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Unit 3. Work and Workforce.
Part 1. Warming up.
A.Keywords
my job.
Vocabulary
on top of, self-worth.
Listen to three people talking about their jobs. Guess what job they each are engaged in and supply the corresponding key words.
Maybe the biggest challenge for me is listening to people talk all about their problems. At the end of day, I am usually pretty worn out. At times, it can be depressing as well.
On the other hand, I do see patients making real progress. It's great to see someone really turn their life around and get on top of a problem that they thought they never could deal with.
2. Camp counselor.
As a camp counselor, it's difficult to find a way to get through to kids with problems and win their trust.
Sometimes, kids are very suspicious, and find it hard to trust an adult, even a young adult.
So getting them to open up is the hardest part. Once you've done that, they almost become different people.
One of the things I find most rewarding is seeing kids develop confidence and sense of self-worth. It is especially great to see that happen in a kid who started out the summer with low-self esteem.
3. Firefighter.
It sounds pretty obvious, but in my job, the biggest challenge is going into a burning building that's full of smoke, when you can barely see a few inches in front of you.
It's really difficult, especially when you know there are people in there, and it's your job to get them out.
Once you do get someone out safely, then you feel really great and you forget about how dangerous the work is.
