Crossword – WORK

Across
4. To make arrangements for something to happen (8)
6. To speak to other people at work in order to exchange information with them (6)
7. To decide how something will be done (4)
8. To get something useful or positive (4)
10. To make certain that something is done (6)
13. To advertise something (7)
15. To make something new such as a product (7)
16. To do a job or task (4)
17. To be in control of something like and office or a shop (6)
Down

1. To draw or plan something before making or doing it. (6)

2. To learn the skills you need to do the job (5)
3. To show or prove that something is true (11)
5. To examine the details of something carefully, in order to explain or understand it (7)
9. To find a particular thing or things in a group (8)
11. To study a subject to discover new information (8)
12. To watch a person or activity to make sure everything is done safely and correctly (9)
13. To make, manufacture or grow something (7)
14. To keep a road, machine, building, etc. in good condition (8)
READING COMPREHENSION

Read the following article.

Working life has changed in the last decades. Jobs are harder to find and no one can be really sure
about the future any longer.
Less than 50% of the working population in Britain has a full-time, long term job with a permanent
employment contract. People have become attracted to or are forced into part-time work, self-
employment, temporary employment, job sharing and freelance contracts. And this is happening all
over Europe.
The “job for life” is dead. Our parents and grandparents may have walked into jobs which offered
them security and a regular salary, but the whole economic climate is changing. Natasha Jacoby asked
students at Richmond College, West London, about their job prospects.
Jo, Christine, Will and Kurtis all realise that they cannot possibly ask older generations for careers advice.
As Kurtis says, “The types of jobs your parents had are not around anymore. And they’re jobs they had all
their lives. You can’t think about doing exactly what your parents did unless they were something like a
doctor or a nurse.
A. Now answer these questions on the text:
1. What’s the difference between looking for a job today and some years ago?
2. What kind of jobs or occupations are most people doing now?
3. What factors do you think contribute to a person’s finding a job more easily?

WRITING
Is it important to get a job quickly after graduating? Why?

Unemployment
1. List all of the causes of unemployment we’ve talked about in class
2. What are the consequences of unemployment?
3. What can we do to avoid unemployment?