must keep abreast of the rapidly growing array of financial services and products.

In addition to the preceding duties, financial managers perform tasks unique to their organization or industry. For example, government financial managers must be experts on the government appropriations and budgeting processes, whereas healthcare financial managers must be knowledgeable about issues surrounding healthcare financing. Moreover, financial managers must be aware of special tax laws and regulations that affect their industry.

Financial managers play an important role in mergers and consolidations and in global expansion and related financing. These areas require extensive, specialized knowledge to reduce risks and maximize profit.

The role of the financial manager, particularly in business, is changing in response to technological advances that have significantly reduced the amount of time it takes to produce financial reports. Technological improvements have made it easier to produce financial reports, and, as a consequence, financial managers now perform more data analysis that allows them to offer senior managers profit-maximizing ideas. They often work on teams, acting as business advisors to top management.

∙ Work environment.

Working in comfortable offices, often close to top managers and with departments that develop the financial data those managers need, financial managers typically have direct access to state-of-the-art computer systems and information services. They commonly work long hours, often up to 50 or

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60 per week. Financial managers generally are required to attend meetings of financial and economic associations and may travel to visit subsidiary firms or to meet customers.

∙ Earnings .

Median annual wages, excluding annual bonuses and stock options, of wage and salary financial managers were $99,330 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $72,030 and $135,070. Median annual wages in

the industries employing the largest numbers of financial managers were:

Large organizations often pay more than small ones, and salary levels also can depend on the type of industry and location. Many financial managers in both public and private industry receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses which, like salaries, vary substantially by size of firm. Deferred compensation in the form of stock options is common, especially for senior-

level executives.

2.2. Give extensive answers to the questions. Use the following expressions to start your answers:

1)What is financial manager role in an organization?

2)What are the duties of financial managers?

3)What are controllers in charge of in the company?

4)What is the difference between the responsibilities of credit and cash

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