Exam Topics. Future Career

 

CHOOSING THE RIGHT PROFESSION

Choosing your future career alongside with marrying the right person is the most important decision people make in life. Starting with a right profession at the right time can bring you good results in the long run. Scientists have calculated that every person spends approximately 40 hours per week at work. It’s 25% of your time. The longer you stay with a profession, the more experience you will earn. You may spend this time enjoying what you do or torturing yourself. A famous old saying goes: “Find the job that you love and you will never work a day in your life.” That’s what thousands of recent school-leavers are struggling to do.  But with thousands of careers to choose from how to pick one that will become your calling?

There are many factors that may have a great influence on choosing your future career. For some teenagers parents are role models and that’s why they follow in their parents footsteps. Others take into consideration demands of the job market, economic situation and salaries. Such people usually go into something prestigious and well-paid. Anyway your choice should greatly depend on your character and interests.

People who feel comfortable working with numbers may go in for accounting, IT sphere or teaching Maths and Physics. Outgoing and creative types who constantly need to communicate with people will probably be good at management and advertising. If you want to make a difference in people’s lives you may consider becoming a doctor, a nurse or a teacher. These professions are highly challenging but rewarding.

Before choosing a profession, consider the following points. First, take time to think about the impact a profession selection will have on your professional life and analyze all the aspects of the profession. Then, talk about it with your friends who are into that profession already. Asking them about an opinion about your decision is also worth. They can give you more inputs for your decision making process. Moreover, try to make an appointment with a good career consultant and explore the potential of the new profession. Finally, see if your present skills are adequate for the chosen profession, after that take necessary steps to enhance the skills to do this kind of job. And last but not least, discuss this in online forums. Online forums can help you a lot as you receive a lot of useful information from around the world.

As for me, I have always been fond of languages, history and geography. I’m sure that I won’t stand a monotonous office job. I want to travel, explore and have adventures. That’s why I’ve set my mind on the career of a travel guide. In my opinion, it’s the best profession in the world. Every day you do for a living what others only do on vacation. You meet amazing people from all over the world and see inspiring places on a daily basis.

But I realize that it doesn’t mean to be easy. Travel guides may face rude and indifferent tourists, so they have to be charismatic, enthusiastic and knowledgeable to charm the group. I get on well with people and, according to my friends and relatives, I’m good at story-telling. I hope that university will help me get necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in profession.

In conclusion, I’d like to say that the choice of the future career will greatly impact my life so I’m taking it seriously. I have assessed my weaknesses and strengths, set a goal and I will do my best to achieve it.

Let’s talk about future career.

1.     What do you want to do in the future?

2.     Do you prefer to work by yourself or in a team? Why?

3.     What questions will you ask a person who is satisfied with his/her professional life?

4.     Give me some advice on what I need to think about when choosing a job.

5.     What do you think is more important: to have a good salary or to love your job?

Let’s talk about your future career.

1.     What kind of job do you want to have in the future?

2.     Is foreign language proficiency important for your future job? Why or why not?

3.     What questions do you expect from your future employer at a job interview?

4.     Give me some advice on how to create a positive impression on the employer at a job interview.

5.     Some people think that an applicant should be computer literate to get a good job. What do you think about it?

Answer the questions in comments (at least 3-4 sentences to every question), if you are not signed up on Google, write your name and surname. Answers will be graded.

5th grade. Past Simple

 Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

5th grade. Unit 2. Lesson 6. Out for a walk

 Out for a walk

11th grade. Preparation for Exams

 

1. First read the text and answer the questions in comments. Answers will be graded. To start working click on the link.

Reading for Exams 

2. Listen to the audio and answer the questions in comments. Answers will be graded. To start working click on the link.

Listening for exams

Listening B1-B2

Audio 008.mp3 

Listen to the conversation between two friends and answer the questions below.

  Audio 008 mp3

1. Who benefits from a camping holiday?

2. What things can a person do at the seaside?

3. Which type of holidays is Jane likely to choose?

Write your answers in comments:

Reading B1-B2

 1. Read the article and write in 2-3 sentences what it is about.

   Every hour about 1,500 people visit the Louvre Museum in Paris with the specific intention of seeing one particular painting: the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Most of these visitors look at the painting for about three minutes before they walk back to the tourist buses outside.

   Leonardo loved the painting very much and people say that he took it everywhere with him. The painting was originally ordered by a rich businessman in Florence, who wanted a portrait of his wife, Lisa. Leonardo began the painting in 1503 and he finished it about three or four years later. The fact that Leonardo wanted to keep the painting himself, adds to the Mona Lisa’s mystique.

   Mona Lisa’s mysterious smile has fascinated everyone who has ever seen the painting. In his ‘Lives of the Artists’, written just a few years after Leonardo’s death, Giorgio Vasari wrote, ‘While painting Mona Lisa Leonardo employed singers and musicians to keep her happy and so avoid the sadness that painters usually give to portraits. As a result, there was a smile that seemed divine* rather than human; and those who saw it were amazed to find how alive and real it appeared.’

   Modern art critics also emphasize how the portrait seems alive and real. ‘She is like a living person,’ writes art historian E.H. Gombrich, ‘She seems to change before our eyes. Even in photographs we can experience this strange effect. Sometimes she seems to be looking down on us, and sometimes we can detect sadness in her smile. All this sounds rather mysterious, and it is; that is so often the effect of a great work of art.’​

   The Mona Lisa is certainly a masterpiece, a magnificent work of art, but it is also a part of modern popular culture. Her image appears on plates, T­shirts, mouse pads and in advertisements. Perhaps for this reason, officials at the Louvre Museum placed the painting in a specially built area in a room with other great 16th century Italian paintings. In this way, visitors have a better chance to appreciate the painting as a work of art rather than as a tourist attraction.

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 *mystique [mɪˈstiːk] таинственный
 divine [dɪˈvaɪn] божественный
 
2. Why is Mona Lisa smiling? Write the number of the extract which says about it.
3. What makes the Mona Lisa so special?
4. Why is the painting displayed in a exceptional way?

WRITE THE ANSWERS IN COMMENTS. ANSWERS WILL BE GRADED

5th grade. Unit 2. Lesson 5. In the park

In the park 

Look at the pictures above and put articles into the sentences below.

11th grade. Unit 2. Lesson 5. MORE OF A CALLING THAN A CAREER.

 

 Look through the comments American nurses have made about their job. Are all of them happy with their job?

A. Caroline W.: I’ve had the best nursing role model you could ask for – my mom, who is a cardiac care nurse. Listening to her and watching her make a difference in people’s lives all these years has been the greatest influence in helping me to decide to become a nurse. Nursing isn’t just academically challenging. We also develop our personal and communications skills, which are important when working with patients. In nursing, I’ll never stop learning.

B. Brenda M.: I have been a nurse for 6 years. During this time I have learned I love patient care, working with families and helping them make hard decisions. What do I dislike? Nurses get no respect from their peers, managers, or administration. Families treat the hospital like it is supposed to be a 5-star ho- tel. Nurses need to complete a lot of paperwork. Patient load is huge. If I had it to do all over again, knowing what I know now, I would have chosen another profession.

C. Kimberley C.: I was introduced to nursing by my father. I remember being fascinated by learning new things about how human bodies work. In high school, I also came in contact with medical missionaries who worked in far away lands. These two experiences in my life helped me realise my calling to be a nurse.

D. Dan L.: I have been a nurse for over 20 years now and I’ve never regretted choosing the job. For me, nursing has always been more of a calling than a career. It is challenging and very rewarding to be able to help patients and family through one of the toughest times in their lives. I also believe that the profes- sion of nursing is in great need of more men.

E. Katherine B.: I decided I wanted to be a nurse when I was 8 years old. Visiting my Mum in hospital, I began to notice the nurses and how they took care not only of patients but also of the patients’ families. The most challenging part of nursing is the critical thinking. We have to put together all the pieces of the patient’s symptoms and help them recover. I never know what to expect in my job, but I know that I am never alone. We work as a team.

F. Sandra B.: Nursing is different from what I expected. My grandmother was a nurse, my aunts and several cousins are also nurses so I thought I had a pretty good understanding of what the profession was all about, but it turns out that I didn’t. Nurs- ing is more than I ever imagined. As a nurse I really get involved in patients’ lives. I make a real difference in people’s health and they remember me. It is immensely rewarding to know that you can touch someone’s life in such a wonderful way. As a nurse, I am a well-respected member of the team. Doctors really listen to my opinions. I know that I can work anywhere because nurses are always needed. Coming out of college nurses have good em- ployment prospects and very competitive starting salaries. Nursing is hard and you have to have it in your heart if you want to choose this career, but the rewards are worth it.

G. Rebeca T.: I am proud to be a nurse, a profession of great challenges and great rewards for those who are ready to use their hearts and minds to help people when they need it most. I fell in love with the job when I saw nurses in action. It seemed to me that they were real heroes at the heart of the action. I still get a rush of adrenaline when we bring a patient back from the brink of death.

H. Delmar I.: Being a nurse is one of the few careers where you are able to make a difference daily in someone else’s life. Time passes quickly, but it requires skill, talent, and commitment.

I. Stella M.: I haven’t been a nurse long but every day I just hate it! My job makes me work more than 50 hours a week and I have personally worked a shift where I didn’t sleep, eat, or go to the bathroom in over 40 hours! I have started to feel like a patient’s personal slave! I do care about people, but I also care about myself. I wish I hadn’t found the job!

 

Questions:

a) Is nursing more of a calling than a career?

b) How big is the work load?

c) Who have been the nurses’ role models?

d) What has been a great influence on

them?

e) Have any of the nurses regretted choos-

ing the job? Why?

f) What skills are needed in nursing?

g) Why do nurses need commitment to

their job?

h) Why is their job challenging?

i) Is a competitive salary the only reward?

j) What are the employment prospects?

k) How can a nurse make a difference in people’s lives?

l) Do you think nursing is rewarding?

 

Answer the questions in comments. Answers will be graded😀

5th grade. Unit 2. Lesson 4. Be Happy!

 

Exercise 1a, p. 43

Exercise 2a, p. 43

Exercise 3b, p. 44

4th grade. Magic Box 4. Unit 2. Lesson 5-8

 

5th grade. Unit 2. Lesson 3. Bright Autumn Festival

 Bright Autumn Festival

Learn the words for the lesson

 

5th grade. Unit 2. Lesson 2. Likes and Dislikes

 Likes and Dislikes

Project: Summer Holidays

 Artiom Trukhan, 5D

5th grade. Unit 2. Lesson 1. My Favourite Day

 My Favourite Day

What is your favourite day of the week?

 

 

Listen to Philip and fill in the gaps

Daily Routines, an interactive worksheet by GenR
liveworksheets.com

Grammar: I wish/If only

Do you know how to use wish and if only to talk about things you would like to change?

 Look at these examples to see how wish and if only are used.

That guy is so annoying! I wish he'd stop talking.
I wish I lived closer to my family.
If only I hadn't lost her phone number. She must think I'm so rude for not calling her.
I wish they wouldn't park their car in front of my house.

Grammar explanation

We use wish and if only to talk about things that we would like to be different in either the present or the past. If only is usually a bit stronger than wish. 

In the present

We can use wish/if only + a past form to talk about a present situation we would like to be different. 

I wish you didn't live so far away.
If only we knew what to do.
He wishes he could afford a holiday.

In the past

We can use wish/if only + a past perfect form to talk about something we would like to change about the past. 

They wish they hadn't eaten so much chocolate. They're feeling very sick now.
If only I'd studied harder when I was at school. 

Expressing annoyance

We can use wish + would(n't) to show that we are annoyed with what someone or something does or doesn't do. We often feel that they are unlikely or unwilling to change.

I wish you wouldn't borrow my clothes without asking.
I wish it would rain. The garden really needs some water.

She wishes he'd work less. They never spend any time together.

Try this exercise to test your grammar.

I wish/If only

Exercise 2

5th grade. Irregular verbs

 

11th grade. Unit 2. Lesson 1. In-demand jobs (New book)

 

1. Learn the words

2. Match the famous people with their jobs