Expressing anxiety and responding to it

(Thể hiện sự lo lắng và phản hồi lại)

1. Listen and complete the conversations with the expressions in the box. Then practise them in pairs.

(Nghe và hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại với những từ ngữ trong khung. Sau đó thực hành chúng theo cặp.)

1.

Minh: I've got an interview for a part-time job tomorrow and (1) ________.

Nam: Oh, (2) ________. You'll be fine.

2.

Mai: (3) ________ the presentation on common part-time jobs for students. I haven't prepared enough.

Mark: (4) ________. I think you'll do it well.

2. Work in pairs. Use the models in 1 to make similar conversations for these situations. One of you is A, the other is B. Use the expressions below to help you.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Sử dụng các mẫu ở bài 1 để thực hiện những đoạn hội thoại tương tự trong những tình huống này. Một người là A, người kia là B. Hãy sử dụng các cách diễn đạt dưới đây để giúp bạn.)

1. A is worrying about his/her first day at work as a teaching assistant. B is comforting him/her.

(A đang lo lắng về ngày đầu tiên đi làm trợ giảng. B đang an ủi anh ấy/cô ấy.)

2. B is a new part-time employee of a company. He/She is worrying about having sent the email to the wrong customer. A is his/her colleague. She is comforting him/her.

(B là nhân viên bán thời gian mới của một công ty. Anh ấy/cô ấy đang lo lắng về việc đã gửi email nhầm địa chỉ cho khách hàng. A là đồng nghiệp của anh ấy/cô ấy. Cô ấy đang an ủi anh ấy/cô ấy.)

1. Read the texts and answer the questions.

(Đọc văn bản và trả lời các câu hỏi.)

UNUSUAL JOBS

Around the world, there are some jobs that may seem quite strange and surprising to you.

Train pushers

In Japan, the railway system is huge and everyone there uses trains. This makes them overcrowded most of the time. During rush hour, railway station attendants called 'pushers' or 'oshiya' do the strangest job in the world - they push passengers into trains. They have to do this because of the large number of commuters who wish to arrive at their desired locations on time. That's why they must endure the pain in squeezing themselves inside the train.

Cleaners of the world's highest building

Have you ever wondered how the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, is cleaned? It takes a team of 36 window cleaners a total of three months to clean the tower's reflective windows. Working from the height of more than 800 metres, the cleaners face huge challenges especially during bad weather. They must be the bravest cleaners in the world.

Golf balls divers

Every year in the UK, millions of golf balls get lost in the water around golf courses. This gave rise to the demand for golf ball divers whose job is to dive deep into the lakes and ponds around golf courses to find the lost balls. Most of them are professional scuba divers, but they spend long hours crawling around in mud and carrying heavy buckets. On average, they find 5,000 balls per lake. After cleaning them, they resell or recycle the balls. Sounds dangerous, doesn't it?

Which job... (Công việc nào…)

1. requires bravery and no fear of heights?

(đòi hỏi sự dũng cảm và không sợ độ cao?)

2. helps people to be on time?

(giúp mọi người đến đúng giờ?)

3. requires good diving skills?

(yêu cầu kỹ năng lặn tốt?)

2. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Thảo luận các câu hỏi sau đây.)

Which job do you find most interesting and why? Do you know any other unusual jobs around the world?

(Bạn thấy công việc nào thú vị nhất và tại sao? Bạn có biết công việc bất thường nào khác trên khắp thế giới không?)