In this lesson we’re looking at home and professional life in English. You’ll be asked to understand and compare two people’s lives.
Have fun with the lesson, and don’t forget to try the quizzes.
– James.
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Audio: Mario Bianchi's life
Listen to Mario Bianchi talk about his job, life and family. See how much you understand.
Listen again to Mario talking about his life and complete the sentences below. Do not use contractions in this quiz!
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Hi, Mario Bianchi here. Some people say that I have a strange job, but I love it. I am a professional reviewer. Basically I to write online reviews for companies or products. I often reviews in Italian, English and Spanish.
I’m paid good money, about €40,000 a year and I get to work wherever I want!
I at 4 a.m every morning, my first review before 5 a.m.
I sometimes work from home, but most of the time I go to the park to work. I to the park, my laptop in my bag, I find a quiet area and start working. I the fresh air.
Occasionally I a jogger, and they stop for a chat.
I normally ten reviews every day, and they before lunch. Then I have the rest of the day to spend with my family and do what I want. I have two teenage children and my wife at the University of Milan.
Sometimes I football in the afternoon, other days I my children’s rugby team.
I also for my master’s degree at the moment. I be an editor for a news site, but I’m not in a rush. Right now I my life.
Some people it’s not much of a job, but while they are stuck in an office, I football!
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Text: Susan Parker's life
Home life
Susan Parker is married, and she’s got three children, aged 6, 9, and 11. She rarely sees her children because she spends so much time at work. Susan and her husband Chris have a house in Denver, Colorado. Their house is very big, it has a swimming pool and a tennis court.
Work
Susan is an interpreter, she works for US Solar, which is a very large company. She’s paid a lot of money but she usually has to travel for her job. She sometimes has to go to other countries like Mexico or Brazil. At the moment, she’s in Argentina, and next week she’s travelling to France.
Free time
If she’s at home at the weekend, she and her family sometimes go walking in the mountains, but that doesn’t happen very often. Susan and her husband Chris never have much time to relax together.
Is she happy?
She says that she doesn’t know if she’s happy, because she’s too busy to think about it.
Read the text about Susan and listen to Mario’s audio again, then answer the questions below. You will sometimes have to choose both answers.
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Who is married?
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Who is happy?
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Who goes to other countries for their job?
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Who is travelling to France next week?
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Who plays football?
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Who is studying for a master’s degree?
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Who works in different languages?
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Who lives in Milan?
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Who is in Argentina?
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Match the halves of the sentences that are about Susan and Marco.
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- is very happy.
- doesn't know if she's happy.
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- is a reviewer.
- is an interpreter.
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- has two children.
- has three children.
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- lives in Milan.
- lives in Denver.
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- works in the park.
- works in other countries.
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Active and passive sentences
Mario’s audio and Susan’s text use both active and passive sentences.
To put it simply, an active sentence is when the subject does the verb:
I take my laptop.
A passive sentence is when something happens to the subject:
My laptop is put in my bag.
Passive sentences use the verb to be plus another verb in its past participle form.
