...
design. My teacher encouraged ... me and said I had a bent... architecture.
В о b : I find that some young people fail to take ... a career because they're not sure what
they want to do and what career opportunities there are.
J o h n : Yes, that's true. But usually your personal qualities show......school, don't they?
Teachers guide and encourage ... the young to take ... the careers ... which they're best suited.
b) Tell your friends how John chose his career.
c) Make up your own dialogues on choosing a career. Use the word
combinations in bold type in them.
X. a) Read the following:
Caring teachers take an active part in defending peace and in solving other social problems,
such as straggling for better living conditions and a happier future for their pupils. Their demands are
well grounded since millions of boys and girls throughout the world are being deprived of a happy
childhood.
b) Support the idea with information from Russian and/or foreign press. Pay
special attention to the situation in the USA and Great Britain.
c) Speak on:
1. your idea of a happy childhood;
2. the problem of deprived children in Russia and abroad.
XI. Here is a series of extreme opinions. Build a conversation about each
topic. Begin as in the model:
English is a very easy language to learn.
A.: It says here English is a very easy language to learn.
В.: I'm not sure I quite agree. I'd say it's fairly difficult.
A.: Why do you think that?
В.: Well, ...
Opinions:
1. A teaching career isn't suitable for men.
2. Teaching a foreign language in a school is pointless.
3. Education is the responsibility of teachers and parents shouldn't interfere.
4. Schoolchildren should be allowed to choose the subjects they want to study.
5. In the near, future schoolteachers will be replaced by computers.
XII. Translate the sentences below into English. Use Essential Vocabulary II:
1. Любовь к детям заставила его стать учителем, и он никогда не жалел о своем
выборе. 2. Похоже, придется выбирать между работой в детском саду и учебой в
пединституте. 3. В моей работе нет большого разнообразия, но у нее есть свои достоинства. 4.
Боюсь, что в этот раз школьникам нелегко будет справиться с заданием. 5. Успехи учеников в
большой степени зависят от их учителя и его профессионального мастерства. 6. Работа в
школе потребует от вас ума, такта и чувства ответственности. 7. Уважение людей можно
заслужить только честным трудом. 8. Не каждый, кто получает профессию учителя в