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1 I'm taking/doing/sitting an exam tomorrow.
2 I hear you passed/did well in your examination.
3 You can study a lot of different subjects / take a lot of different courses at this university.
4 I got some good markslgrades in my continuous assessment this term.
5 She's a teacher in a primary school. (Professors are only in universities and are very senior
teachers.)
6 He gave an interesting 45-minute lecture on Goethe. (A conference is a meeting of people with
the same interests, usually lasting several days.)
7 She got a diploma in personnel management. (Only universities can give degrees.)

Possible questions:
1 Do students in your country get a grant?
2 What's the difference between a university and a polytechnic in Britain?
3 What goes on at play-schools and nursery schools?
4 Why did you choose a teacher-training college instead of a university?
5 What's the school-leaving age in Britain now?
6 You look terribly tired. What've you been doing?
7 Do you get marks/credits/points for your exams?
8 Did you skip yesterday's lecture?

You could look up these things in an encyclopaedia, or else write to your American Embassy and
ask them to send you information about education in the USA. Broadly speaking a high school is
like a British secondary school, college means further education, a sophomore is a second-year
college student and graduate school is where you study for further degrees, e.g. MAlMSc, after
graduating for your first degree.

Unit 40
40.1 1 union official 2 executive manager 3 director 4 unskilled worker 5 administrator
6 safety officer (not the security officer - the person who makes sure everything is locked and
secure, that there are no burglaries or other crimes, etc.)
7 supervisor 8 labourer 9 personnel officer 10 public relations officer
40.3 Suggested answers:
1 This person's been made redundant.
2 He/She's taken early retirement.
3 This is a person who works shifts / is a shift-worker.
4 She's been promoted.
5 1 got the sack (or I was fired; or I was dismissed - more formal).
6 He/She works nine-to-five. or He/She has a nine-to-five job.
7 You're a workaholic.

4 actor/broadcaster/performer of some kind
2 surgeon 5 farmer
3 secretary/typist/clerk 6 tailor/dressmaker

40.5 1 profession 5 trade
2 a difficult one; it could be called a trade, 6 trade (though could be called a profession)
but many chefs may prefer to be thought 7 unskilled job
of as 'professionals' 8 same as 'dressmaker'
3 trade 9 unskilled job
4 profession 10 profession

1 getlhave 2 living 3 work 4 offered 5 take ... on

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