[00:00.00]Unit 5 Work
[00:04.70]What do you do?
[00:14.37]1.I work as a painter and decorator.I'm self-employed.
[00:19.64]I'm a student at the moment,
[00:24.40]but I'd like to work for a big publishing company as graphic designer when I graduate.
[00:30.85]3.I work for a small clothes company as a designer.
[00:37.72]4.I'm a housewife now.but I used to work in a bank as a cashier.
[00:44.56]5.I work part-time in a local hospital as a nurse.
[00:50.73]6.I'm a student,but I work part-time in a restaurant as a waitress.
[00:57.70]7.I work part-time in a local school as a teacher.
[01:03.76]8.I'm unemployed at the moment,
[01:08.81]but I used to work for a dotcom company as a computer programmer.
[01:14.87]So,what do you do?
[01:29.91]So,what do you do.Maria? Oh,I'm a drugs worker.
[01:37.36]Right.so what does that involve?Do you work in a rehabilitation centre or what?
[01:45.40]No.no.I work in an area of Bristol where there are a lot of drug addicts.
[01:52.07]We go out in a van and give out clean needles,food and things like that.
[01:58.91]We also give them information about how to stay healthy.
[02:04.58]or give them help if they need to see a doctor.
[02:09.02]So you don't try to make them stop?
[02:13.28]No.not if they don't want to.If we tried to make them stop.
[02:19.52]they wouldn't want to know us.I mean.If they want to stop sure.
[02:25.58]we help them find a place in a rehabilitation centre,
[02:30.54]but we don't try to persuade them or anything.We try not to make judgements.
[02:37.31]Not at all?So what's the point?
[02:42.27]Aren't you making things worse?You know,encouraging them to take more drugs?
[02:49.53]No.I don't think so.You can't really persuade them.
[02:55.28]They have to want to give up.
[02:59.12]What we do it make sure they stay as healthy as possible so they don't spread diseases like ALDS and they don't leave dirty needles lying around.
[03:09.68]Mm.maybe,You must get a bit depressed,though.
[03:15.03]seeing all those people wasting their lives.Yeah,I do sometimes,
[03:21.59]but it can also be very rewarding when you help people sort out a problem.
[03:28.14]And the money's quite good as well.So you like it.then?
[03:33.71]Yeah,it's OK.There's lots of good things about it.I mean,
[03:40.26]I work in the afternoons and evenings,so I don't have to get up early,
[03:46.43]and the people I work with are really nice,so you know...
[03:51.78]Well,that's the main thing,isn't it?
[03:55.86]What do you do,then?
[03:59.31]Oh,I work for Barclays Bank.Doing what?
[04:04.58]Buying and selling currency.
[04:08.14]Yeah?I have to say,that sounds a bit boring.
[04:13.78]It can be,and I have to work really long hours.but then again,
[04:20.02]the money's really good.Mm.right.
[04:24.46]And I get to travel quite a lot.
[04:28.51]We've got an office in New York that I go to every month.
[04:33.16]That must be good.Yeah,it is.
[04:37.32]5 Pronunciation:sentence stress
[04:51.45]You must get quite tired.
[04:55.21]That must be quite depressing.
[05:01.06]That must be quite stressful.
[05:07.41]You must get quite depressed.
[05:13.57]You must get quite stressed-out.
[05:20.24]That must be really hard work.
[05:26.11]That must be really frustrating.
[05:32.28]You must get really well-paid.
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