Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)

Topic: Describing Jobs

Lesson Notes October 15, 2024 (Vocabulary Building)

Words & Phrases

• This season you can smell fragrant olive in the air.

• I wanted to have deep-fried oysters for lunch, but the store I went to won’t start serving them until the end of the month.

• At the festival we watched a group of people, men and women, carry a portable shrine on their shoulders.

• My granddaughter heard drumming for the first time.

• There were twenty-odd performances at the festival. (= about twenty performances, possibly a few more or less)

• My friend pushed me to read her favourite comics.

Pronunciation

• Zoology ( zuˈɑː.lə.dʒi ) zo-O-lo-gy

Describing Jobs

Section 3

• Responsible; your job or duty to do something

• Zoology; the study of animals

• Cage; holds animals or birds

• Conduct; lead, organize and do it

• Tedious; used to describe a job, task, situation that is boring and frustrating

• On the whole; in general

• I’m afraid of all animals!

• I like pets, but not wild animals.

• I can’t care for the animals, I only want to see them.

• At my riding school, some staff are responsible for taking care of horses.

• Zoo; (informal) a place, activity that is chaotic or has unrestrained behaviour

• When I was teaching at school, the class room was like a zoo.

• The morning commuter train is like a zoo.

• The supermarket was a zoo this morning, there was an end of year sale.

Homework

Section 3; put the bold phrases and expressions into the categories on page three