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Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University Année universitaire: 2020-2021

School of Commerce & Management TC- S3


(ENCG) -Fès
Élément : Anglais Com 1

Work and jobs


- What do you do?
To find out what someone's job is you say 'What do you do?' Here, Kerstin talks about her job:
'I work for a large European car maker. I work on car design. In face, I run the design
department and I manage a team of designers: 20 people work under me. lt's very interesting.

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One of my main responsibilities is to make sure that new mode! designs are finished on cime.
l'm also in charge of design budgets.

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I deal with a lot of different people in the company. I'm responsible for co-ordination between
design and production: I work with managers at our manufacturing plants.'

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in charge of } noun
responsible for + verb + -ing

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responsibility + infinitive or -ing
One of my responsibilities is to make sure ...
One of my responsibilities is ma king sure ...

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- Word combinations with 'work'


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If you work or have work, you have a job. But you don't say that someone has �­
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Work is also the place where you do your job.
Here are some phrases with 'work':
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• Hi, l'm Frank. I work in a bank in New �----·-------v------..·----- -----·-·---·--·-_......-.


York City. I leave for work at 7.30 every ( The ecooomy is growing fast '
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• I go to work by train and subway. 1 than ever before. The percentage
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• I get to / arrive at work at about nine. \ of people out of work has fal]en ..,
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• l'm usually at work rill six.
• Luckily, I don't get ill very much so l'm not
often off work.
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You don't say, for example, l'ffl a.t the '#efk or l'ffl geiHg te tae 1111odc.
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Types of job and types of work


A full-time job is for the whole of the normal working week; a part-time job
is for Jess cime than that.
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You say that someone works full-time or part-rime.


A permanent job does not finish after a fixed period; a temporary job finishes after a fixed period.
You talk about temporary work and permanent work.

10 Business Vocabulary in Use


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