14. Write your own resume using the following information:

Do:

• Limit the length. One page should be sufficient, unless you have extensive professional experience.

• Select resume paper that is light in color and has a fairly plain background so it can be copied, scanned, or faxed easily.

• Make sure that it is free of spelling, grammatical, and typographical errors.

• Print it using a laser printer or very clear ink jet printer.

• Limit the graphics. You can use lines, underlines, borders, bullets, and small drawings or photographs as long as the effect is visually pleasing, uncluttered, or related to your career.

• Since computers and scanners vary, you should save a copy of your resume in a text-only format so you can e-mail it easily or copy and paste it to a job web site. Many companies scan resumes, but scanners have difficulty with lines, graphics, and some fonts.

• Construct your resume using action verbs, adjectives, or keywords that describe your skills.

• Describe your accomplishments quantitatively where appropriate. For example: "Organized several health events with an average attendance of 300 students."

Avoid:

• Using the word "I' or indefinite or personal pronouns or articles such as "my, "our," "an," or "the."

• Lengthy job descriptions or descriptions of non-transferable job duties.

• Unrelated, personal information or photographs.

• Making statements you cannot back up with examples or proof.

UNIT V

PERSONAL FINANCE

Warm-up Activities:

1. Discuss the following with your partner:

Imagine you win a huge sum of money in a lottery… You have to use this money. Who do you prefer to receive financial advice from? Explain your choice.

• mainly from your parents

• mainly from your friends

• mainly from financial or educational institutions

• you rely on yourself only

• other

Vocabulary

value - ценность; важность; эк. - стоимость

independence - независимость, самостоятельность

literacy - грамотность

effort - усилие, попытка, достижение, успех

skill – умение, навык

call – зд. призыв, сигнал

high school – амер. - средняя школа

stranger (to) - человек, не знакомый с (чем-л.)

admit – зд. признаваться, сознаваться

establish - учреждать

supervise - смотреть, наблюдать

require - требовать

recent - недавний, последний

complex - комплексный, составной, сложный

increasingly - всё больше и больше, в большей степени, в большей мере

as of - с, начиная с; от (такого-то числа)

through – зд. в течение, в продолжение, на протяжении

2. Match the words with the definitions:

Internet Web site money budget bank information education goal advise financial

an organization that keeps and lends money the extensive communications system that connects computers around the world a collection of information prepared by a person or organization on the World Wide Web of the Internet pieces of metal or paper used to pay for things a spending plan that toward which an effort is directed; that which is aimed at; the end of a trip or race helping with information, knowledge or ideas in making a decision of or about the system that includes the use of money, credit, investments and banks knowledge; facts the act of teaching

listening