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Comprehension check

1. What is one of the first things we try to find out about any person?

2. Why are we so curious about one’s job?

3. Is the writer specially interested in what a man does?

4. What wrong reasons does the writer give for choosing a career?

5. Why do some people make exactly the opposite decision?

6. Has Simon settled for a certain career at once?

7. Why has Simon decided that business administration might be a better career?

8. Does the writer approve of Simon’s choice?

9. How do people we admire influence our choice of a career?

10. What example does the writer give to illustrate this idea?

11. Has the girl made a right choice?

12. Why are we very often mistaken in choosing our careers?

Vocabulary presentation and practice

Vocabulary in context

I. Give Russian equivalents for the following phrases.

1. we shall be able to judge where he stands socially

2. we shall get a pretty good idea of his educational background

3. how we came to choose that particular line of work

4. the kind of mental struggle that goes on

5. more rewarding, more challenging, or simply more comfortable

6. he will one day take over a profitable and well-established business

7. he always came top at school

8. to embark on a career for which we are unsuited

9. her rather unsystematic way of ordering her life

10. they were overjoyed when she settled for a legal career

11. she decided to go in for law out of respect for their wishes

12. some professions carry with them a special sort of glamour

II. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian phrases.

1. определить его статус

2. какой уровень жизни он может себе позволить

3. я также любопытен насчёт работы других, как и любой другой человек

4. выбираем карьеру по неправильным причинам

5. идти по стопам отца

6. заняться тем же ремеслом или профессией

7. унаследовать семейный бизнес

8. он закончил университет, получил степень по химии

9. закончил подготовительные курсы

10. судя по её способностям к языкам

11. они были разочарованы, когда она переключилась на языки

12. у них есть чёткое представление об относительных преимуществах разных работ

13. они, казалось, предоставляли выбор полностью дочери

14. уже не говоря о финансовых выгодах, которые они дают

15. на нас так легко влияют факторы, которые имеют мало или ничего общего с главной проблемой

Vocabulary in practice

I. Explain in other words the following phrases: 1. ‘the kind of mental struggle that goes on’

2. ‘on the right track’

3. ‘he always came top at school’

4. ‘she met and fell in love, as it were, . . .’

5. ‘decided to go in for law’

6.‘the relative merits of different jobs’

7. ‘so easily swayed’

II. Paraphrase the underlined part of each sentence choosing the appropriate word or phrase from the text.

1.We can understand his social standing.

2. We’ll get to know the level of his education.

3. I’m just as curious about people’s jobs as any other man.

4. I wondered how he happened to choose this very work.

5. He chose the same profession as his father.

6. She went to school there.

7. Mike studied at a training course.

8. After some time at school, he gave it up.

9. He will inherit a profitable business.

10. Simon was going the right way.

11. He was the best at school.

12. I was persuaded to choose this career.

13. He is a well-known scientist.

14. She has an ability for languages.

15.They were extremely glad when she finally chose the law.

16. It is a prestigious job without mentioning the money it brings.

17. Bob was easily influenced by her words.