Task 1: To choose a career one must make the right choice of work, usually in business, science, arts, crafts and social work

Think and tell which of the qualities / qualifications are necessary for the followimg jobs:

a). Pilot, actor/actress, photographer, tour guide, interpreter/translator, waiter/waitress, taxi driver, teacher, salesperson, businessman, manager, agent, writer, composer, employer, doctor, vet, policeman, gardener, architect, designer, builder, mechanic, worker, dancer, singer, athlete, coach, chef/cook, babysitter, army officer, politician, scientist, psychologist, journalist and lawer;

b). A suggested list of qualities can help you:

patient, emotional, intelligent/clever, intellectual, responsible, determined, caring, attentive, honest, calm, imaginative, punctual, decisive, diligent, polite, accurate, dedicated, creative, reliable, flexible, competitive, curious, skilful, hardworking, persuasive, helpful, kind, courageous/brave, cheerful, careful, persistent, optimistic, compassionate, alert and quick-thinking;

c). You can also use a list of qualifications that can be classified either as talents or skills:

a good memory, artistic talent, mathematical ability, computer skills, logical thinking ability, language skills, manual dexterity, management skills, common sense, athletic ability, leadership skills, experience in sales, communicative skills.

Task 2: Study the following speech and vocabulary patterns.

- We usually sit at a desk together.

He seated the passengers one by one.

- I am going to lie down for an hour.

Please lay this letter on the desk.

- He rises very early in the morning.

Pupils raise their hands when they are ready to answer.

- Everybody likes polite people.

Parents love their children.

- We stayed in a very good hotel.

Few apples remained on the tree.

- The sofa is beside the fireplace in my house.

Besides buying us dinner last night, he paid for the theatre tickets.

- James found the exam very hard.

I could hardly sleep at night.

- It’s time to go to bed!

The cat curled up in its basket.

Task 3: Look up the meaning and have fun with English / American idioms.

Make a mountain out of a mole hill. To have green fingers. To have one’s finger in every pie. As sober as a judge. Let sleeping dogs lie. No room to swing a cat. Not for all the tea in China. Big frog in a small pond. Dead to the world. Monkey business. Hard row to hoe. Hit the jackpot.