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LET’S BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY

TRAVEL OPPORTUNITY EXPERIENCE

SKILLS DANGEROUS
LISTEN AND READ 
Beverly and Dereck Joubert

Beverly Joubert and her husband Dereck are creative people. Together,
they write and make interesting films about animals in Africa. They love to
explore different parts of Africa, and the result is 22 films, 10 books, and
many articles!

In order to work together, the Jouberts need to communicate well and

understand one another. Their films win many awards, but for the Jouberts,
making films is an adventure. It is also a way to do something good for
endangered animals. They started the Big Cats Initiative fund. With this money, the Jouberts can help the
lions and other animals they love. Says Dereck, “If there was ever a time to take action, it is now.”
LET’S USE YOUR DICTIONARY 
NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE

exploration explore exploratory

communicate

help

creative
LET’S USE YOUR DICTIONARY 
NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE

exploration explore exploratory

communication communicate communicative

help help helpful/helpless

creation/creator create creative

 A: Guess what! I have a new job (1) ___________
B: That’s great! What’s the job?

LET’S A: I get to go to Kenya and take photos for a book. It’s

pretty (2)_________work, and I can (3)______ Kenya
PRACTICE while I’m there.

• Communicate B: Good for you! Can you (4)__________by email or

telephone from there?
• Creative
A: Oh, sure. I can send you an email message every day.
• Explore
B: Good. Then I won’t worry about you.
• Help
A: By the way, can you (5) _________with something now?
• Opportunity
B: No problem. What do you need?
A: I need you to pick up my camera from the camera shop.
A: Guess what! I have a new job (1) opportunity
B: That’s great! What’s the job?
A: I get to go to Kenya and take photos for a book. It’s
pretty (2)creative work, and I can (3)explore Kenya
while I’m there.
B: Good for you! Can you (4)communicate by email or
telephone from there?
A: Oh, sure. I can send you an email message every day.
B: Good. Then I won’t worry about you.
A: By the way, can you (5) help me with something now?
B: No problem. What do you need?
A: I need you to pick up my camera from the camera shop.
 Annie Griffiths is famous for her beautiful photographs.
The photos come from all over the world, so it’s just a
normal part of life for Griffiths to (1) ___________.
PHOTOGRAPHE Living in other countries is not for everyone, but for
R ANNIE Griffiths and her children, it’s an (2) ___________. Her
children especially love the Middle East, and their (3)
GRIFFITHS ___________ in that part of the world helped them to
learn about other cultures.
• Adventure Griffiths’ work can also be (4) ____________. Traveling
• Dangerous
is not always safe. In the Galápagos Islands, Griffiths
found herself in the water with sharks one day!
• Experiences
Besides writing and taking pictures, Griffiths teaches
• Skills photography (5) _________ to people want to become
• Travel photographers. They know they are learning from one of
the best photographers in the world.
Annie Griffiths is famous for her beautiful photographs.
The photos come from all over the world, so it’s just a
normal part of life for Griffiths to (1) travel.
Living in other countries is not for everyone, but for
Griffiths and her children, it’s an (2) adventure. Her
children especially love the Middle East, and their (3)
experiences in that part of the world helped them to learn
about other cultures.
Griffiths’ work can also be (4) dangerous. Traveling is
not always safe. In the Galápagos Islands, Griffiths
found herself in the water with sharks one day!
Besides writing and taking pictures, Griffiths teaches
photography (5) skills to people want to become
photographers. They know they are learning from one of
the best photographers in the world.
PREDICTING
About My Photo
Where: Victoria Falls, Zambia
When: around sunset, in 2006
What: a swimmer
Why: beautiful light, amazing place
Critical Thinking Focus: Identifying Main
Ideas
The main idea or ideas of a talk are the speaker’s most
important ideas. The details of a talk give more information
about the main ideas.
Listening for Main Ideas
 Annie Griffiths’ work is dangerous sometimes.
 Annie Griffiths’ job as a photographer is very interesting.
 Annie Griffiths knows how to communicate with the people she meets
Listening for Details
BUTLER
SCHOOL
LESSON A AND B
Prior Knowledge
1. Butlers usually work in England.
2. Butlers work for rich people in large houses
3. Butlers wear informal clothes.
4. Butlers speak in a formal way.
What do students do at the butler school?
 graduate from school
 iron newspapers
 learn from books
 learn to walk properly
 practice saying things
 wash clothes
After Viewing
Careers: Dangerous Interesting work
o Butler High salary Opportunities to learn new things
o Business person Low pay Easy work
o Doctor Difficult job Long hours
o News reporter Travel opportunities
o Scientist
o Waiter/Waitress
Critical Thinking
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BULDING VOCABULARY
Q: What kind of people make good nurses?
A: Well, you have to be organized. For example, I’m in charge of my patients’ medicine. I
have to give them the correct medicine, so I write everything down in a chart. I get the
medicine. Then, I check on my chart that it’s the correct one. Nobody gets the wrong
medicine that way.
Q: You are well organized!
A: Thanks. It has a big effect on my patients’ health, so it’s important to me. Nurses also
have to be fit because the work is very physical.
Q: What kind of physical work do you do?
A: I stand or walk all the time, and sometimes I have to lift patients up from their beds.
BULDING VOCABULARY
Q: Is teaching a difficult job?
A: Sometimes it is. Although students are wonderful, the school has a rule I don’t like.
Q: What kind of rule?
A: Well, I teach math and science, and I think they’re very important subjects. But
students here don’t have to take both subjects. They can take one or the other and
still graduate.
Q: Do you mean they can finish school and never take math, for example?
A: Yes, they can. It’s not a good idea, in my opinion.
 
BULDING VOCABULARY
Q: What does an engineer do every day?
A: Well, there are many kinds of engineers. I’m an industrial engineer. I look at our
processes here at the factory, and I search for any problems.
Q: What do you do if you find a problem?
A: I give a presentation to my managers. We have a meeting, and I explain the
problem to them. We try to find ways to solve it.
Q: What happens next?
A: They usually follow my suggestions.
Q: So the managers here have a lot of respect for you.
A: Yes, I believe they do respect me. It’s one of the reasons I like my job.
 
 
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
• You believe creative job is the best thing for you?
• What other job skills do you have?
• Can you manage other employees?
ROLE-PLAYING
A: You are the manager at a workplace. Ask your partner the job interview questions from the
conversation in exercise B.
B: You are at a job interview. You really want the job. Answer the interview questions with your
own ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
1. What effect does each worker have on the world? For example, what effect does the nurse
have on her patients’ health?
2. What does the engineer believe about his managers? Do you think he is right? Explain.
3. Besides nursing, what other jobs are very physical? Are they good jobs in your opinion?
4. In what ways are you an organized student? How could you be more organized?