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LESSON 4: DREAM JOB
Lesson 1 Lesson 4
UNIT 6
DREAM JOB
“Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation.”
Aristotle
– Read the quote and explain its meaning. – Do you agree with Aristotle’s opinion?
VOCABULARY
1. Look at the words below. Do you understand the difference between them? Write them into the missing blanks in the sentences. Give an example of each.
job / work / occupation / career / profession / trade / vocation / position
1) A ______ refers to the specific position in which a person is employed. 2) An/A ______ is a wide category of jobs that have similar characteristics, such as types of skills or work responsibilities. A person can work at it for different employers. 3) A ______ is the body of work, all jobs and occupations, and life experiences that a person gets during his or her lifetime. 4) ______ is a task assigned by yourself or someone else which you feel obligated to complete. 5) A ______ is associated with a strong internal feeling that this is what you were meant to do. 6) A ______ is something you get when you go to college or university in order to learn the technical background of a complex job. 7) A ______ is something you have been trained for that more often uses more physical skill. 8) A ______ is a post you undertake working in a company or organization.
2. Name a category of each word given below, using vocabulary from Ex. 1. Most of them may have more than one category.
__reading __salesperson __carpenter __lawyer __student __gardening __CEO __farmer __engineer __police officer __nursery school teacher __stewardess __doctor __traveller __writer
READING
3. Read the article about Jessica’s dream job and say what advantages and disadvantages she sees in her occupation. Do you agree with the quote mentioned in the text?
As children, we were all probably asked the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Now, no one seems to ask children this question anymore. Yet, by asking a child this question, we give the child a sense of hope for his own future and prompt them to think about their career expectations in adulthood. A child’s answer to this question can serve as a starting point for a discussion about the diversity of occupations open to any boy or girl.
I guess I have always wanted to be a tour guide. Since I was little I’ve liked to travel, meet new people and talk. What I knew for sure was that to be a good tour guide, you need to know at least one foreign language. English is especially required. You need to be talkative, which also means that you have to be very sociable. You need to know geography quite well and, what’s not less important, history, which I’ve always found very interesting. As in any other modern job, tour guides need to have a clear understanding of how to do simple tasks on the computer and how to deal with lists and papers, because this job also includes organising.
What I like most about this job is the fact that it has more good than bad sides. If you are a tour guide, you can travel around the world and see so many magnificent things all around the globe. It brings excitement and a sense of fulfilment. Being in contact with people is something I find great. Making new friends can always take you somewhere else.
The bad side of this job is responsibility, I think. It’s down to you to organize a good holiday time and make sure that people are in a good mood and get positive emotions. So, before choosing your future job, think about it and weigh all pros and cons!
My mum has always said that I was born for this job. As I am growing older I can see that she was right. One day, I would like to go and see all the places on Earth and say that I have been everywhere! I want to learn new languages, experience more, get to know more people and just enjoy my life more with having the job, which I am cut out for.
As one wise man once said: “Do what you love, and you’ll never work another day in your life.” Everyone has passion for something. Some have passion for sports, others for music. Children need to know how important it is to be flexible and open to all learning experiences so that they can choose what they want to be when they grow up.
1) The author doesn’t think asking a child about what profession they would like to choose is a good idea. 2) Being a tour guide requires good knowledge in geography, history and IT skills 3) The author is a very sociable person. 4) The author recommends to consider all the pluses and minuses before choosing new career. 5) The author’s career choice was a surprise for her parents.
5. Match the words in colour from the text to their synonyms. enthusiasm / cooperative / needed / gorgeous / discover / variety/ outgoing / a feeling of satisfaction / stimulate / obligation / appropriate / consider advantages and disadvantages
LISTENING
6. How do you think working will be different from studying? Why? How much do you know about Bill Gates? Do you think he did well at school? Did it help him in the future? Listen to the recording and note the tips he gives for your future in brief. 7. Decide whether the sentences are true (T) or false (F) according to the recording.
1) Children can hear these rules at school. 2) Today’s education is too far from the real world. 3) You become valuable for the world when you succeed. 4) Each of you has a chance to earn $60,000 right after school. 5) Never complain about your mistakes, learn from them. 6) Your parents used to be boring. 7) In real life there are both losers and winners. 8) Just like at school, at work they will help you find yourself. 9) Don’t care about your classmates; they have nothing to do with your future job.
8. Listen to the recording once more and write the equivalents to the words below.
opposite to success / the value of yourself / finish something difficult / similarity / complain / finish / an excellent student / do something wrong / remember
Lesson 1 Lesson 4
UNIT 6
Lesson 1 Lesson 4
UNIT 6
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BANK
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES are used to speculate about what could happen, what might have happened, and what we wish would happen. In English, most sentences using the conditional contain the word if. In all cases, these sentences are made up of an if clause and a main clause. There are equivalent sentence constructions with unless, as soon as, when, provided/ providing, as long as, once etc. instead of “if”. Here are four main ways of constructing conditional sentences in English.
Type Usage If clause verb tense Main clause verb tense
Zero type General truths Present Simple Present Simple Type 1 A possible condition and its probable result Present Simple Future Simple Type 2 A hypothetical condition and its probable result Past Simple Present conditional or Present continuous conditional
Type 3
An unreal past condition and its probable result in the past Past perfect Perfect conditional
Ex.: If you heat ice it melts. If you don’t hurry you’ll be late for lesson. If you went to bed earlier, you wouldn’t be so tired. If you had studied harder you would have passed the exam. When I finish school, I will enter the university. Providing I get a good job I will earn a good salary.
NOTE!
Do not use will or be going to in the if clause. Ex.: If it will rain rains tonight, I will give you a ride home. Do not use a comma after the result clause. Use a comma after the if clause Ex.: You will be able to get a promotion, if you work well if you work well.
9. Find the examples of conditional sentences in the text from Ex. 3. Refer to the
Grammar Bank above if necessary. 10. Today it is Jenny’s first day at work. Complete the list of notes the other secretary has left for her.
come / make / not have / might / not post / give / see
1) If Mr. Barnes ____, tell him I’m in a meeting. 2) If you have time, ____a hundred copies of this document. 3) If you don’t need the store room keys, ____ them to Mark. 4) If you ____ the cleaners, ask them to do the windows downstairs. 5) If visitors ____ an appointment, don’t send them to my office. 6) If you finish the letters, ____ them. I want to see them first. 7) If the work is difficult, you ____ ask me for advice.
11. Match the two halves and write conditional sentences.
For example: 1) If you mix blue and yellow, you get green 1) you mix blue and yellow 2) clouds meet cold air 3) take an aspirin 4) a cat falls from a height 5) go to bed late 6) touch that hot pan 7) you do not sleep well 8) there is no gravity a) you feel tired b) it lands on its feet c) it rains d) feel better e) objects do not fall f) you get green g) burn yourself h) be tired tomorrow
12. Continue the following sentences.
1) If you took a course in computer programming __________________________ 2) They would have paid you more if _____________________________________ 3) If you tell this to anyone ____________________________________________ 4) If you don’t like films why ___________________________________________ 5) I would have been able to finish the report if____________________________ 6) I’ll buy you a box of chocolates if______________________________________
13. Rewrite these sentences using the word given.
For example: If we don’t leave now, we’ll be late for school. (unless) Unless we leave now, we’ll be late for school. 1) You won’t finish on time if you don’t start now. (unless) 2) He will find a job if he starts looking for one now. (as soon as) 3) If you are eighteen you can get your driving license. (when) 4) If I get a leave I will go on vacation. (providing) 5) If I finish this job, I'll go to the gym. (once) 6) If I have nothing to do this evening I will read. (as long as)
14. Complete the sentences and decide which type of conditional sentence it is.
1) If my sister _______ (see) this puppy, she will love it. 2) We __________ (can/sit) in the garden if the weather were nicer. 3) _________ (Mark/be) bored if you had taken him to the opera? 4) I _________ (wait) for you outside the cinema if I arrive early. 5) I __________ (tell) him my name if he had asked. 6) If I ________ (be) tired, I get black circles under my eyes.
SPEAKING
15. Ask and answer these questions in pairs. Ask at least one follow-up question about the details (When? Who with? etc.)
1) If you had an automobile, where would you drive this weekend? 2) If you had studied harder, would you have passed your test better? 3) Would you speak English better if you travelled more for practice? 4) If you studied harder, would you get better marks in all your subjects? 5) If you could visit any country in the world, what country would you visit first? 6) If you had had a chance to do something in another way, would you have done so? 7) If you knew English perfectly, what other language would you begin to study? 8) Would you help your friend at the exam if he asked you? 9) If you had a chance to get any job you want, what would your perfect job be?
