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Choosing a
Career
Finishing school means the independent life for millions of
school-leavers. Many roads are open before them: technical
schools, colleges and universities. But it is not an easy thing
to choose a profession out of thousands! Some pupils follow
their parents' advice; others can not make any decision after
leaving school.
In childhood I wanted to be a spaceman; then I dreamed of
becoming a policeman. Only a few years ago I started thinking
about my future career seriously. Life is quite difficult, but I
want to have an interesting job and would like it to be
connected with different countries and people. That is why I
decided to become an interpreter. I am good at foreign
languages. My favourite language is English. I like watching
films and reading books in the original.
I think the questions- young people should ask themselves are:
What am I interested in? and What do I want to be? When they
find the answers, they will have the goal to achieve. If you are
good at a particular subject and you want your profession to be
connected with it, it is important that you study it seriously.
My father wants me to follow in his footsteps and become a
physicist. But I am not interested in medicine and I am not good
at Chemistry or Biology. As they say, medicine is "not my cup of
tea".
Another problem is entering a university. Russian National Exam
which school-leavers have to pass at the end of the 11th form is
rather difficult, so you have to study really hard to get a
necessary number of exam points to enter a university. Moreover,
different universities have different number of "acceptance
points". I have some friends who did not get enough points to
enter the universities they wanted, so they had to choose other
places to study or pay for their education.
However, some young people do not know which career to choose
even after they "finish school, so they have to waste time
deciding, or start working. For young men the situation is
difficult because they may be taken to the Army that is why a
lot of them enter any institute or university just not to become
soldiers.
Sometimes young people choose a career to their liking, they
enter a university and after some time they realise that the
occupation they chose is not what they really want, so 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 their future seriously before
making any decisions.
ПЛАН-ОТВЕТ. CHOOSING A CAREER
1. Вступление (what finishing school means, what
opportunities school-leavers have after school, if it is
easy/difficult to choose a profession).
2. Рассказать о том, кем вы хотели стать в детстве и кем думаете
стать теперь (in childhood I wanted to be..., then..., now I
want..., I have made/have not made a decision, I am thinking
of..., I am good at...).
3. Рассказать о том, чем должны руководствоваться ученики при
выборе профессии (I think the young people should...).
4. Рассказать о том, что думает ваша семья о вашем выборе или
кем бы они хотели, чтобы вы стали (my father/mother, etc. wants
me to..., but...).
5. Рассказать о проблемах, с которыми сталкиваются выпускники
после окончания школы (Russian National Exam, universities and
necessary exam points, exam failure, pay for education, can not
make choice, waste time, working, the Army; choose a wrong
career, leave studies).
6. Заключение (The problem of choosing a career is very
widespread among young people and they should think about their
future seriously before making any decisions.).
QUESTIONS
1. What opportunities do school-leavers have after finishing
school?
2. Is it easy to choose a future career? Why (not)?
3. What did you want to be in your childhood?
4. Have you made up your mind about the future occupation?
5. What would you like your future occupation to be connected
with?
6. What school subjects are you good at?
7. What do you think young people should ask themselves when
they start thinking about their future?
8. What do your parents think about your future career?
9. Do you usually follow your parents' advice?
10. Do you think that parents should take part in the discussion
of your future profession or shall you make a decision yourself?
11. What problems do young people face nowadays after finishing
school?
12. Do you study hard to pass the Russian National Exam
successfully?
13. Have you chosen the subjects which you will take exams in?
14. Do you agree that sometimes people may get disappointed in
the profession they chose? Why (not)?
15. What are the choices for them then?
16. Is it important to choose the future profession only by your
interests? Why (not)?
17. Do you think some occupations are useless? Why?
18. Have you heard about professions that are are not taught at
universities? What are they? _
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
Occupations (Professions) Профессии
accountant бухгалтер
actor/actress актёр/актриса
architect архитектор
artist художник
astronaut астронавт, космонавт
baker пекарь
barber/hairdresser парикмахер мужской/женский
butcher мясник
carpenter плотник
cashier кассир
chef/cook шеф-повар
composer композитор
computer programmer программист
construction worker строитель
courier курьер
dancer танцор/танцовщица
dentist стоматолог
doctor врач
driver . водитель
editor редактор
electrician электрик
estate agent риелтор, агент по недвижимости
farmer фермер
fire fighter пожарный
flight attendant бортпроводник
gardener садовник
journalist журналист
lawyer юрист
librarian библиотекарь
mechanic механик
model модель
musician музыкант
nurse медсестра
painter маляр
pharmacist фармацевт
photographer фотограф
pilot пилот
plumber сантехник
police officer полицейский
postal worker/postman почтальон
sailor моряк
salesperson продавец
scientist учёный
secretary секретарь
security guard охранник
singer певец/певица
taxi driver таксист
teacher учитель
translator/interpreter переводчик
travel agent турагент
veterinarian/vet ветеринар
waiter/waitress официант/официантка
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