4 PRONUNCIATION word and sentence stress @ Underline the stressed syllable(s). 1 atealcher adoc|tor a fac|to|ry worker alawlyer 4 5 6 amalssis tant 7 apollice|man 8 asales|per|son b @72i) Listen and check. How is the final -er |-or pronounced? € @73)) Listen and repeat. Copy the rhythm. ‘She's a nurse. She works ina hospital. Does he work ina store? Yes, he does. Ishea salesperson? Yes, heis. 5 SPEAKING & WRITING a Think of ewo people you know who have jobs. Askand answer with a partner. What /do? Where / work? speak English at work? ‘ike his oF her job? Person number one) (What does ismy mother. she do? b Write about the two people. My mother isa nurse. She works in the Hospital Santa Cruz in Curitiba, She doesn't speak English at work She likes her job. READING Work in pairs. Where are these companies from? What languages do you think they use? Uniqlo LG Nissan Nokia Read the article and check your guesses in a. Comm Urs bet cI=12) We all know Nissan isa Japanese company, Ithas factories, offices, and salespeople alloverthe word tis partners witha French company, Renault e!now, andits CEO, Carlos Ghosn (gown! is Brazilian. But whatis the offi language of Nissan? English! ‘AtNissan's headquarters in Tokyo, the managers are from Japan, North America, and Europe. They have meetings in English. They alsoread documents, make phone calls, and ‘write emails in English. “Sometimes everyone in a meetingis Japanese, Then we speak Japanese," one Nissan manager says."Butwe area ‘multinational company and English isthe ‘only language we all know More and more big companies ‘only use English. English the official language of Uniglo and Rakuten, two other big Japanese ‘companies. tis also the oficial language of Nokian Finland, LGin Korea, and more. Read the article again. Then mark the sentences T (true) or F (False). Nissan and Renault are partners. __ Carlos Ghosn is from the US.__ Nissan’s managers send emails in English, but they all speak English, 6 English isthe off Sometimes everyone in a meeting is Japanese, ‘The official language of Nissan is English. Ianguage of other Japanese companies. Look at the highlighted words and phrases. Guess their meaning. Check with your teacher or dictionary. Is iglish important for your job? Why (not)? Look at the list of jobs. Add two jobs to the list. Do you think English is important in these jobs? Write I (important), V (very important), or N (not important). a)adoctor 4d) awaitress 2 (youridea) h) (your idea) Compare your answers in f with a partner. dja factory worker e)anassistant ojalawyer fanactor Foradoctr nishisveryimpatant)(Fora.Enlshntinpotant ‘Online Practice