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CHOOSING A
CAREER
Choosing a career is not an easy matter. I am leaving school in
two years and I haven't yet decided which profession to choose.
There are a lot of interesting things in the world, so it is
difficult to make the right choice.
In childhood I wanted to be a pilot, then I wanted to become a
fireman. But now I have to think about my future career
seriously. Some people are good at Maths, Physics and Biology,
others enjoy History, Literature and Geography.
In my opinion I am good at foreign languages. My favourite
language is English. I like it very much and I want to be either
a teacher of English or an interpreter. I like watching films in
English, reading books in the original and listening to music in
English.
I think that young people should ask themselves: What am I
interested in ? What do I want to become ? When they find the
answer, they will have the goal to achieve. And then they should
do everything to achieve this goal. If you are good at Maths and
you want your profession to be connected with this subject, you
should start studying it very seriously. The same is with other
subjects.
My father wants me to follow in his footsteps and become a
businessman. But I am not interested in business or economics. I
have always been bad at these subjects and I want my profession
to be connected with English.
My mother says that I should choose my future occupation myself.
But I am still not sure what to choose. Of course there are a
lot of special books about different professions. In addition, a
lot of universities and institutes have open house days, so I
can go there and choose a good place for my future studies.
However, it is very difficult to enter a university. If you do
not have money and if you are not a genius, you will never enter
a good university or an institute. I have some friends who were
in this situation and they had to choose a career not to their
interests and liking.
But some young people still do not know which career to choose
even after they finish school, so they have to waste time
deciding, or go to find a job. For men it is harder because they
may be taken to the Army, that's why a lot of them enter any
institute or university just not to become soldiers.
Sometimes young people choose a career they are interested in,
they enter a university and after some time they understand that
this occupation is not for them, they get poor marks and have to
leave the university.
The problem of choosing a career is very widespread among young
people and they should think about it seriously before making
any decisions.
Vocabulary:
achieve [s'tjirv] добиваться, достигать
fireman [Таютэп] пожарный
follow in one's ['fblavm'fbtsteps] идти по стопам
footsteps кого-либо
future occupation ['fjuitj^rokju-'peif(3)n] будущая профессия
genius ['d3i:nj3s] гений
goal [дэи1] цельfOl
interpreter [тЪ:ргйэ] переводчик
poor mark [,pu3'ma:k] плохая оценка
waste [weist] тратить
Questions:
1. Have you already chosen your future profession? If yes, what
will it be?
2. What did you want to be in your childhood?
3. What school subjects are you good at?
4. What are your parents? Would you like to follow in their
footsteps?
5. Do your friends know about their future profession?
6. Why is choosing a career a difficult matter?
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