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Тема 4.2. Прочитайте и переведите текст. Обратите внимание на выделенные слова и

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The career ladder. (ТК 11)

When John left school he applied for a job in the accounts department of a local

engineering company. They gave him a job as a trainee. He did not earn very much

but they gave him a lot of training, and sent him on training courses.

John worked hard at the company and his prospects looked good. After his first

year he got a good pay rise, and after three years he was promoted. After seven

years he was in charge of the accounts department with five other employees under

him.

By the time John was 31, however, he decided

he wanted a fresh challenge. He resigned from his company and started looking for

a new job with a bigger company. After a couple of months he managed to find a

job with an international company which involved a lot of foreign travel. He was

very excited about the new job and at first he really enjoyed the traveling, but

After about seven months, John started to dislike the constant moving around, and

after a year he hated it; he never really made any friends in the new company and

he hated living in hotels. Unfortunately his work was not satisfactory either and

finally he was sacked a year later. After that, John found things much more

difficult. He was unemployed for over a year. He had to sell his car and move out

of his new house. Things were looking bad and John had to accept a part-time job

on a fruit and vegetable stall in a market.

To his surprise, John loved the market. He

enjoyed working out in the open air. After three years, he took over the stall. Three

years later he opened a second stall, and after twelve years he had fifteen stalls.

Last year John retired at the age of 61, a very rich man.