3. A)Readthehighlightedsentencefromthelastcomment.Answerthequestionsbelow.

IwishIhadn’tfoundthejob!

1.Didthepersonfindajob?2.Isthesentenceabovecloserinmeaningto‘Ididn’twanttofindajob’or‘Iregretfindingthejob’?3.Isitarealoranhypotheticalsituation?4.Doesthespeakerwishaboutthepastoraboutthepresent?5.Whatgrammaticalstructureisusedafter‘Iwish’?6.Whatgrammardoyouuseafter‘Ах,еслибы…’inyourlanguage?Isthegram-marofthisstructuredifferentinEnglish?7.Howdoyouindi-catethetimeinthesesentencesinEnglish?AndinRussian?

Readtherulesonpages311–312.Checkyouranswers.

2. Readwhatpeoplesayandmatchtheirwordswiththejobs:

filmdirector,firefighter,archaeologist,teacher,detective.

1.IwishIhadcaughthimearlier.2.Iwishtheyhadn’tmadesomanymistakes.3.Iwishthebuildinghadn’tcaughtfiresoquickly.4.IwishIhadinvitedJuliaRobertstoplaytheleadingrole.5.Iwishthetombhadn’tbeenransackedearlier.

2. Arethestatementstrueorfalse?

1.Thedetectivedidn’tcatchthecriminal.2.Thestudentsdidn’tmakemanymistakes.3.Thebuildingcaughtfireveryquickly.4.ThefilmdirectorinvitedJuliaRobertstoplaytheleadingrole.5.Thetombwasransackedearlier.

2. Thinkofaregretwhichanursemightexpress.Writedownasentencebeginningwith‘Iwish…’.

3. Wouldyouliketobeanurse?Why?Whynot?Writeaparagraphtoanswerthesequestions.

LESSON6:THEBESTJOBSINTHEWORLD

Communicativearea:talkingaboutpopularjobs;speakingaboutfutureachievements

Receptivegrammar:FuturePerfectandFuturePerfectContinuous

1. a)Guesstheendingofthejoke.

Ateachersaidtoastudentoneday,“Smith,IwishIhadtwentystudentslikeyou.”

“Thankyou,Sir,that’snicetohear,”saidSmith,“butI’mkindofsurprisedconsideringIneverhandinmyhomeworkontime,ImissalotofclassesandI’malwayslate.”

Theteachersaid,”Iknow,butIstillwishIhadtwentystu-dentslikeyou.TheproblemisIhave!”

b)Listenandcheckyourguess.

2. a)Readtheintroductiontothelistofjobsrankingthemfrombesttoworst.Lookatthechart.Whatnumberdoyouthinkthejobofateacherisinthelist?

EachyearJobsRatedresearchersintheUSAsurvey200jobs–fromAccountanttoZoologist–rankingthemaccordingtofivecriteria:PhysicalRequirements,WorkingConditions,Salary,EmploymentProspectsandStress.Somefactorsre-mainconstantfromyearto

year,butotherschangegreat-lyduetochangesinthejobmarket,technologicaladvanc-esorcurrentevents.Usingdatafromgovernmentsourcesandprivateorganisations,ev-eryjobreceivesascoreineachcategory,andtheseratingsarethencombinedtoformacompleterankingof200jobs,frombesttoworst.

TheBest

1. Mathematician

2. Actuary

3. Statistician

4. Biologist

5. SoftwareEngineer

6. ComputerSystemsAnalyst

7. Historian

8. Sociologist

9. IndustrialDesigner

10. Accountant

TheWorst

200.Lumberjack

199.DairyFarmer

198.TaxiDriver

197.Seaman

196.EmergencyMedicalTech-

nician

195.Roofer

194.GarbageCollector

193.Welder

192.Roustabout

191.Ironworker

b)Listentotheradioprogrammeaboutbestandworstjobs.Lookatthechart.Makeanoteofthejobstheyspeakaboutandthecriteriaoftheirranking.