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A&U LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
LESSON
04 CAREER
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LESSON 4: CAREER
A. PRONUNCIATION
1. Watch the videos about 5 sounds /ai/ , /ei/ , /oi/ , /aʊ/ and /əʊ/. Record yourself
speaking all the words in the videos.
2. Listen to the audio about 3 sounds /ai/ , /ei/ , /oi/. Record yourself speaking all the
words in the audio. (Track 1)
/ei/ /ai/ /oi/
play time voice

today wildlife noise
radio height toy
newspaper buy enjoy
they type destroy
3. First practise the sound /au/ in words from the dialogue

ow! now how shouting house mouse couch loudly
town frown brown round found lounge ground somehow
mountain around pronounce upside down
4. Practise reading the corrected dialogue. Record your voice to compare your
production of the target sound with the recording. (Track 2)
Mr. Brown: (shouting loudly) l'VE FOUND A MOUSE!
Mrs. Brown: Ow! You're shouting too loudly. Sit down and don't frown.
Mr. Brown: (sitting down) l've found a mouse in the house.
Mrs. Brown: A brown mouse?
Mr. Brown: Yes. A little round mouse. lt's running around in the lounge.
Mrs. Brown: On the ground?
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Mr. Brown: Yes. lt's under the couch now.

Mrs. Brown: Well, get it out.
Mr. Brown: How?
Mrs. Brown: Turn the couch upside down. Get it out somehow. We don't want a mouse in
our house. Ours is the cleanest house in the town!
5. You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word write 1 for /ɔ:/ or
2 for /əʊ/. (Track 3)
burn - bone
fern - phone
Bert - boat
work - woke
flirt - float
1. ____________
2. ____________
3. ____________
4. ____________
5. ____________
B. LISTENING
Storyteller: This is Gonzalo. (1) ___________________. At the moment, he is living and
working in New York. Every day, he takes photos of (2) _______________. Gonzalo came
to New York two years ago from Guatemala. He found a job and he’s now living in the East
Village. He has a photography studio in his apartment and he uses (3) _________________.
Gonzalo loves his life and his work but he wasn’t always a photographer.
Gonzalo: I went to school for something completely different. I went to Law school. I
graduated from Law school. I went to UFM and I have a law degree from UFM. But when
I graduated I was not happy with my (4) ________________.
Storyteller: Gonzalo was working for a newspaper when he decided to become a
photographer and moved to the United States. Gonzalo now works as a (5) _____________.
He uses several different cameras and lenses, but one camera is particularly special.
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Gonzalo: My first camera, uhm, actually is this one. Uhm, I inherited it from my grandfather.
He (6) ____________ when I was seven years old. My grandfather was German. This is
a German camera like a M2. It’s still in mint condition. I treasure it so much. I barely use it
but I mean it takes (7) ___________________ so…
Storyteller: Today, Gonzalo is taking photographs of a model for a (8) ____________. But
Gonzalo likes to photograph or shoot lots of different things. What are his favorites?
Gonzalo: My favorite things to shoot, ah, it’s a very tough question because I shoot a lot
of things. I love to shoot portraits. I love to shoot the street. I’m a big sports fan so I like to
shoot sports a lot.
Storyteller: Photography isn’t always easy. Gonzalo (9) ______________. And at the
moment, he is working on three different jobs. So why does he enjoy his job?
Gonzalo: It entertains me, it distracts me, it stops me from worrying about my
(10) ________________ or my stress or anything. So, I enjoy it, you know...
Storyteller: For Gonzalo, every day is different. And in a city like New York, there is always
something new and exciting to photograph.
1. Watch again and find out all the words with sounds /ai/ , /ei/ , /oi/ , /aʊ/ and /əʊ/.
/ai/
/ei/
/oi/
/aʊ/
/əʊ/
Answer the questions below.

1. What does Gonzalo do for a living?
________________________________________________________________.
2. Is he in Guatemala now?
________________________________________________________________.
3. What does he have in his apartment?
________________________________________________________________.
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4. Did he go to art school?

________________________________________________________________.
5. What does he use for his work?
________________________________________________________________.
6. From whom did he get the special camera?
________________________________________________________________.
7. Does he often use that special camera?
________________________________________________________________.
8. What are his favorite things to shoot?
________________________________________________________________.
9. How many jobs is he currently working on?
________________________________________________________________.
10. Why does he enjoy his job?
________________________________________________________________.
11. How is New York?
________________________________________________________________.
C. VOCABULARY
Fill the correct jobs in the blanks. The first letters of words are given.
hdhhd
1. An a __________
an architect. is a person whose job is designing buildings.
2. A b __________
businessman is a man who works in business, especially at a high level.
3. A c __________
chemist is a person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines, and who works
in a shop.
4. A d __________
director is one of a group of senior managers who run a company.
5. An e __________
engineer is a person whose job involves designing and building engines,
machines, roads, bridges, etc.
6. A f __________d
fashion __________
designer is a person who designs fashionable clothes.
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7. A h __________
hairdresser is a person whose job is to cut, wash and shape hair.
8. A j __________
journalist is a person whose job is to collect and write news stories for newspapers,
magazines, radio, television or online news sites.
9. A l __________
lawyer is a person who is trained and qualified to advise people about the law
and to represent them in court, and to write legal documents.
10. A m __________
musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or writes music, especially
as a job.
11. A p __________
progress is a university teacher of the highest rank.
12. A r __________
receptionist is a person whose job is to deal with people arriving at or phoning a
hotel, an office building, a doctor’s surgery, etc.
13. A s __________is
secretary. a person who works in an office, working for another person, dealing
with mail and phone calls, keeping records, arranging meetings with people, etc.
14. A s __________
soldier is a member of an army, especially one who is not an officer.
D. FISHBOWL
Brainstorm your ideas and prepare some new words for the following topic.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of career mismatch?
GLOSSARY
career /kəˈrɪə(r)/ (n): công việc, sự nghiệp
mismatch /ˌmɪsˈmætʃ/ (n) (v): sự lệch pha, sự không tương thích
career mismatch (n): việc làm trái ngành nghề
Idea flow:
• What career mismatch is (a simple definition in your own words)
• Why career mismatch exists
• To whom it matters
• How it matters
• Why it is good/bad
• Provide an example
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Example:
• Career mismatch means a person cannot get his favorite job.
• It happens because there is a limited number of jobs, especially during the pandemic
Covid-19.
Disadvantage Advantage
- It’s a problem for everyone. - It’s not a problem but a chance.

- The first disadvantage: It’s a problem - The first advantage: It’s a chance
because we have to do a job we don’t because we could learn useful things in
really like or really understand. other fields.
- For example: My friend Ashley is a dancer. - For example: My English teacher was a
Due to Coronavirus, she is now working chemist in the UK. She came to Vietnam
as an accountant. She is unhappy about it last year to teach English because of
as she doesn’t like it. Covid-19. She told us useful things about
- The second disadvantage: … medicines.
For example: … - The second advantage: …
- The third disadvantage: … For example: …
For example: … - The third advantage: …

For example: …
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/ei/ /ai/ /oi/

play time voice

3. First practise the sound /au/ in words from the dialogue

Mr. Brown: Yes. lt's under the couch now.

Answer the questions below.

4. Did he go to art school?

- It’s a problem for everyone. - It’s not a problem but a chance.

For example: … - The second advantage: …

- The third disadvantage: … For example: …

For example: … - The third advantage: …

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