4.Translate into Russian. Compare the structure of English and Russian sentences:

It is freezing; it is rainy, it is drizzling; it is muddy, it is slushy, it is raining heavily, it is thundering; it is lightening, it is hailing, winter is yielding to spring, it is clearing up, it is 25 degrees above zero, it is close, it is bitterly cold today.

5.Use the Vocabulary below to tell about

your favourite weather

the weather you dislike

disasters we have in the world / in your country

the weather outside

typical weather for your country

Good / Warm weather	Bad / Cold weather
marvelous glorious fine wonderful soft mild sunny cool hot rainy	Stuffy awful nasty chilly changeable windy foggy misty dull catching cold moist frosty snowy wet damp humid

My future profession

1. Practise saying, translate and learn the vocabulary:

A job is the work that a person does regularly in order to earn money. A profession is a job that requires special training, often a university education and brings a rather high social status. An occupation is a job or profession. A career is the series of jobs that a person does in his or her life, usually in one and the same field.

People look for jobs at different places. One can:

• be employed by the government or a company

• work/be freelance

We often speak of:

• full-time jobs

• part-time jobs

• regular jobs

• odd jobs

People may lose their jobs, become unemployed and have to look for new jobs.

Jobs can offer the following prospects:

• promotion

• financial reward

• perks/fringe benefits and bonuses

• good job opportunities (in the place where you live)

Your choice of a job can be influenced by:

• the qualifications needed ● your personal qualities

• your skills and experience ● your bent for a job

• the things you are good at ● the necessity

• qualities of the job ● your wish to study further

• your interest ● pressure from your parents

• your talent ● your friend’s example

• your ambition

Jobs can be attractive or not attractive. These are the qualities that make them such:

Attractive jobs Unattractive jobs

• creative ● backbreaking

• challenging ● boring

• exciting ● dangerous

• fulfilling ● exhausting

• interesting ● messy

• pleasant ● monotonous

• popular ● not respected

• prestigious ● tiring

• satisfying

• skilful ( Am. Skillful )

• rewarding

Different jobs can require:

• accuracy ● special training

• courage ● travelling a lot

• a good imagination ● working from home

• a lot of (little) experience ● working late ( long ) hours

• meeting people ● working night shifts

• physical strength

Choosing a career is not always easy. A lot of people:

• are encouraged by their teachers (parents, friends)

• are influenced by certain people or certain events

• change their minds many times

• follow someone’s advice

• follow in someone’s footsteps

• take a long time to make up their minds

2. Occupations

a) Match each person on the left with the correct definition on the right.

(a) a traffic warden arranges shop-window displays

(b) a dustman makes brick buildings and walls

(c) a window dresser works in a government ministry

(d) an estate agent controls parking and parking meters

(e) a secretary collects rubbish from people's houses

(f) an undertaker treats sick animals

(g) a bricklayer helps people buy and sell houses

(h) a civil servant sells newspapers and magazines from a shop

(i) a vet delivers babies

(j) a newsagent makes arrangements for funerals

(k) a midwife deals with office correspondence and records

b) Instructions as above.

(a) a chef drives someone's car for them

(b) an architect types letters in an office

(c) a librarian designs buildings

(d) a fishmonger operates on sick people

(e) a miner cooks in a restaurant or hotel

(f) a curator designs the insides of houses, hotels etc.

(g) an interior decorator runs a museum

(h) a typist works in a library

(i) a chauffeur gets coal from under the ground

(j) a surgeon translates what somebody is saying immediately

(k) an interpreter sells fish from a shop

c) Instructions as above.

(a) an optician rides racehorses

(b) a clown loads and unloads ships in a port

(c) a jockey sells valuable objects at an auction

(d) an auctioneer makes people laugh at a circus

(e) an editor tests people's eyes and sells glasses

(f) a docker writes for a newspaper

(g) a chiropodist sells flowers from a shop

(h) a butcher represents his or her country at an embassy

(i) a reporter sells meat

(j) a diplomat prepares books, newspapers etc. for publication

(k) a florist treats people's feet