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Page 40 - Exercise 10

Listening - Repair jobs

Listen to three people talk about their jobs. Complete the chart.

1 - Joe

I work in the watch repair center of a large department store. I repair all kinds of watches, but nowadays most of them are pretty easy to fix because they all run on batteries. The most common problem is, they need a new battery since that only takes a minute or so to fix. I always have plenty of time to tell my watch jokes. Like this one, what time is it when an elephant sits on your watch? Time to buy a new watch. And here’s another one. What time is it when the big hand is on.

2 - Louise

I repair luggage, mostly suitcases. I have a little shop at the airport. People spend a lot of money on luggage and often all it takes is one flight for a suitcase to get damaged. The most typical problem I guess is the wheels, I fixed the wheels on about 20 suitcases a week. It’s not surprising really, with the way those baggage handlers throw people’s luggage around. You’d think they were playing ball the way they toss the suitcases.

3 - Sam

I repair household appliances. The most frequent calls I get are from people who are having trouble with the garbage disposal system in their kitchen sink. Usually, the thing gets jammed because people put too much food into it at one time or something metal or plastic is fallen down into it. It’s usually pretty easy to fix a garbage disposal, but every once in a while you run into situations that aren’t exactly typical. One time a little girl put her doll down into the disposal. She thought the doll would enjoy the ride. She couldn’t get it back out again, and she was afraid to tell her mother. So when the mother went to use the disposal. It made a horrible noise and then died and so did the doll.