Тема 2.10 Научно-технический прогресс

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Упражнение 2.

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Упражнение 4.

Essay

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(Текст вашего эссе) Тема 2.11. Профессии, карьера

Упражнение 1. Прочтите и устно переведите текст «Choosing a Career» с английского языка на русский.

Choosing a Career

Sooner or later all of us face the problem of choosing a career when we are to decide what we are going to be in future. Choosing a career is not simple. In fact, it can be one of the most important things in our life. You don't need to hurry making a decision. You should examine your abilities and character, take a realistic view of your strengths and weaknesses, pay attention to your parents' and friends' advice. Think about your preferences. Sometimes people simply follow in the footsteps of their parents or relatives or just follow their advice. Your choice should be mostly based on your own opinion. Nowadays there is a great variety of jobs. Choosing a future career, we should discuss the following things.

• Payment. Is the size of your salary important? Generally speaking, it is important. Naturally, you'd like to live in good conditions, and your children to study at good schools, and then to enter prestigious universities, to travel all around the world and so on.

• Place of work. You should decide whether you want to work in a building (cashier, chemist, librarian, secretary, etc.) or out of building (driver, firefighter, estate agent, etc.).

• Communication with different people. Meeting with people doesn't suitable to every person. Some people are not very sociable; on the contrary. Frankly speaking, it is a great talent to have communication skills. If you think you have it, you may choose a profession involving close contacts with people, such as a doctor, a journalist, a lawyer, a guide, a teacher.

Analyzing all these points will help you not to make a wrong choice. Choosing a career should not only be a matter of future prestige and wealth. Work should bring real satisfaction; otherwise your whole life will become and monotonous.

Упражнение 2. Составьте 10 предложений с выделенными словами и выражениями из текста Choosing a Career. Впишите предложения в таблицу.

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Упражнение 3. Ответьте на вопросы. Впишите ответы в таблицу.

1. Have you decided on your career?

2. Has anybody helped you to make the choice?

3. Are you going to work and study at the same time?

4. In what jobs is the knowledge of a foreign language necessary?

5. Would you rather have a dull well-paid job or an interesting but poorly-paid job?

6. Have you got computer skills?

7. Do you think people will work less in the future?

8. When did you begin making plans for the future?

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Упражнение 4. Напишите эссе на тему: «My Future Profession/Popular and Prestigious Professions in Modern World» по образцу из упражнения 1. Используйте план и слова из раздела “Useful language”.

Plan

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Introduce the subject and express your opinion

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What factors are important for a good career?

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Your comment

Useful language

Paragraph 1. Profession is an important / essential / main part of person’s life. I think / in my opinion / to my mind / in my view / we don’t need to hurry choosing a profession and think about … .

Paragraphs 2-4. First of all / to start with / in the first point is … .

Moreover / furthermore / what is more / education / school / college / another point is … .

Paragraph 5. I think / in my opinion / to my mind / in my view / we should analyze these points and take them into account / consideration.

Перенесите ответы в бланк и перешлите преподавателю на указанный электронный адрес.