SESSION 9: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 9: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES.


THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:
1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.
2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.


1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT


1.1 TRUE FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or False (F):
a. The "best job in the world" is to look after a desert island.
b. One of the duties of this job is to catch and cook fish.
c. There are 15,000 species of fish living on the Great Barrier Reef.
d. More than 35,000 people applied for this wonderful job.
e. Website visitors will choose a shortlist of 10 candidates.
f. Website visitors can look at the video applications of the candidates.
g. All of the applicants for the best job in the world are Australian.
h. Tourist officials want someone who is motivated and professional.


1.2 SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. position ..............................a. post
2. look after ............................b. reduce
3. promote .............................c. job
4. mail ..................................d. choose
5. applied ..............................e. publicize
6. process ..............................f. match
7. select ................................g. care for
8. current ..............................h. method
9. narrow down .......................i. went for
10. fit ..................................j. present


1.3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
1. a tropical island off the ....................a. off fish
2. writing a blog to promote .................b. of the applicants
3. over 1,500 species ..........................c. the area
4. The successful applicant will get a ........d. of 50
5. over 35,000 people .........................e. salary of nearly US$100,000
6. The next stage in the .......................f. of paradise
7. applications of all 50 ........................g. coast of Queensland
8. The current shortlist ........................h. applied for the job
9. they all want a slice ........................i. selection process
10. the motivation and professionalism .....j. hopeful caretakers


1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:


LOOKING - COAST - APPLICANTS - KNOW - TOURISM - PROMOTE - APPLIED - FEED

The world will soon __________ who will get the "best job in the world". The position is for a caretaker to live on and look after a tropical island off the __________ of Queensland, Australia. Duties include relaxing on the island, which is part of the Great Barrier Reef, and writing a blog to __________ the area. Other responsibilities are to feed the fish, clean the pool and collect the mail. The job website, islandreefjob.com, tells __________: "There are over 1,500 species of fish living in the Great Barrier Reef. Don´t worry. You won´t need to __________ them all." The successful applicant will get a salary of nearly US$100,000 for the six months. Officials from Queensland´s __________ department announced on Tuesday that they were now __________ at 50 candidates. Unsurprisingly, over 35,000 people __________ for the job.

NARROW - HOPEFUL - FIT - PROCESS - CURRENT - SELECT - FORMAL - SLICE

The new stage in the selection __________ is to get the list of candidates down to 11. The tourism board will __________ ten people. Visitors to the website will choose an eleventh person. The public can look at the video applications of all 50 __________ caretakers. The eleven lucky finalists will then fly to Hamilton Island for a __________ interview. The winner will be announced on May 6, and the job starts on July 1. The __________ shortlist of 50 includes people from 22 countries. They include dancers, chefs, scientists and students and they all want a __________ of paradise. Queensland Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said there was much discussion to __________ down the list to 50. He told reporters, "it boiled down to...the motivation and professionalism of the applicants and their '__________' with the job and Tourism Queensland".