Jobs in New York.

Extra Work: Stories About Jobs in NY (in your CD).


Audio in your I-pod: "storiesAboutJobsinNewYork".

Audio name on your CD: "storiesAboutJobsinNewYork.mp3".

Exercise.
Listen to the audio and share stories about previous jobs.

Questions about Context
1. Mention some details of the crappy job Frankie had before
2. Mention some details about the other guy's previous jobs


Vocabulary
Balance. Verb.
Crappy. Adjective.
Drop. Verb.
Sip. Verb.
Stalk. Verb.

Useful Phrases.
Get fired.
Graveyard shift.
Out of pity.
Put it on my bill.
Minimum wage job.
Wear my contacts.

Bespoke Suits

Bespoke Suits.

Lesson 11.

Activity.
Read the story (Bespoke Suits.pdf), listen to the news report (Davidson and 4000DllrsSuit.mp3) and solve the exercise.

Exercise.
Come up with ideas to make his job more profitable or explain why you think it's not worth it.

Fashion and Job Interviews

Fashion and Job Interviews.
Lesson 29 and Lesson 27.

Watch the excerpt from 20th Century Fox's movie "The Devil Wears Prada".
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/03/05/multimedia/1194838344008/the-devil-wears-prada-excerpt.html

Exercise.
What are Andy Sachs' possibilities to get the job? Why is that?

Job Titles

Job Titles.
Lesson 10.
I'm All Ears Extra Activity #3 on Page 54.

Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "English Cafe #62" from 11'02'' to 15'07''.
Audio name on your CD: "AbbreviationsAfterAName.mp3".

Exercise.
Write meanings and examples from abbreviations mentioned in this podcast.
Ph.D.
MD
RN
DDS
CPA
Esq

Types of Work

Types of Work.
I'm all ears extra activity #5 on Page 56.


Lesson 10.Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "Types of Work".
Audio name on your CD: "Types of Work.mp3".

Vocabulary.
RSVP. Verb. To respond to an invitation. "I was invited to Joan's party, but I haven't RSVP'd".
Hear back from. Verb. Receive communication from. "I still need to hear back from my uncle George".
Accounting.
Marketing.
Finance.
Retail.
Orthopedic surgeon.
Automobile industry.
Hospitality industry.
Moonlight. Verb. "I moonlight as a taxi driver on weekends".
Just out of curiosity.

Questions about Context.
1. What’s the plan?
2. When?
3. What time?
4. Where?
5. Tell us what these people attending the party do for a living:
Jennifer:
James:
Janice:
Tim:
Megan:

Script.
You can find the script at http://englishvillemexico.blogspot.com/2010/04/scripts-lesson-10.html  .