Task 2. Complete the text about Pat Side’s experience of work with the verbs in the box: applied finished got (x2) had left lost was (x2) went
(x2)

Back to work

When Pat Side’s children (1) finished their studies and (2) home, Pat wanted to find a job. She (3)
no qualifications, so she (4) on a training course to become an assistant in a home
for retired people. After the course, she (5) for many different jobs. She (6) for a
few interviews, but it was six months before she (7) a job. She (8) good at her
work and, to years later, she (9) promoted to “senior assistant”. She also (10) a
small pay rise. Unfortunately, the home closed a year after that and Pat (11) her job.

At a performance of a local youth theater set up to promote peace and reconciliation, Mali, 2014. UN photo/Marco Dormino

Theme of 2020: "Shaping the world together"

poster of the Day

Every year, on September 21, the international community celebrates the International Day of Peace. This Day was declared by the General Assembly as a day to strengthen the ideals of peace among all countries and peoples, both at the national and international levels.

This year, more than ever, it became clear that people are not enemies of each other. Rather, our common enemy is a terrible virus that threatens our health, safety, and lifestyle. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown our world into turmoil and reminded us that what happens in one part of the planet can affect the lives of people everywhere.

One day I dream of spending a day without the gadgets that have firmly entered our lives. I will spend this day in a circle of close people. I'll wake up early in the morning and make breakfast. We will have tea with our parents, and then we will go for a walk. We will take a walk in the park, ride the rides.

We'll be back home by lunchtime. We will eat together. After lunch I read a book, leaf through educational magazines. In the evening I will go to see my grandparents. We will play board games, talk about how our week went. Then I'll go home, take a shower, go to bed. A day without gadgets will be long, sincere, happy.