EF C1.1 p 13. Emma's Jobs. Listening 1.13

 - Emma managed to get the jobs thanks to (1)________________ and (2)___________________. She also wrote (3)____________ letters among other things.

-The interviewer was curious to know whether with only two weeks she could (4)________________________ what a job was like in the long run.

- Emma says that those two weeks were enough to get a (5)________________ of a job.

- Emma says she didn't need any qualifications because she was actually work (6) _______________

- Her favourite job seems to have been (7)_________________ in Cornwall because it challenged all of her (8)__________________ about farming nowadays.

- The farmer sold (9)________________ luxury children’s clothes to department stores. 

- She found (10)_______________ very challenging.

1. networking

2. cold-calling

3. cover

4. get a feel for 

get/have a feel for something to get/have an understanding of something or be naturally good at doing it She has a real feel for languages.

 

 

5. flavour

6. shadowing

7. alpaca farming

 

 

 

8. assumptions

 

 

 

9. high-end

high-end/ˌhaɪ ˈend/expensive and of high quality.

E.g. 

Those are considered to be high-end personal computers. 

 

 

 

10. copy-editing

copy-edit (something) to correct and prepare a text for printing