My Future Profession

Look through the list of English words and their Russian equivalents before reading the text:

1.insuarance (n)	страхование
2.complexity (n)	сложность
3.taxation (n)	налогообложение
4.promotion (n)	повышение, содействие
5.accuracy (n)	точность
6.to outline (v)	обрисовать, наметить в общих чертах
7.jurisprudence (n)	юриспруденция
8.statement (n)	заявление

Choosing the right profession is very important. Most of us spend a great part of our lives at our jobs. When young people finish school they always think about their life. There were many professions opened to each of us, but we decided to become economists.

Now we are students of the Belarus State Economic University. We study at the Economic School of Finance and Banking and are going to be specialists in different branches of our economy.

There’s a surprisingly wide range to choose from – for example, I could work for a high-street bank. Now people have realized that having a bank account is a greater help in organizing their financial affairs. There are a lot of financial services provided by the banks – from simple things like cashing cheques and looking after saving to the complexities of insurance, taxation and investment. It takes a lot of people to run one of the biggest financial organizations in the world and needs various professions. We believe in a system of progressive promotion, so everyone starts from the first line. You will probably be preparing customers’ statements, sorting cheques and learning to use accounting machines. Then you will be able to have more personal contact with the customers. You can help the customers to solve any problems they may have with their accounts, answer their questions, outline the bank’s services. You will meet many different people, will be dealing with many thousands of pounds every day so accuracy is vital. So your work’s becoming more complex and each job carries a greater degree of responsibility. For example you may be a foreign clerk. It means that you will be dealing with customers’ travel requirements, supplying foreign currencies and travel cheques and assisting with passport applications and travel insurance. In some years you may become the Manager of the Bank. It is Manager’s Clerk who acts as a Personal Assistant providing all the information needed for day to day control of accounts.

It isn’t important what part of the work you do in your bank but banking combines the Science and Art of Business with many other disciplines, such as economics, geography, history, language, jurisprudence, statistics, demography.

Banking does not just affect the financial life of the country, it also plays a vital role in the total world economy.

Ex.1. Match the English words with the appropriate Russian equivalents:

1.to believe in	ответственность
2.to run	помогать
3.to realize	верить
4.to provide	иметь дело
5.cashing cheques	управлять
6.responsibility	понимать, осознавать
7.to assist	предоставлять
8.to deal with	обналичивание чеков

Ex.2. Give English equivalents from the text:

Факультет финансов и банковского дела, решать, различные отрасли экономики, банковский счёт, финансовые дела, сбережения, страхование, налогообложение, инвестирование, управлять, играть важную роль, становиться более сложным, иностранная валюта, встречаться с разными людьми, степень ответственности, клиент, отвечать на вопросы, иметь дело, обналичивание чеков, влиять, престижный, требования, заявление, юриспруденция, статистика, дисциплина.

Ex3. Say whether these statements are right or false:

1. Choosing the right profession is very important.

2. There were many professions opened to each of us, but we decided to become engineers.

3. There are a few financial services provided by the banks.

4. We believe in a system of progressive promotion, so everyone starts from the first line.

5. You will probably be preparing customers’ statements, sorting cheques and learning to use accounting machines.

6. You can help the customers to solve any problems they may have with their accounts, answer their questions, outline the bank’s services

7. You will meet many different people, will be dealing with many thousands of pounds every day so accuracy is not vital.

8. So your work’s becoming more complex and each job doesn’t carry a greater degree of responsibility.

9. It isn’t important what part of the work you do in your bank but banking combines the Science and Art of Business with many other disciplines, such as economics, geography, history, language, jurisprudence, statistics, demography.

10. Banking does not just affect the financial life of the country and it doesn’t play a vital role in the total world economy.

Ex.4. Answer the questions:

1. Why is it so important to choose a right profession?

2. Why did you choose the Economic School of Finance and Banking?

3. Why is it very useful to have a bank account?

4. What financial services provided by the banks do you know?

5. Do you believe in a system of progressive promotion?

6. What will you probably begin your work with?

7. What kinds of disciplines does banking combine?

8. What role does banking play in the total world economy?

Ex.5. Complete the sentences:

1. When young people finish school … .

2. There were many professions opened to each of us, but … .

3. We study at the Economic School of Finance and Banking and … .

4. Now people have realized that … .

5. There are a lot of financial services provided by the banks … .

6. We believe in a system of progressive promotion … .

7. You will probably be preparing customers’ statements, … .

8. You can help the customers to solve any problems … .

9. It isn’t important what part of the work you do in your bank but … .

10.Banking does not just affect the financial life of the country … .

Ex.6. Make up a plan of the text and retell it.