5.Work in groups of three.Read your text and tick the subjects mentioned.

Student A: about Wong Fei

Student B: about Isabel

Student C: about Gregor

	Wong Fei	Isabel	Gregor
the army
education
free time
career
money
family

5.1. Take turns to tell your partners about your text and complete the table for other two people. From adolescent to adult

Wong Fei is an only child and lives with her family in Shanghai.She is studying law at Jiaotong University and she will turn eighteen in a few weeks.

My goals are to get my degree, to go to England to study marketing and then to come back and find a good job. China is changing and you can get rich now in China.

When I’m earning a good salary, I’d like to do more travelling but I have to take care of my parents too. They are going to retire soon. They’ve given me a good life and I have to do the same for them. This is the way things are in China and it should be the same everywhere.

Normally, when you get married, you’re only allowed to have one child. However, because I’m an only child, I can have two children if I marry another only child. Anyway, at the moment it’s all a dream because I’m single.

I like reading stories on the Internet. I also like reading fashion magazines like Vogue. Perhaps my favourite thing is to go shopping with friends. We don’t have much money but it’s fun to look in the windows and think about what we’re going to buy when we are rich.

Isabel is in her last year at an inner-city (nearer to centre) Madrid secondary school. If she goes to university she will have at least five more years at home.

I live with my parents and my brother . My sister, who is nearly twenty –seven, left home a month ago. This means I don’t have to share my bedroom anymore.

Our mother cooks and irons for us –she shouldn’t do this but she enjoys it! She also works. We’re all a bit spoiled, I supposed.

I’m in the last of my two years of baccalaureate. I want to study medicine at university because I want to become a doctor. I have to get very high marks to get a place on that course at a public university. You can get into a private university with lower marks but my parents can’t afford that- especially as there are three of us.

I’d like to travel, but I think I’ll always live in Spain. I’d love to get married and have children too. People in Spain don’t have so many children now because of the cost, and everybody wants an easy comfortable life.

Gregor is from Moscow. He is a sculpture student at Moscow University and lives with his parents and two brothers. He turned eighteen last month.

In Russia men aged eighteen usually have to go into army and do military service (военная служба). This should be optional but it’s not. Fortunately, I don’t have to go because I’ve got health problems. I’m actually quite happy about that! It means I can continue studying sculpture at university. Who wants to be a soldier when you can be a student?

In the future I want to stay in Russia. I know that you can earn more if you work abroad, but this my home. You have to work hard to earn a good salary in Russia, but you can succeed (добиться успеха/ своего).

In my free time I like listening to rock and hip-hop. I also like going to restaurants and bars, and concerts and playing football, like teenagers everywhere, I suppose.

• Discuss.

1. Who has the hardest life: Wong Fei, Isabel or Gregor? Why?

2. Who has the easiest life? Why?

3. Who are you most similar to?

4. What were you doing when you were eighteen?

Exercise 6.Choose the best alternatives:

1. I can’t/don’t have to go out .I’m too busy.

2. We don’t have to/ can’t catch a taxi. I’ll drive.

3. I have to/ can go into the army for a year. I don’t have a choice.

4. You shouldn’t/ don’t have to smoke during meals- it’s annoying.

5. I should/have to do more exercise. I’m putting on weight.

6. You can/ should see the doctor at 5p.m. on Thursday. That’s the earliest time she is free.

Exercise 7. Complete these sentences with should (n’t), can (‘t) or (don’t) have to.

1. I have to get good grades so I can go to college.

2. You _____________ spend the night at my flat.We have a spare bedroom.

3. Young people in my country _______________ do military service.It stopped last year.

4. I think everyone ____________ vote at elections. It’s our duty as citizens.

5. Maria ___________ come if she doesn’t want to.

6. I think people ____________ come to work in jeans. It looks really bad.

7. In the UK children ____________ stay at school until they are sixteen.It’s the law.

Exercise 8. Janie is describing her new job to a friend. Complete her email using can't or don't have to.

Hi, how are you? I’ve got a new job. It's not too bad. I'm a receptionist in a language school. I start at 11 o'clock so I don’t have to get up early in the morning. The school is quite small and friendly and I…..wear a uniform. I can wear my own clothes but I …….wear jeans and a T-shirt. I …….eat or drink at my desk, but there’s a snack bar and I can take a break every two hours. I …..make any personal phone calls from reception, but I can use the email and the internet if I want.

The school isn’t open on Saturday and Sunday so I…..work at the weekends.

Maybe we can meet on Saturday sometime for a coffee or something and I can tell you about my "first week!

Love, Janie

Exercise 9. Work together as a class. Write up the names of all the jobs that you, your parents and your grandparents have done.Work in small groups. Look at all the jobs you have written down and discuss .

• Write down your personal details as in example:

Personal details

First name Arman

Surname Orynbasar

Address 25 Baitursynov Street, Shymkent

Phone 87026502177

Age 18

Occupation Student

Marital status Single/Married

Interests gym, aerobics, swimming, tennis, boxing

Do exercises from Macmillan English grammar in use.

• Add to your vocabulary:

Профессии. Professions

accountant [ә'kauntant] -бухгалтер

actor- актер

actress - актриса

architect ['a:kitekt] архитектор

attorney [әtэ:ni] адвокат; прокурор

banker -банкир

bricklayer –каменщик-тас қалаушы

builder –строитель-құрылысшы

businessman -бизнесмен

clerk- клерк, конторский служащий-контор қызметкері

cook [kuk] повар-аспазшы

diplomat -дипломат

diver ['daivә] водолаз-сүңгуір

doctor –врач-дәрігер

driver ['draivә] водитель-жүргізуші

engineer-инженер

farmer -фермер

hairdresser ['heәdresә] парикмахер-шаштаразшы

interpreter- переводчик (устный)-аудармашы (ауызша)

journalist -журналист

lawyer -юрист; адвокат

manager- менеджер

metalworker / locksmith-слесарь-темір ұстасы

miner- шахтер

musician-музыкант

painter- маляр, художник бояушы, суретші

pilot ['pailәt] летчик-ұшқыш

policeman -полицейский

sailor –моряк-теңізші

salesman- продавец; торговец-сатушы

singer- певец -әнші

tailor –портной-тігінші

translator- переводчик-аудармашы

turner- токарь (ағаш, темір) ұстасы

worker – рабочий-жұмысшы

Lesson 3

The right person in the right job

Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives

Before you start

1. What sort person are you? First, answer the questions below.

Then compare your answers with the rest of the class. Do you all like the same things?

In your spare time, do you prefer?

■ being alone or with other people?

■ being inside or outside?

■ being busy or relaxing?

■ playing sport or watching television?

■ wearing smart or casual clothes?

Reading

2.Read the text A job in Engineering. Put the main ideas (A-D) in the same order as they are in the text.

A.You need to think carefully about your personality.

B.There are lots of different jobs in engineering.

C.Think carefully about what you are interested in.

D.Engineering is a big subject.

A job in Engineering

1. There are lots of different types of engineering. The one thing they have in common is that they all use Maths and Science to improve industry and manufacturing. The whole science of engineering can be broadly divided into three main areas:

■ civil engineering (buildings, roads, etc.)

■ mechanical engineering (machines, including tool-making)

■ electrical engineering (electricity, lighting, etc.)

2.Each of these three main areas can be divided again into specialist subjects: civil engineering covers mining and bridge building, mechanical engineering covers aeronautical and automobile engineering, electrical engineering covers electricity generation and wiring.

3. Clearly there is a big difference between building a road and designing a computer system so the best advice for students is:

■ think carefully about which area of engineering interests you most. It is difficult to study if you are not interested - and you may do the job until you are 60 years old.

■ think about what sort of person you are. Will you be happiest working in an office, in a factory, or outdoors? Do you mind getting dirty? Do you want to work with other people or alone? If you like wearing high heels and beautiful clothes, you may not be happy on a building site.

4. When you have decided which area you are interested in and thought realistically about what sort of person you are, then you can decide what sort of engineer you want to be.

3.Read the text again. Choose the correct words in italics to complete the sentences (1 -4) below.

Engineering is/isn't a small area.

Engineering is/isn't about Science and Maths.

Office buildings and bridges are/aren’t examples of civil engineering.

Tool- and machine-making are/ aren’t examples of electrical engineering.

Vocabulary

4. Look at the types of engineers (1 -5) below. First, underline any new words and check the meaning in the glossary or your dictionary. Then write whether the jobs are indoor or outdoor, and dirty or clean.

1. petroleum 2. sanitation 3. Textile 4. computer 5. chemical

Writing

5. Write your name and the type of engineer you want to be on a small piece of paper. Put your paper in a box and take out another student's paper. Write three questions to check if that person is choosing the right type of engineering.

Example: Mining engineer

■ Do you like working indoors or outdoors?

■ Do you mind getting dirty?

■ Do you like going underground?

Do exercises from Macmillan English grammar in use.

• Speak on topic I’ve chosen (architecture, mechanical engineering, …) as a career because….

Lesson 4.

The right person in the right job

Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives

Before you start

• Questions to answer

How do you see your future profession? Please answer the following questions:

1) What kind of work are you interested in?

a) well paid b) interesting c) in a large and famous company d) quiet e) in an industry which has a future f) prestigious

g) not to sit the whole day in the office h) to travel a lot

2) What position would you like to have?

a) to manage people — manager

b) to work for someone else — an employee

c) to be your own boss — self-employed, businessman

d) to be responsible for everything — top manager, director

e) to work for the state — state employee

Work with a partner.

• The questions below will certainly help you:

When did you begin to think about your future profession?

When have you made your choice?

Are you sure in the choice of your future profession?

What helped you to make a decision about your future profession?

What is the best way of preparing for your future job?

Is it easy to choose a profession?

How can your find out some information about any job which interests you?

Are there many professions in your country? What are they?

What professions are the most popular in your country among young people?

What do your parents do?

Have you got any tradition in your family?

Why have you chosen to be a …

Do you attend optional courses?

What skills and knowledge will tomorrow’s specialist need?

How do see your future profession?

What are advantages and disadvantages of your future profession?

Is your future profession important and needed?

In which job can you earn the most money?

In which job do you get the most days of paid holidays?

Which job do you have to study longest for?

In which job do you get the most training?

Which job is the most stressful?

Which job is the most useful to society?

Reading

Read the text and compose with your future profession, are they similar?