148 UniT 11 | Good job! FBI agents aren’t the only famous agents in popular culture. Think about the questions below, then discuss your ideas with a partner. 1 What is it like to work as a spy? 2 What qualities do you think spies need for their work? 3 Have you ever seen a Bond film? What is James Bond like? 4 What could be the differences between James Bond and real spies? You are going to listen to an FM4 interview about people who work for the UK as spies. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, match the beginnings of the sentences (1–6) with the sentence endings (A–I). There are two extra sentence endings that you should not use. Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. After the second listening, you will have 45 seconds to check your answers. SPEAKING 4 LISTENING 5a 27 0 The Bond films . C 1 When people think of British spies, they . 2 Case officers try to make people . 3 People can only trust case officers if they . 4 Case officers and their agents . 5 Agents are often people who . 6 As a test, candidates have been asked to . A do something they wouldn’t normally do F know the officer will always help them B feel they deserve more money or respect G get a stranger’s personal documents C are very important for recruiting agents H tell stories that aren’t true D think of attractive men in suits I are very different kinds of people E do not think of the risks they are taking Interview with a spymaster Personal qualities Here are some of the qualities employers look for in their employees. Look up unknown expressions in a dictionary and then decide on five you think are important for any job. LANGUAGE 3 a a self-confidence b creativity c maturity d loyalty e enthusiasm f intelligence g punctuality h patience i education j flexibility k ambition l reliability Make a table with the nouns above and their adjectives. Example: self-confidence – self-confident b Could you imagine working as an agent? Talk to a partner. b Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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