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Choose three jobs from
Scrubup
.Write a sentence to
describewhat the persondoes, anda sentence todescribe
what the person is doing in the picture onp.
4
andp.
5
.
Then readyour sentences toyour partner. Theymust
name the job.
example
A
He moves patients fromone part of the hospital to
another. In the picture, he’s pushing a trolley.
B
Is it a porter?
A
Yes.
Speaking
Work in pairs. Take turns to choose one of the sentence
heads in the box for your partner to talk about. Ask
questions tomake them talk as much as possible, and
note down themain information. Keep going until you
have both used all the sentence heads.
example
A
One day, I hope to work in another country.
B
Really? Where?
The hospital team
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A
Maybe Australia.
B
Why do you want to work in Australia?
A
It’s an interesting place and nurse’s pay is not bad!
B
Howmuch …
Writing
Profile of a student nurse
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Read this profile of a student nurse. Do you have
anything in commonwith her?
Rossitza Bontcheva is nineteen years old. She’s
studying for a diploma in nursing at Vazov Nursing
College. She has exams next month, so at themoment
she’s studying hard. She wants to be a nurse because
she likes workingwith people and she’s interested in
science, but she really doesn’t like doing paperwork.
She’d like to be a paediatric nurse because she really
enjoys workingwith children. She’s worked on a
children’s ward for threemonths as awork placement.
One day, she hopes towork in a children’s hospital in
India, which she sawon television.
She’s good at talking to people andmaking them feel
comfortable, and she’s very organized. In her free time
she plays the guitar, and goes out dancingmost
weekends.
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Write a text about your partner using the information
you got in
Speaking
.
Hi Ivana
I
write / ’mwriting
1
to say thank you for the birthday card,
and to tell you how I
get on / ’mgetting on
2
. The course is
hard work, but I
’m enjoying / enjoy
3
it so far.We usually
have
/ are having
4
classes every morning, but this week I
’m
working / work
5
in Geriatrics all day. It’s interesting,
although of course I
want / ’mwanting
6
to work as a scrub
nurse.
On the geriatric ward I
’mmaking / make
7
beds and
checking
/ check
8
patients’ blood pressure and temperature. I
’m
learning / learn
9
a lot, and the experience is very useful.
I
’mgoing out / go out
10
most Saturday nights, but stay in
and study on other days. Tomorrow I
go / ’mgoing
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to a
restaurant for my birthday! I
make / ’mmaking
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a lot of
friends, but I wish you were here too.Write tome!
Love
Maria Carmen
mcarmen@urbismail.com
ivana.lukic@fastnet.com
Hello!
I want to be a nurse because . . .
I’m very . . .
I’mgood at . . .
I really enjoy . . .
Next year, I . . .
At the moment, . . .
One day, I hope to . . .
I really don’t like . . .
I’d like to work . . .
I’m interested in . . .
Inmy free time, I . . .
I’ve worked . . .
I’m studying . . .