
- •Topic presentation
- •Vocabulary
- •Skills Reading
- •Profession
- •Topic presentation
- •Vocabulary
- •Skills Speaking
- •Reading
- •Top Ten Most Popular Careers for 2011 in the uk
- •Topic presentation
- •Skills Reading
- •Speaking
- •Reading
- •Topic presentation
- •Skills Reading
- •Engineering
- •History
- •Ancient era
- •Renaissance era
- •Modern era
Unit 1
Topic presentation
Professions
Think and answer the questions
Who are you? Who is your mother / father / sister / brother?
What are you? What is your mother / father / sister / brother?
Vocabulary
Task 1: Study word formation patterns
suffixes | |||||||
-er farmer |
-or doctor |
-ess actress |
-(y)ist therapist |
-ic mechanic |
-ian technician |
-ant accountant |
-ect architect |
composition | |||||
-man mailman |
-woman policewoman |
-maker shoemaker |
-player chess-player |
-smith blacksmith |
-guard bodyguard |
Task 2: Distribute the profession names according to their patterns
Politician, taxman, manager, fireman, linguist, lawyer, sociologist, designer, engineer, librarian, ambassador, miner, physician, assistant, analyst, postman, tailor
Task 3: Fill in the missing professions in the following proverbs
1) An apple a day keeps the __ away. |
cook |
2) A bad __ always blames his tools. |
shoemaker |
3) Every man is an __ of his own fortune. |
tailor |
4) Every __ praises his own broth. |
workman |
5) Let each __ mend his own coat. |
doctor |
6) The __’s son always goes barefoot. |
architect |
Task 4: Give the English for (use the proverbs of the previous exercise)
1. Не за свое дело не берись, а за своим не ленись. 2. Всякий человек своему счастью кузнец. 3. Сапожник ходит без сапог. 4. Лук семь недугов лечит.
5. Каждый купец свой товар хвалит. 6. У плохого мастера плохая пила.
Task 5: Make up sentences to answer the question: “What specialists does our University train?” (matching technique)
The Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
trains |
programmers process engineers lawyers machine engineers designers sociologists automobile engineers architects electronic engineers civil engineers economists |
The Institute of Transport | ||
The Institute of Technology | ||
The Institute of Law | ||
The Institute of Finance and Economics | ||
The Institute of Sociology and the Humanities | ||
The Institute of Information Technologies |
Task 6: Study the USAGE of the words given in the table
Job Work Occupation Career Trade Profession Vocation Post Position
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What you do to earn your living is your job, your work, or (more formal)
your occupation: Please state your occupation on the form. Post and position are more formal words for a particular job: He was appointed to the post / position of lecturer in English at Newcastle University. A trade is a skilled job in which you use your hands: He is an electrician by trade. A profession is a job such as that of a doctor or lawyer, for which you need special training and a good education. Some professions such as teaching and nursing, are also called vocations, which suggests that people do them in order to help others. A career is a job that you hope to do all your life, with more and more success: Her political career began 20 years ago.
Task 7: Fill in the correct word (profession, job(s), career, occupation)
1) Her __ as a dancer came to an end when she broke her leg.
2) My father has been unable to find a __ for the past two months.
3) You must write your name, age and __ on the application form.
4) Peter is a doctor by __, and has his own practice in Brighton.
5) Julia got a __ soon after she left school.
6) Although he is a lawyer by __ , he knows little about criminal law.
7) She started her __ as an actress at the age of 18.
8) He has applied for several __ but hasn’t got one yet.