1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Think about the last few days. What percentage of the time did you spend doing the things in the box? Do you think the balance was right? Say why. Rank the activities in order of importance during a typical day.

doing sports or a hobby
multi-tasking
sleeping
relaxing with friends or family
studying
using social media

Answers Students’ own answers

2 SPEAKING In pairs, answer the questions.

1. Look at the photos. What jobs can a teenager get? Think about summer/part-time jobs, vocational training, etc.

2. What kind of job do you expect to do when you leave school? How will you find it? What do you think your responsibilities will be? What do you think you will and won’t enjoy about it?

Suggested answers 1 garden work (mowing, raking, earth removal, possibly for local garden companies), babysitting, cleaning houses, house sitting, doing small jobs around the house (hanging shelves, setting up a TV), tutoring (Maths, English), working in a shop or café 2 Students’ own answers

3 Read an advert for an internship. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of this job?

Looking for a challenge?

Our international division in Irbid is looking for a content marketing intern. Full training provided, no previous experience required.

Responsibilities will include:

• supporting the Marketing Assistant

• writing content for our website and our social media channels

• co-operating with the sales team

• responding to customers’ queries

What we offer:

• training in different online marketing tools

• remuneration: 400 dinars a month
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Answers Advantages: challenge; international team; full training , no experience required Disadvantages: busy role; customer queries might be challenging

Work-life balance collocations

4️⃣ 10.1 Look at collocations
1-8 and discuss their possible meaning. Then listen and check.

1. constant connectivity

2. draw a line (between something)

3. juggle (all) the unremitting demands

4. strike the right balance

5. maintain a healthy work/life balance

6. strive for something

7. grasp the significance

8. pay dividends

Answers 1 being ‘on call’, always present and ready to respond online 2 being able to divide your time appropriately between work and private life 3 multi-tasking 4 spending the right amount of time on work compared with time spent on personal life 5 keeping your work and personal life separate 6 making a great eff ort to achieve something 7 understanding the importance of certain tasks 8 be very useful and valuable, especially for the future

5️⃣ 10.2 Listen to the rest of the programme and answer the questions.

1. What did Holly and Bradley do during their internships and what were their duties?

2. Were they satisfied with their internships? Say why.

Answers 1 Holly was an assistant providing support to the sales team. Bradley was an intern in the marketing dept; he had to write content for the website and their social media channels and respond to customers’ queries. 2 Holly thinks she was lucky – the company followed good employment practices; her internship was brilliant as she was able to strike the right work-life balance; her health improved, and she never thought about throwing it all in. She got a permanent job at the company. Bradley’s loved the work but it was diffi cult to strike the right work-life balance; he wasn’t able to draw a line between work and his personal life as he was expected to be on call, always ready to respond to clients; he got anxious about his personal life and felt guilty about popping down to the gym after work in case the boss called him about something that needed doing urgently. Although money was good, he didn’t want to work full-time for the company.

Work-life balance idioms

6️⃣ 10.2 Listen again and complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs from the box.

call            intrude             learn            meet (x2)            sign          work
1 I got to ______ the ropes...
2 It really wasn’t what I’d ______ up for.
3 Sometimes I just felt like ______ it a day.
4 It was the way it ______ on my personal life that was the problem.
5 I know everyone is under considerable pressure to ______ targets at work.
6 There were permanent staff there ______ their socks off trying to ______ their work demands.

Answers 1 learn 2 signed 3 calling 4 intruded 5 meet 6 working/meet

ACTIVE VOCABULARY | Register

Language register is the level of formality that we use when speaking or writing. The register depends on who we are talking to, what we are talking about, and how light-hearted or formal we wish to sound. You will be safe using neutral register.

Register

7️⃣ Read Active Vocabulary. Then look at the sentences and decide what register they are: formal (F), neutral (N) or informal (I).

1 □ Give me a call.
2 □ Online marketing knowledge is not required.
3 □ Should you decide to continue in our employment, we may offer you a long-term position in the firm.
4 □ My dad subscribes to the theory that employees should always talk about what’s bothering them.
5 □ It was the way it intruded on my personal life that was the problem.
6 □ I got to learn the ropes and it gave me a real taste for the job.

Answers 1 I 2 F 3 F 4 N 5 N 6 I

8️⃣ SPEAKING Some people say that flexibility of working times and places is the most important thing to consider when looking for a job. How far do you agree?

Answers Students’ own answers