Japan – Endless Discovery

  [Lonely Planet]

Vocabulary to learn after watching the video :

• Social Communications Manager
• Culture and Historical Activities
• There is a real contrast between the old and the new, the hyper-modern and super traditional
• Top Travel Bloggers
• A really memorable trip
• A unique cultural experience
• Busy financial hub
• A studio, a café and a shop all combined into one
• The place where the best artists get together to showcase their work
• I’m going to step back 600 years to experience some authentic Japanese culture
• Big bold dramatic moves
• But what struck me was the concentration
• I don’t quite know how to put it into words
• It was just mesmerizing
• Goes back, since well before the 2^nd world war
• Huge frantic city
• Natural mineral pigments
• Working in this particular medium, this is Mecca
• Brightly colored minerals
• Grind them down into different particles
• Over a thousand years of tradition
• It brings a new level of respect
• The perfect blend of old and new
• A walk back in time
• Focusing on the challenges ahead
• The tea ceremony
• No ordinary person would be allowed in; it was a very special place
• They are worth Splurging and spending money on
• Once in a lifetime experiences that you have to sample when you come to Japan
• A bond they have with nature

Job Profile –  Travel Blogger  :

“As a writer or author you would produce a variety of types of creative work, including novels, children’s books, poetry and, travel and technical writing. If you’ve got excellent writing skills, and you’ve got the determination and the self-motivation needed to make it in this career, there could be opportunities for you as a writer.

As a writer you could work for yourself writing novels, short stories, plays and poetry. You may wish to choose a writing specialism such as writing children’s books, travel or technical writing. You could also write features for newspapers, magazines, radio, film or television. You may also write for social media, websites or blogs. Depending on your role your work could include:

• choosing your subject based on personal interest or on a commission given by agents or publishers
• coming up with themes, ideas or plots
• researching information using the internet, libraries and personal interviews
• submitting your draft to a publisher, either speculatively or through an agent
• revising your work if necessary, after getting feedback
• pursuing publishing opportunities
• developing an understanding of copyright law

You may be interested in working as a travel writer, creating guide books, features, hotel reviews or travel novels. Writing travel blogs, articles for websites and updating travel links on Facebook and Twitter could also be part of your job.

Skills, interests and qualities

To become a writer, you should have:

• excellent writing skills
• self-discipline and motivation
• the ability to develop creative ideas
• perseverance and determination
• a willingness to work alone for long periods
• the ability to accept criticism
• drawing skills, if you wish to illustrate your own work
• excellent research skills
• the ability to meet deadlines
• IT skills
• the ability to market and promote your work”

[National Career Service ]

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I’m pretty sure I have the best job in the world

[The Great Big Story]

Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video

• Being in a Bald Eagle nest is surreal
• Take your time
• I’m a Forest Canopy Ecologist
• A Wild Life Biologist
• I’m pretty sure I have the best job in the world
• Capture and work with chicks
• Get blood samples
• Environment contaminants
• The Bald Eagle’s food source
• To grab a hold of you
• A whole 360 degree view
• Nesting on the sea cliffs
• A host of different sea birds
• Our research, it may look invasive
• Our primary concern is the safety of these young birds that we are handling
• We go to great lengths to ensure that we don’t injure them
• The Bald Eagles are national birds
• Take in the view
• For that moment in time

Want to work in the ‘green economy’?

There are many reasons why we should all keep an eye on the ‘green economy’. You could be passionate about environmental issues or just interested in which jobs might emerge in the coming years. Whether you’re a committed green or not, one thing’s for sure, over the coming years we’re going to hear more and more about environmental issues. But why are they important? And how will they affect your working life? We try to answer some of your questions below.

Why do we need a green economy?

There’s been lots of research into the effect that human activity is having on our planet. This includes:

• industries that use a lot of fossil fuels like coal and produce a lot of greenhouse gas emissions, which can bring about climate change
• continuing to extract and rely heavily on fuel sources that will eventually dry up – oil and coal, for example
• upsetting the natural balance of our ecosystem by destroying places where plants and animals live
• using up more fuel than we need to in activities like transporting food from one side of the world to the other.

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Which jobs will grow and which skills will be in demand?

Here are some of the job opportunities that are predicted to come from the move towards a green economy.

Renewable & Sustainable Energy

The drive to find new ways of creating energy from resources that will not run out could create jobs for people involved in wind energy, solar power, fuel cells, biofuels, wave power, hydro power, geothermal energy.

Energy efficiency

As our natural fuel sources (such as oil) will eventually run out, we will need to make sure we don’t waste any of the energy they produce. This could mean jobs for people involved in energy-efficient lighting, voltage optimisation, energy management, low power electronic equipment, and insulation.

Resource efficiency

Every product we make, from a yoghurt carton to a wooden chair, takes resources and energy to produce it. So we need to make sure the production methods are efficient and that the product gets used again if possible. This could create jobs for people involved in recycling materials, less energy-intensive manufacturing methods, reducing packaging, sustainable agriculture, low-carbon materials.

But it’s not just jobs that are directly related to energy efficiency, renewable energy and cutting down on waste that will be in demand in the green economy. There are many existing jobs that will be needed in the green economy, such as PR officer, community liaison and jobs in administration or information technology.

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[National Careers Service UK]

 

 

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