Lesson 13 · Facilitator

Dream Jobs and Career Talk — notes

Quiz and tasks are built from the official BBC transcript (Neil & Georgie). Video: youtube.com/watch?v=6Bzmb8uFQz4.

Closed quiz items 11 auto-checked (items 1–11); open items 12–13 are tips only.
Neil’s arc Sportsman → rock star dream → English teacher to travel/live abroad → still wants rock star if no money worries.
Georgie’s arc Princess → pop star → values team/enjoyment → travel photographer / documentaries now.
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From the transcript

Episode beats (for verification)

  • Intro: Real Easy English = real conversations in easy English; worksheet on bbclearningenglish.com.
  • Georgie childhood: princess (~5–6) → pop star (wrote songs with friends).
  • Neil childhood: professional sportsman (footballer or cricketer) → teenage rock star dream; “What went wrong?” → “I'm not good enough.”
  • Why teaching: After university, both wanted to travel / live abroad (not just holiday) → English teacher.
  • Important now: Georgie — enjoy the day, nice team, doing a good job. Neil — doing something useful; learners benefit.
  • Dream jobs now: Neil — rock star if he didn't have to work. Georgie — travel photographer / documentary maker (nature docs).
  • Next episode teaser: lunch.
Language recap

From the end of the episode

  • important to me — a nice team is important to me.
  • When I was younger, I wanted to be… — Neil’s example: a footballer.
  • Conditionals — If I could do any job, I would be… (Georgie: travel photographer).
  • do vs be — I teach English / I am an English teacher.
Spanish L1

Watch for

  • I am agreeI agree
  • depends ofdepends on
  • Mixing past childhood dreams with present conditionals
Quiz keys

Closed items (1–11)

  1. B — dream jobs (past and present)
  2. C — real conversations in easy English
  3. A — princess
  4. B — pop star
  5. A — professional sportsman (footballer/cricketer)
  6. B — travel and live abroad
  7. B — enjoy the day + nice team
  8. A — doing something useful
  9. C — travel photographer / documentaries
  10. B — When I was younger, I wanted to be…
  11. travel
  12. Open — childhood dream (12)
  13. Open — hypothetical + important to me (13)
Classroom shortcut

If you project the page

  1. Warm-up: share childhood dream jobs (3 min)
  2. Play once → Q1–4 (gist + Georgie)
  3. Play again → Q5–11 (Neil + language + gap)
  4. Open items + Check answers
  5. Homework: Task 2 voice summary