Name: 談論你的工作--英語口語課程 (Talking About Your Job - Spoken English Lesson)
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Hi, I’m Mike and welcome to Oxford Online English!

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In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about your job in English.

In this class, you can learn how to answer questions like this in clear, detailed English.

"I’m a ________": "I work in ________"; "I work for _________."

'I work in...' is used with a field, meaning a type of work.

You can also use 'work in' with a place or a department of a company.

"I work in the HR department of a financial firm."

"I work in a school, teaching modern languages."

You can see that if you use 'work in' to talk about the type of work you do, you don’t

If you use an article 'a' or 'the' after 'work in', it means you’re talking about the place

"I work for a law firm based in Frankfurt."

Or even: "I run my own business, so I work for myself."

Can you make sentences like this to say something about your job?

Pause the video and try to make a sentence.

Next, let’s add more details to your answer.

"I work for a _________ company which __________"

We need one adjective, and the end of the sentence after 'which'.

For the adjectives, think about these ideas: is your company big or small?

For the part after 'which', ask yourself: what does your company do?

Does it make things, sell things, organise things?

Does it provide products, services, or both?

"I work for an international electronics company which makes tablet computers."

"I work for a German company which does market research for other companies."

Meaning: I work independently, for different people and companies.

Meaning: I work for myself, either freelance or I have my own business.

If you don’t work, and people ask you what you do, what can you say?

Meaning: I’ve left one job, and haven’t found another yet.

This sounds nicer than saying, “I’m unemployed.”

"I’m taking some time out to…(travel, spend time with my kids, write a book, recover

from an illness, etc.)" Meaning: I’m not working at the moment because I want to focus

If you don’t work for a company, how would you describe your work situation?

Part three: how to describe your job in more detail.

Let’s see how you can describe your job in more detail.

"I have to _________"; "I’m responsible for _________"; "Most of my time is spent

I have to look after patients, give them medicine and make sure they’re comfortable.

I’m responsible for about 20-30 patients.

Most of my time is spent talking to patients and checking that everything is okay."

Next, let’s do a more detailed example.

"I have to design websites to the client’s specifications.

I’m responsible for the whole design process, so I have to take the client’s ideas and

Most of my time is spent experimenting with different designs and ideas and seeing what

looks good, because attention to detail is important in this kind of work."

Can you say something like this about your job and what you do?

Part four: saying how you feel about your job.

Now, you can hopefully say something about your job and where you work.

But here’s another question: do you like your job?

How could you describe a job which you like?

Of course, you could use general adjectives like 'good' or 'interesting', but here are

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談論你的工作--英語口語課程 (Talking About Your Job - Spoken English Lesson)

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