Shadowing Practice: FUN FOR FLYERS 4TH - UNIT 18D - PAGE 41 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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18D.
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Time and work.
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Listen and look.
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There is one example.
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What's Kim's job?
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Hello.
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Is your sister working in an office now?
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You mean Kim?
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Yes, but only for about an hour each day.
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She isn't a secretary.
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Is she an artist then?
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She's an engineer.
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She designs skyscrapers most of the time, but bridges as well.
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Can you see the tick?
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Now you listen and tick the box.
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1. How does Kim go to work?
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Does Kim take the bus to work?
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She could do that, but she needs to drive there and to travel to different parts of the city each day.
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Can't she cycle?
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There's so much traffic.
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I think she'd like to, but she needs to carry too much.
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2. What time does Kim start work?
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What time does Kim have to be at work?
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Well, she has to get up at a quarter past six.
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Then she has breakfast and leaves home at a quarter to seven.
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So when does she arrive in her office?
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At half past seven.
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It's really early, but she doesn't mind.
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Three.
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Where does Kim have lunch?
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Where does Kim take her lunch break?
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Does she go home?
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She doesn't have enough time to do that, Mr. Lowe.
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Is there a cafe in the building where she works then?
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Yes, but she usually takes sandwiches and eats them in the park.
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She likes doing that best.
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4. What was Kim's first job?
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Is this Kim's first job?
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She told me she wanted to be the manager of a clothes shop.
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Well, she didn't do that, but she worked at a police station once.
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Really?
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Yes, but she didn't have to wear a uniform.
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She worked in the kitchen there.
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5. What does Kim like most about her job?
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Is your sister pleased with her new job?
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She had to study for a long time, but she loves it.
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She really enjoys being outside too.
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Does she have to go to lots of meetings too?
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Yes, but she doesn't enjoy those very much and she hates talking on the telephone.

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