6 Minutes Vocabulary from BBC LearningEnglish.com.

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My name's Catherine and I'm here with Rob.

Hello everyone.

Today we're going to be talking about different words for jobs

and especially how those words change depending on whether a man or Today we're going to be talking about different words for jobs,

and especially how those words change depending on whether a man or a woman is doing the job.

Yes, and listen carefully because we're going to give you a quick quiz.

And then you'll get a tip to help with your vocabulary learning.

Right, so let's get started.

First, we're going to listen to Joe talking about how he met his girlfriend, Judith. While you listen, here's a question for you to think about. What is

Judith's job now? Listen carefully. Well, I used to be an actor and I met Judith at work.

We were doing a play about a policeman who falls in love with a waitress.

I played the policeman and Judith played the waitress.

And sure enough, we fell in love.

Later I quit acting and now I'm a businessman.

But Judith has a successful acting career.

Right now she's on a film shoot. She's playing a firefighter.

So the question was, what is Judith's job now?

And the answer is Judith is an actress. Right now, she's making a film.

The first job that Joe mentioned was actor. Now, this is one of those jobs where the word

changes depending on whether a man or a woman is doing the job. So we say that a man is an actor,

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