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Speaking 1 Work n mall groups. List he IT jobs y o u know.
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What do you do? I'm a programmer.
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Where do they work? They work for Siemens in Egypt.
Do you work in IT? Yes, 1 do/No 1 don't.
Listening 3 StfjEH Listen o three people talking about heir jobs. Complete these job
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1 Karl
Job: software
Responsibilities: he designs and computer games.
2 Heba
Job: analyst
Responsibilities: h e . . omputer problems.
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3 Wojtek
Job: database
Responsibilities: he analyses and . . electronic data.
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