Careers Exercises

1. Read text 2 and pick out from it English-Russian cognates. Guess what these words mean in sentences.

2. Read text 2 again and make sure you know the following words and combinations: to depend on, to deal with, living things, to be related, ways, harmful, to take care of, to try to help, to study science, to work outdoors, to attend lessons, to watch smb./smth.

Careers do not just happen. People train for them. How much training is needed depends on the kind of career chosen. Some jobs take only a few months of training. Others take several years. Certain careers need college or university graduation.

There is a song that says, "People who like people are the luckiest people in the world". So the people who feel like this might like a job that deals with people all the time. It may be hotel or restaurant management, or tourists business. Or maybe a career that helps (to) keep people healthy in mind and body.

ECOLOGISTS

There are some kinds of jobs that deal with the environment we live in. Ecologists, for example study how living things and the environment are related. They find ways for us to reduce pollution. They tell us which things are harmful either to ourselves or to the plants and animals we depend on for food.

DENTISTS

Teeth are important to people. Without them, eating is hard. People who lose their teeth may have false teeth made. Dentists and their assistants are people who help others take care of teeth. In their jobs they try to help others. A person who wants to become a dentist goes to a special medical college.

GEOLOGISTS

Geologists are scientists who study the Earth. They learn how rocks, mountains, and rivers an formed. They know that these things are still forming today. Geologists help find mineral deposits, such as gold and copper. They also help to find oil and gas. Geologists study science. If you like to work outdoors, you may want to be a geologist.

TEACHERS

There are many interesting and useful professions but I like the profession of a teacher.

I begin to think about my future profession at the age of 14. I was born in the family of a teacher. My mother is a teacher and I like this profession, too.

When I was a little girl, I went to school with my mother attending her lessons.

I saw my mother at the lessons, I watched her and I wanted my mother to be a favourite teacher for the pupils.

3. Write English equivalents of the following words and phrases:

окружающая среда, экологи, уменьшить загрязнение, растения и животные, остаться без зубов, трудно жевать, изучать землю, геолог, помочь найти/открыть залежи

4. Answer the following questions:

1. What kind of professions do you like best of all? 2. Do you think about your future profession? 3. What do you know about you future profession? 4. What are your parents? 5. Do you like your mother's profession? 6. When did you begin to think about your future profession? 7. You want to be a skilled teacher, don't you? 8. The profession of a teacher is difficult, isn't it? 9. Do you remember your first teacher?