Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)

Topic: Jobs

Lesson Notes September 24, 2024 (Vocabulary Building)

Words & Phrases

• Our hula group will be performing in a choral recital. (NOT chorus recital)

• Assembly; like a legislative body of a city, prefecture (state, province etc), national government

• Our choral group will be performing a song that is sung at Hawaiian assemblies.

• To test the fire alarm we are supposed to pull it once a year.

• Condominiums and apartments have more checks than a house.

• The elevators are regularly checked every so often.

• The trees should be trimmed once a year, but the garden should be weeded almost weekly.

• A weed trimmer has either a nylon string or blade for cutting grass or weeds.

• Also called; (trademark names) Weedwacker, Weed Eater, Whipper Snipper

Pronunciation

• Bureaucrat ( ˈbjʊərəkræt ) bu-reau-crat

Jobs

Section 5

• A shop assistant in the UK is called a sales clerk in the USA.

• We sometimes call a postman or postwoman a postal carrier.

• A principal is the head of a school or educational institution.

• A Bureaucrat is often called a government worker or civil servant.

Section 6

• A chambermaid is a women who cleans bedrooms and bathrooms in a hotel.

• The best paid job is company director.

• A company director is the best paying job.

• Doctors work long hours.