Watch BBC Real Easy English: What's your dream job? Neil and Georgie talk about jobs they wanted as children and jobs they would like now. Listen for gist and useful phrases, answer the questionnaire, then press Check answers.
When I was younger, I wanted to be…, conditionals, and important to me.Flow: warm-up → watch (gist) → watch again (detail + phrases) → quiz → Check answers → tasks → reflection.
First listen: What are they talking about? Who are the hosts?
Second listen: Georgie’s childhood dreams (princess → pop star); Neil’s (sportsman → rock star → English teacher); what is important to each of them now; Georgie’s dream job if she changed career.
Jot 3 keywords from the transcript (e.g. princess, cricketer, rock star, team, travel). Do not write everything down.
Complete every question first. Answers and tips appear only after you press Check answers at the bottom.
Write your own examples for the patterns from the recap:
When I was younger, I wanted to be…,
If I could do any job, I would be… (or If I didn't do this job, I would…),
It is important to me to…,
and the do / be pair (I teach English / I am an English teacher).
Record a 60–90 second summary like the episode: your childhood dream, how you got your current job (or why you chose it), what is important to you at work, and a hypothetical dream job now.
Write five to six sentences for a short “about me” intro at work: what you do now, what you wanted to do before, and what matters to you on a team.