雅思口语话题整理之工作篇

　【What you do】

　　1. I'm a / an (+ job).

　　e.g. a nurse / an accountant / a builder

　　2. I work in (+ place or general area).

　　e.g. a hospital / an office marketing / social

　　3. I work for (+ name / place of the company).

　　e.g. Union Bank / IBM / Fiat / an international bank

　　【What your job involves】

　　4. I'm in charge of

　　e.g. a big company

　　5. I'm responsible for

　　e.g. some workers in that department

　　6. I have to deal with

　　e.g. any complaints / overseas clients, mainly

　　7. I run

　　e.g. the company / a restaurant

　　8. I manage

　　e.g. a shop in downtown

　　【Daily duties / routines】

　　9. I have to go / attend (fml)

　　e.g. (to) a lot of meetings / conferences

　　10. I visit / see / meet

　　e.g. patients / clients

　　11. I advise

　　e.g. people / clients and give them help...

　　12. It involves

　　e.g. writing letters / filling in forms / doing a lot of paperwork / using computers a lot of the time

　　【Getting a job】

　　13. It's not easy to get / find work

　　e.g. in big cities / round these parts

　　14. I'd love to do

　　e.g. marketing / this kind of work

　　15. It's difficult to make a living as a / an

　　e.g. freelance writer

　　16. I've been offered a job

　　e.g. in that company / in London

　　17. I've applied for a job

　　e.g. in a local company / in the accounts department

　　【Working hours】

　　18. I have a nine-to-five job / I work nine-to-five

　　(regular working hours in Britain)

　　19. I do / work shift work.

　　(nights one week, days next)

　　20. I am on flexi-time.

　　(flexible working hours)

　　21. I have to do / work overtime.

　　(work extra hours)

　　22. I only work part-time / take a part-time job.

　　(part of a day or a few days a week)

　　23. I am a workaholic. I work full-time.

　　(work too much)

　　24. I took early retirement.

　　(retire at 55 in Britain)

　　25. I am on / take sick leave.

　　(a period spent away from work, etc. because of illness)

　　26. I am on / take maternity leave.

　　(expecting a baby)

　　27. I gave up work

　　e.g. in order to study

　　28. I was laid off (infml)

　　e.g. when the factory went bust

　　29. I was made redundant.

　　(no longer needed and therefore out of work)

　　30. I was dismissed (fml)

　　e.g. for refusing to obey orders

　　31. I was fired (infml)

　　e.g. for always being late

　　I am on / off duty.

　　(to be working / not working)