Page 33 - American English File Student Book 3B

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE
VIDEO
PEOPLE?
a Read the blog once. Com plete the m ain message o f the
article in your own words. 4 52))) On the street W atch or listen to five people and
answ er the questions.
It is better to do a job th at________________than a job
that you________________ , but th at________________ .

The importance of
doing what you love Amber Max Simon Joe Simone

1 Amber says_______is mixed so a mixed school is better.
When I was growing up, all I wanted to be was an artist. a real interaction b the real world
When I got to high school and could choose what classes
c the world o f business
to take, I took every art class that was available. Painting,
drawing, photography, you name it - I took the class. 2 M ax likes shopping online because_______.
a there is more availability o f products
Then I took a chemistry class. I LOVED it. It was fun! And I
was good at it. I started thinking: wouldn’t I make more money b he doesn’t like looking at a variety o f products
if I went into the sciences instead of being a starving artist? c he is extroverted
So I threw away the art school applications and went to study 3 Sim on w as_______with what he sold on eBay.
chemistry. College was fun, and when I graduated with my a satisfied b delighted c disappointed
chemistry degree, I went to graduate school in Washington, 4 Joe would like to _______.
D.C. to do a PhD program in chemistry! It was OK to start
with, but after the first year, I was completely depressed. I a paint the walls o f his apartment
hated the program. It was dry and boring. But I didn’t know b have more paintings in his apartment
what to do about it. c invite more people to his house

So I quit. I spent the next month feeling bad about my failure, 5 Simone would like to have a jo b _______.
unsure what to do next. Finally, I went to an employment
a in banking b that’s well paid c that’s enjoyable
agency to get a job. Something - anything - that would pay
money.

I got a temporary job filling envelopes at an NGO. One day CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH?
they needed some graphic design and I volunteered. This D o the tasks w ith a partner. C heck (/ ) the box if you can
was the major turning point in my career. Over the next few
Adapted from workawesome.com finally doing something I loved, and I was making money Can you...?
do them.
months, they gave me more and more design work. What
began as a temporary job turned into a permanent job. I was
doing it.
1 [ ] describe the schools you went to (or have been to)
and say what you liked or didn’t like about them
It’s been difficult at times, but I really love my job. Believe
me, it is FAR more important that you are happy and get to
2 Q say what you will do a) if you don’t pass your
do what you are passionate about every day and get paid
English exam at the end o f the course and b) when
less for it, than to dread getting up in the morning because
you can speak English fluently
you dislike what you do.
3 □ describe your ideal vacation house
4 □ say what you would do if a) you won a lot o f money
b Read the blog again and m ark the sentences T (true),
and b) you had more free time
F (false), or DS (doesn’t say).
5 ] report three questions that someone has asked you
1 She used to get very good grades in art in high school. today and what you answered
2 She thought she would earn more money working as a
Short movies Trinity College, Dublin
chemist than being an artist.
VIDEO Watch and enjoy the movie.
3 She enjoyed graduate school but not college.
4 She lived at home after she quit graduate school.
5 She was very well-paid for filling envelopes at
the NGO.
6 She feels passionate about design.

c C hoose five new words or phrases from the text.
Check their m eaning and pronunciation and try to
learn them.

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