Business English lesson 7 : Describing your job
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Lesson 7 :
DESCRIBING YOUR JOB

Objectives: learn how to describe your job to someone else. Improve your communication in a professional context and your business skills.
Level : A2/B1
Public : for people who want to communicate in a business environment
Total duration : 1 hour (approximately 10 minutes for each part)

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My name’s Emma Sanders I’m a training manager. I’m from the USA but I live in London. I work for a large insurance company.

I’m Kate Roberts. I’m from London. I work in the I.T (information technology) department of an insurance company.

My name is Alex Mitchell. I work for a training company. I’m in the sales department. I’m a sales rep. (representative).

Emma Sanders: My department is the human resources department. I manage the training for the employees. Here we have 10 people in the H.R (human resources) department and three in the training team.

We do training courses for all the departments : sales, marketing, finance. We run a lot of training courses for presentations, communication skills, languages, I.T (information technology), finance, everything. People need training all the time.

Kate Roberts: My company has six departments: sales, marketing, finance, human resources, business development and I.T. I like my department.

I work with eleven I.T technicians in one big office. We manage the computer systems here and we work with all the departments. We fix computers and we make new programs for the company systems. It’s very interesting.

Alex Michell : We make online training programs. I sell the programs to companies. I travel around the country and present the training programs to H.R. (human resources) and training managers. I meet four or five new people every day.
We have four reps (representatives) in the sales department, but I don’t see them because I’m never in the office. My office is my car or a cafe.

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My name’s Emma Sanders I’m a training manager. I’m from the USA but I live in London. I work for a large insurance company.	Je m’appelle Emma Sanders, je suis responsable de la formation. Je suis originaire des États-Unis mais je vis à Londres. Je travaille pour une grande compagnie d’assurance.
I’m Kate Roberts. I’m from London. I work in the I.T (information technology) department of an insurance company.	Je m’appelle Kate Roberts. Je suis originaire de Londres. Je travaille dans le service informatique d’une compagnie d’assurance.
My name is Alex Mitchell. I work for a training company. I’m in the sales department. I’m a sales rep. (representative).	Je m’appelle Alex Mitchell. Je travaille pour une entreprise de formation. Je suis dans le service des ventes. Je suis représentant.
Emma Sanders: My department is the human resources department. I manage the training for the employees. Here we have 10 people in the H.R (human resources) department and three in the training team. We do training courses for all the departments : sales, marketing, finance. We run a lot of training courses for presentations, communication skills, languages, I.T (information technology), finance, everything. People need training all the time.	Emma Sanders : Je travaille dans le département des ressources humaines. Je gère la formation des salariés. Dans ce service, nous avons dix personnes dans le département des ressources humaines et trois dans l’équipe de formation. Nous offrons des formations à tous les départements : ventes, marketing, finances. Nous faisons aussi beaucoup de formations à la prise de parole en public la communication, les langues, l’informatique (IT) , les finances, tous les domaines. Les gens ont besoin d’être formés en permanence
Kate Roberts: My company has six departments: sales, marketing, finance, human resources, business development and I.T. I like my department. I work with eleven I.T technicians in one big office. We manage the computer systems here and we work with all the departments. We fix computers and we make new programs for the company systems. It’s very interesting.	Kate Roberts : mon entreprise compte six départements : ventes, marketing, finances, ressources humaines, développement commercial et informatique. J’aime travailler dans mon service. Je travaille avec onze techniciens informatiques dans un grand bureau. Nous gérons les systèmes informatiques de l’entreprise et nous travaillons avec tous les départements. Nous réparons les ordinateurs et nous créons de nouveaux programmes pour les systèmes (informatiques) de l’entreprise. C’est très intéressant!
Alex Michell : We make online training programs. I sell the programs to companies. I travel around the country and present the training programs tohr (human resources) and training managers. I meet four or five new people every day. We have four reps (representatives) in the sales department, but I don’t see them because I’m never in the office. My office is my car or a cafe.	Alex Mitchell : Nous créons des programmes de formation en ligne. Je vends les programmes aux entreprises. Je voyage dans tout le pays et je présente les programmes de formation aux responsables des ressources humaines et de la formation. Je rencontre quatre ou cinq nouvelles personnes tous les jours. Nous avons quatre représentants dans le département des ventes, mais je ne les vois pas parce que je ne suis jamais au bureau. Mon bureau est ma voiture ou un café.

2️⃣ Learn new words:

Meaning:
I.T = Information Technology: use of electronic equipment especially computers
(Traduction : Informatique : Utilisation d’équipements électroniques, en particulier d’ordinateurs)

Meaning:
H.R= Human Resources : the department of a company that deals with employing and training people (DRH)
(Traduction: Le département d’une entreprise qui s’occupe de l’emploi et de la formation des personnes.)

Meaning:
To make (made-made): to create or prepare sth by combining material or putting parts together
(Traduction: Faire)

Synonyms:
to build, to assemble, to put together

Meaning:
to perform an action (the nature of which is unspecified)
(Traduction: Pour effectuer une action (dont la nature n’est pas précisée)

Synonyms:
to achieve, to complete

Meaning:
to give something to somebody in exchange for money
(Traduction: Vendre : donner quelque chose à quelqu’un en échange d’argent)

Antonyms:
to buy, to purchase

Meaning:
showing a product or idea to an audience
(Traduction : une présentation : Présenter un produit ou une idée à un public)

Synonyms:
a talk, a speech, an oration

Meaning:
to go from one place to another, especially over a long distance
(Traduction: Voyager : Aller d’un endroit à un autre, surtout sur une longue distance)

Antonym:
To stay

Meaning:
a group of people who work together on a particular project (sports: a group of people playing together)
(Traduction: une équipe : un groupe de personnes qui travaillent ensemble sur un projet particulier (sport : un groupe de personnes qui jouent ensemble)

Synonym:
A group