5. Susie is telephoning about a summer job. Use
the cues to complete the conversation.
Marco: Parade Ices.
Example: Susie: Hello I / ring / about / jobs /
summer stuff
Hello, I’m ringing about the jobs for summer staff.
1. Marco: You need / speak / my father
2. But / I / be / afraid / he not be / here / moment
3. you like / leave / message?
4. no, thanks / I / call back / later
5. when / be / good time / call?
Part 5: Reading
6.Read about working conditions in Britain
during the industrial revolution and match the
headings to the paragraphs. There is one extra
heading you do not need.
a - A servant’s life.
b - A change for the better
c - Improved standard of living
d - New cities, new dangers
e - Danger at work
f - No childhood for the poor
(1)
Britain was the workshop of the world for over a century
but the new working class carried the cost. The poor
from the countryside went to new cities like Manchester
in search of a better life. In fact, conditions in the factories
and new towns were often much worse. Entire families
lived in tiny houses or single rooms. Disease spread
through bad water and killed large numbers of people.
(2)
People of all ages had to work - there was no real difference
between
adults and children. Children as young
as seven worked up to eighteen
hours a day six days
a week. Children and pregnant women worked in the
mines pulling loads of coal. Nor was their any limit on
the hours that people had to work. Slaves probably led
better lives.
(3)
Mines and factories were extremely dangerous places
and there were often accidents caused by unsafe
machinery. In textile factories children
were expected to
clean under the machines while they were in operation.
The materials they worked with were often extremely
dangerous too – girls who worked in match factories
developed illnesses
from working with phosphorus.
(4)
Despite the large numbers employed in factories and
the mines, domestic service was the biggest employer
for young women. Life was still incredibly hard for
girls who were as young as eleven or twelve. Their
days usually began at six when they had to clean and
make up the fires throughout their master and
mistress’s house.
(5) .
Even though not all employers exploited their workers
it wasn’t until 1833 and 1844 that new regulations
concerning the employment of children became law.
Children under nine were no longer allowed to work at
night, and the working day of children under eighteen
was limited to 12 hours. The labour and trade union
movements gradually improved conditions for all workers,
including children.
1. Marco: You need to speak to my father
2. But I'm afraid, he isn't here at the moment
3. Would you like to leave a message?
4. No, thanks I'll call back later.
5. When will be good time to call?
Reading:
1 c
2 f
3 e
4 a
5 b