JOBS AND OCCUPATIONS
What is a job or occupation?
It's a person's usual or principal work or business, specially as a means of earning a living; vocation: i.e, she is a doctor.
Another explanation for job or occupation is: any activity in which a person is engaged.
Let's see some occupations and it's meaning in Spanish..
ENGLISH | SPANISH | ENGLISH | SPANISH |
lawyer | abogado | bookseller | librero |
actor/actress | actor/actriz | sailor | marinero |
customs officer | aduanero | doctor | médico |
farmer | agricultor | mechanic | mecánico |
builder | albañil | miner | minero |
architect | arquitecto | model | modelo |
consultant | asesor | instructor | monitor |
astronaut | astronauta | monk | monje |
air hostess | azafata | nun | monja |
dustman | basurero | nanny | niñera |
fireman | bombero | labourer | obrero |
waiter/waitress | camarero/a | office worker | oficinista |
lorry driver | camionero | baker | panadero |
singer | cantante | shepherd | pastor |
foreman | capataz | hairdresser | peluquero |
butcher | carnicero | journalist | periodista |
postman | cartero | fisherman | pescador |
scientist | científico | pilot | piloto |
surgeon | cirujano | painter | pintor |
cook | cocinero | politician | político |
driver | conductor | policeman | policía |
accountant | contable | caretaker | portero |
servant | criado | teacher | profesor |
priest | cura | psychologist | psicólogo |
dentist | dentista | psychiatrist | psiquiatra |
shop assistant | dependiente | receptionist | recepcionista |
electrician | electricista | watchmaker | relojero |
employee | empleado | reporter | reportero |
bank clerk | empleado de banco | priest | sacerdote |
nurse | enfermero | tailor | sastre |
writer | escritor | secretary | secretario |
student | estudiante | soldier | soldado |
chemist | farmacéutico | shorthand typist | taquimeca |
plumber | fontanero | taxi driver | taxista |
farmer | granjero | technician | técnico |
engineer | ingeniero | bullfighter | torero |
gardener | jardinero | translator | traductor |
jeweller | joyero | salesman | vendedor |
judge | juez | vet | veterinario |
shoemaker | zapatero |
Now, let's see jobs with images so that you could have better understanding..
Let's see more..
YOU ALREADY NOW A LOT ABOUT JOB AND OCCUPATIONS. NOW LET'S LEARN HOW TO ASK SOMEONE FOR THEIR JOB..
You simple use one of the following two questions: What's your job? or What do you do?
To answer this question you use the verb to be conjugated plus your occupation. Example: I am a teacher or I am a doctor.
You can also use the rest of the pronouns when asking and responding to those questions. Example: What does she do? or What's her job?.. The answer should be: She is a__________. You'll complete the blank space with the name of the job or occupation.
Let's listen to the explanation in the following video..
Let's listen to the explanation in the following video..
OK, GREAT FOLKS!
LET'S PAY ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING VIDEO SO THAT YOU COULD LISTEN TO PRONUNCIATION AND DEVELOP YOUR LISTENING SKILLS.
Let's do some exercises and practice what you've learned!
EVALUATION
Answer the following questions:
1. What do you do?
2. What's your job?
3. Can you please mention three occupations that you learned in this blog?
4. Will you become a teacher soon?
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