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Answer — Exercise 4

5 - That must be stressful·Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book

Question

Listen to two people - Amanda and Ivan - who have recently met. Answer the questions.

Answer

  1. Amanda works for a mobile phone company. She is in the design department. She’s involved in designing the graphics and icons on the phone screen. Ivan isn’t working at the moment, he’s studying for exams. 
  2. Amanda studied graphic design, then after graduating she got a job with a company that designed websites. Then she got the job with Vodafone. Ivan worked in a law firm two years ago, but it wasn’t paid. They said it was work experience.
  3. Ivan is preparing for government exams so he can get a civil service job. It’s much more secure. It’s almost a job for life.
  4. Amanda is 33. She was 25 when she joined the company and she’s been there for eight years. Ivan is 30 – but Amanda thinks he looks younger.

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