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7 LISTENING TO TWO JOBS: Public Relations vs Bank Teller

A. Listen to the audio describing the job of a Public Relations. Complete the blanks while you are
listening to the audio.

Public relations is 1) ………….………… a more and more important part of every company. The PR

department in some 2) ……………………... is huge. People in PR have to work 3) ………………… in getting
the company’s name out there. I guess sometimes they have to 4) ……………... . I’m not sure if a

lot of PR staff actually 5) ……………… the advertising of their company. Public relations is also now a
huge part of government. The PR of presidents and prime 6) ………………… is carefully managed. A lot

of taxpayers money is spent on making sure the leader always looks and sounds 7) …………... . They
must always say the right thing and have the perfect 8) ………………. . What a waste of money. When

something goes wrong, it’s called a public relations 9) ………………….. . That means 10) ………………
governments are public relations disasters.

Source: http://www.listenaminute.com/p/public_relations.html

B. Listen again. Listen to a different audio describing the job of a bank teller.

1. What is the reason of people continue to do their business with certain banks?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. What makes a great bank teller?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. What are the typical business duties of a bank teller? Mention 3 tasks.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. What kind of personality a bank teller should have?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. To what position(s) a bank teller can rise?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

C. Groupwork. After listening to the two audios, compare the two jobs and answer these
questions.

1. What is the fact mentioned in the audio?
2. How do you identify the fact in the audio?
3. Compare the jobs and find the better one.
4. How is the job better than the other one?

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