1. Words and expressions: design designer hand-truck remove refuse gently
Unit 19 Jobs
Lesson The secret is out
Words and expressions:
design designer hand-truck
remove refuse gently
pretend department cross
to one’s surprise
look down on/upon

2. F F T F F True or false. II.Listen to the record of the passage:
1. Mr King had worked in Notco company
for five years.
2. Mr King had a car accident.
3. Mr King was taken to the hospital at once.
4. His secret was discovered the next morning.
5. The boss called on Mr King and discovered the
secret. F F T F F

3. Choose the right answer for each blank.
1. Ms King, whose legs were badly hurt, refused
to remove his trousers and the doctor_________
A. was very angry B. decided not to help him
C. was surprising D. was very surprised
2. What do you think of the worker who hit the back
of Ms King’s legs? The worker would________.
A. feel very sorry
B. be a careless worker
C. probably lose his job
D. both A and C

4. 3. Why is the secret out? Because__________.
A. Ms King was so good an engineer
B. The boss called at the hospital after work to
find out whether Ms. King was better
C. Ms King was a woman engineer
D. Ms King was hit by a careless worker
4. Which of the following statement is true?
A. Ms King had to work instead of Mr King.
B. Ms King was one of the women who could hardly
find a job in companies.
C. Ms King pretended to be Mr King who was one of
the best engineers.
D. Mr King left her husband and had to work
herself.

5. III. Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions:
1. Who was Mr King ?
Where did he work?
He was once one of the best engineers in the Notco Company in Australia.

6. The doctor asked him to remove his trousers
2. What happened to him one day?
He had an accident. A worker drove a hand-truck so carelessly that it hit the back of Mr King’s legs.
3. What did the doctor ask him to do when he wanted to examine his legs?
The doctor asked him to remove his trousers

7. He had a secret and he didn’t
4. Why did Mr King refused to remove his trousers?
He had a secret and he didn’t
want the secret to be discovered.
5. Why did Mr King pretend to be a man?
In order to get a good job as an engineer

8. Mr King had been put in Women’s Room 31.
6. Why did Mr Pattis call at the hospital that evening?
7. What surprised Ms Pattis?
He called at the hospital to find out whether Mr King was better.
Mr King had been put in Women’s Room 31.

9. She pretended to be a man in order to get a good job as an engineer.
8. What did Ms King tell Mr Pattis?
She pretended to be a man in order to get a good job as an engineer.
She enjoyed working in the company and wanted to stay there.

10. Fill in the blanks with proper words in the text.
legs
One day, Mr King had an __________ and his _____ were badly hurt. In __________, when a doctor asked him to ________ his trousers for the examination, he ________. Finally he told the doctor he was in fact a woman.She was taken to________ Room 31. The ______in ________ department Mr King worked, Mr Pattis, heard about the accident and ________ at the hospital after work.
So the secret was __________.
accident
hospital
refused
remove
Women’s
boss
whose
called
discovered

11. Complete the dialogues
I. King: I’ve had an accident. A handtruck hit me and
my legs ___________.
Doctor: Will you please take off ______________? I’ll
have to _________________.
King: Oh no, I can’t do that.
Doctor: What’s the matter, young man?
King: Oh doctor, you don’t know… I really can’t…
Doctor: Please ________________. Unless ___________.
King: Doctor, I have a secret. Please don’t __________ .
I’m a _________.
Doctor: A woman? You’re a woman. Then why do you
______________________?
King: I had to pretend _______________ . I had to
lie__________________________.

12. II. Pattis: Hello, Mr King! How ____________________?
King: I’m much better now.________________________.
Pattis: I’m glad to hear that. But Mr King, there’s one
thing I can’t understand. Why have they _______
________________Room?
King: I’m very sorry I didn’t tell you the truth, Mr Pattis.
I’m _________.
Pattis: You aren’t joking, are you? If you’re a woman,
why __________?
King: Before I came to your company, for months
I tried _______________.
Pattis: Although you’re a woman, you’ve been doing very
well.You’re__________. In my opinion, you can
stay________ . Don’t worry. I’ll try to help you.
King: That’s very kind of you. Thank you, Mr Pattis.

13. Homework 1.Recite Para.2-4 2. Finish off the exercises to
L74 in the Excercisebook.