How much do you need to pay monthly?

Why was Whitney worried about going to college?

How did she find a friend?

What lesson did Whitney learn?

There was a time when Whitney didn’t have a lot of friends. She was a bit shy and reserved and kept herself to herself.

When it came time to go to college, Whitney was quite nervous. She was going to share a room with someone she didn’t know, with a complete stranger, and live far from her parents. And she had no idea how she was going to make friends in this situation.

The first week of classes changed Whitney’s life forever. In her English class, she was asked to say some words about herself. So she told everyone some facts about her life and her studies. The final question for each student was always the same: “What is your goal* for this class?” Whitney said that her goal was to make just one good friend.

While most of the students sat in silence, one student came to Whitney and held out his hand and introduced himself. He asked if she would be his friend. The whole room was silent — all eyes focused on Whitney. She smiled and gave her hand to the boy. A friendship was formed. It was a friendship that lasted all through college. It was a friendship that brought two people together in marriage.

Whitney learned the power of asking for what she wanted, being honest and taking action.

Why is choosing the right job very important?

Which jobs are popular among young people at present?

What advice does the speaker give?

Choosing a profession is one of the most important decisions that influences all our lives. It is like choosing a wife or a husband to have children with, choosing friends to rely on.

There are many reasons for choosing this or that profession. Nowadays everybody’s top priority is money. In our materialistic world young people usually try to get jobs that are paid well — jobs connected with business, information technologies, politics, and so on. Jobs connected with education and science are not so well paid, that is why they are not so popular among young people.

Let me give you one piece of advice. Take into consideration such things as talent and personal interest! Usually a person has talent in this or that sphere — science, art, music, etc. If you haven’t got abilities for the profession you have chosen, later you will face a lot of difficulties. You will definitely have to study harder and spend more time training.

Interests are also very important. Isn’t it great, when your job brings you moments of great pride, joy and satisfaction? If you are not interested in what you are doing, you will never achieve good results, and very soon you will feel that you are not in the right place.

What job did Alice do?

2. What difficulties did she have?

What kind of knowledge and skills did she get at her first job?

My name is Alice and I’d like to talk with you about my first job. After leaving school last year, I decided it would be a good idea to visit my relatives in Australia and improve my English. My uncle invited me to work in his shop, and thus I became a shop assistant. Of course I hadn’t had any previous experience in this kind of job and I was a bit worried. Those days were the best training you can imagine. I really learnt a lot. If you are a shop assistant, dealing with customers is one of the most difficult things to do. I discovered that some people came to our shop not only to buy things but to talk with us. Now I think I can understand people’s behaviour much better than before, and especially that of the elderly. The most difficult thing is money. When you work for the first time you feel really strange about it. For about a month I kept making mistakes. But I was very lucky my uncle always helped me to get out of the trouble. I learnt a lot from him. All in all, my first job was a very positive experience. I think I’ve become more tolerant and open, more serious and responsible. Even though I had a lot of work to do, I have also managed to become somehow relaxed and easy-going.

What is wrong with the accommodation? 2. Why did the boy oversleep?

What agreement does he reach with the person on Reception?

Jane: Hi! My name’s Jane.

Peter: Hi, I’m Peter.

Jane: Have you been in London long?

Peter: I got here last week. I guess I’ve been in the hotel for a week now.

Jane: I’ve just arrived. What’s the hotel like?

Peter: It’s OK. Not perfect, but for this price, it’s not bad.

Jane: Why? What’s the matter with it?

Peter: Well, the heating doesn’t always work, it was freezing in here yesterday, and the breakfast is very early in the morning, today I overslept and missed it completely!

Jane: You overslept? Why was that?

Peter: You see, there’s another boy in this room and he snores* like really badly! And I couldn’t sleep at all!

Jane: Oh no! Well, I don’t know what we can do about the breakfast, or the roommate, but why don’t we ask the hotel to fix the heating?

Peter: Hmmm, yes, what a good idea! Why didn’t I think of that?

Peter calls reception.

Reception: Hello, reception.

Peter: Hello, I wonder if you can help me, the heating in our room doesn’t seem to be working, could you send someone to fix it?

Reception: What seems to be the problem with it?

Peter: I don’t know, sometimes it doesn’t work.

Reception: (sigh) I’ll send someone along tomorrow.