My plans for the future

When you leave school you understand that the time to choose your future profes­sion has come. It's not an easy task to make the right choice of a job. I have known for a long time that leaving school is the beginning of my independent life, the beginning of a far more serious examination of my abilities and character.

I have asked myself a lot of times: "What do I want to be when I leave school?" A few years ago it was difficult for me to give a definite answer. As the years passed I changed my mind a lot of times about which science or field of industry to specialize in. It was difficult to make up my mind and choose one of the hundreds jobs to which I might be better suited.

A couple of years ago I wanted to become a doctor. I thought it was a very noble profession. I was good at biology and chemistry in the 8th and 9th forms. I wanted to help people who had problems with health. I knew that a doctor should be noble in work and life, kind and attentive to people, responsible and reasonable, honest and prudent. A doctor, who is selfish, dishonest can't be good at his profession. I tried to do my best to develop good traits in myself.

Now I have already decided what to do. I'd like to be a teacher. I know that it's very difficult to become a good teacher. You should know perfectly the subject you teach, you must be well-educated and well-informed. An ignorant teacher teaches ignorance, a fearful teacher teaches fear, a bored teacher teaches boredom. But a good teacher develops in his pupils the burning desire to know and love for the truth and beauty. As John Steinbeck once said, a great teacher is a great artist and you know how few great artists there are in the world. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts. It's a great responsibility to bring up children. I think that's the reason why teachers are deeply respected.

More and more people realize that every educated person should know a foreign language. That's why I'm going to become an English teacher. I always remember these famous words and I'm going to teach them to my pupils: "He, who doesn't know a

PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (additional vocabulary):

an accountant - бухгалтер

a clerk - клерк

a doctor - врач

a driver - водитель

a journalist - журналист

a lawyer - адвокат

a nurse – медсестра, няня

a programmer - программист

a teacher - учитель

a typist - машинистка

a secretary - секретарь

a manager - менеджер

a housewife - домохозяйка

to be engaged in …- быть занятым в сфере…

- bank business – банковский бизнес

- art - искусство

- trade - торговля

- education - образование

- medicine - медицина

ВЫПОЛНИТЕ СЛЕДУЮЩИЕ ЗАДАНИЯ:

1. Найдите в словаре эквиваленты выделенных в первом абзаце текста слов. Запишите их значения в тетрадь и составьте свое собственное высказывание о трудности выбора будущей профессии, используя эти слова и выражения.

2. Найдите в тексте и переведите на русский язык абзац, в котором содержится информация о том, кем хочет сейчас стать автор.

3. Узнайте мнение своего товарища о необходимости знать иностранный язык. Выскажите свою точку зрения на эту проблему.

4. Представьте себе, что Ваш друг не считает необходимым знать иностранный язык, убедите его в этой необходимости.

5. Перескажите содержание текста на родном языке.

6. Расскажите о своих профессиональных планах на будущее (6-7 предложений)

7. Найдите в тексте 5 предложений, к которым можно поставить общий вопрос при помощи вспомогательного глагола DID. Задайте эти вопросы своему партнеру по общению, пусть он ответит на них, пользуясь текстом.

8. Согласитесь со следующими высказываниями:

a) It is never too late to study.

b) He, who says that he knows everything, knows nothing.

c) A foreign language is a weapon in the struggle of life.

9) Выскажите свое мнение по поводу необходимости получить два образования. Пусть Ваш товарищ с Вами не согласится.

В. Выполните следующий лексический тест:

ВАРИАНТ 1

УКАЖИТЕ ПРАВИЛЬНЫЙ ОТВЕТ:

Being a good... he saved a lot of people’s lives.

c) clerk b) typist c) surgeon c) accountant

The operations on our inner organs are performed by...

c) surgeons b) typists c) midwives d) housewives

5. Nowadays it’s very common to invite a... to decorate the flat.

c) designer b) doctor c) clerk d) teacher

6. Having graduated from the pharmaceutical faculty, one can be a...

c) typist b) journalist c) teacher c) pharmacist

7. Sometimes grandparents love their... more than their children.

c) grandfather b) grandmother c) grandchildren d) mother-in-law

8. In her childhood, when she was a..., she dreamt about becoming an actress.

c) schoolgirl b) housewife c) schoolboy d) aunt

9. Sometimes to be a... is really dangerous.

c) pharmacist b) typist c) housewife d) journalist

10. My mum doesn’t confuse my name with my father’s one, because he is my...

c) patronymic b) namesake c) parent d) friend

ВАРИАНТ 2

УКАЖИТЕ ПРАВИЛЬНЫЙ ОТВЕТ:

1. I know the name and the surname of my new teacher of chemistry but unfortunately I don’t know his ………

c) family name b) patronymic c) second name d) name-sake.

2.During the Second World War my grandfather died and my grandmother became a …

c) wife b) widower c) widow d) mother-in-law.

3.Peter got married but unfortunately he didn’t find common language with his wife and they ………

c) died b) divorce c) went away d) divorced.

4.When Marry was pregnant she expected one child but she gave birth to ………

c) boy b) twins c) children d) couple.

5. They moved to a new flat and now they live … Rouzvelt Street.

c) at b) in c) on d) is.

6. My name is Carry and my mother has the same name, she is my ………

c) patronymic b) parent c) namesake d) friend.

7.Our family is very large, we have many …who live in different cities and we like to get together very much.

c) Grandparents b) relatives c) friends d) relation.

8.My aunt is a ……she defends people in court.

c) lawyer b) accountant c) typist d) nurse.