PART 2 Long monologue with sentence completion

Here are four more cues from Cormac's talk.
Match them with four of sentences 3-10 in the Exam task below.

a) So, how did I get into this field?

b) After university, I spent ten years working in different
countries. I started off...
c) One thing I like about my job, however, is that it's not limited to working in a lab.
d) If I was at the start of my working life, as you are, I'd say
that what would appeal to me more than anything is the...

6 You will hear the rest of the talk that the fire investigation and protection engineer gives to the students. Listen and complete sentences 3-10.

Cormac says a (3). gave him the idea of becoming a fire investigator. Cormac describes fire investigation and protection as a kind of (4) until about twenty-five years ago.
Cormac uses the word (5) to describe the project work he did at university.
Working on the safety of a (6). was the most interesting thing Cormac did in his first job after university.


Cormac now uses something called a fire product collector' to measure how much (7) burning objects release.
Cormac says he enjoys working in (8) more than he had expected to.
Of all the skills Cormac needs in his current job, (9) is the one he finds hardest to master.
Cormac highlights the (10) of fire investigation work as something that should attract young people into his profession.

7 Now look at the transcript and do the following.

a) Highlight the answers to sentences 1-10.
b) Highlight the cues for each of the sentences to complete.
8a Work in pairs. Imagine you were one of the students at the fire investigator's talk. Think of three questions you could ask him.
What's the biggest fire you've ever investigated?

8b Now work in different pairs.
Student A: you ask the questions you have thought of.
Student B: you play the part of the fire investigator and answer the questions. (Invent your answers.)

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