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LESSON 6: CHOOSING A CAREER
Lesson 1 Lesson 6
UNIT 6
CHOOSING A CAREER
“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.”
Roy T. Bennett
– Do you know what talents/skills you have? – What talents/skills would you like to develop?
VOCABULARY
1. Look at the professions and tell where these people work.
firefighter / flight attendant / lawyer / journalist / programmer / sales clerk / mechanic / secretary / receptionist / taxi driver / waiter / guide / veterinarian
For example: A manager works in an office. A bricklayer works on a building site. A mayor works in a city council.
2. Fill in the blanks using a correct profession. What are the responsibilities of the other people having jobs mentioned in Ex.1?
1) Someone who works in a school classroom and helps students is called a ___. 2) Someone who cuts and styles your hair to make it look good is called a ___. 3) Someone who helps you in a shop when you want to buy something is called a ___. 4) A person who works in a court and can help people on trial is called a ___. 5) A person who works to stop crime is a ___. 6) A _____ looks after children, reads stories and plays with them. 7) A _____ and a ____work in a hospital or clinic and take care of you when you are ill. 8) An ______ designs and builds large buildings or bridges. 9) A ____ works at the front desk of a building and welcomes visitors and answers the phone. 10) A _____ keeps an office, school or hotel clean and tidy. 11) An ___ works for a company and usually uses a computer and phone.
working with your hands / painting / working with people / using computers / photography / gardening / learning a language / writing stories or poems / singing / playing a musical instrument / caring for animals / cooking and preparing meals / swimming / repairing machines / helping other people / helping others to understand / caring for the environment / working with details
MY GOOD SKILLS SKILLS I WANT TO DEVELOP A JOB THAT REQUIRES THIS SKILL
enthusiastic / honest / flexible / outgoing / patient / precise / helpful / polite / communicative / sociable / creative / imaginative / hardworking / punctual / responsible / confident / thinking ahead / determined / bossy / sensible
MY PERSONAL QUALITIES JOBS
READING
5. What factors go into choosing a career? Read the extract from Steve Jobs’s speech and compare with your answer. Put the paragraphs in the correct order.
____ How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.
____ I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle. ____ I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parent’s garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation – the Macintosh – a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. ____ I really didn’t know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down – that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me – I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over. I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
____ During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world’s first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple’s current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.
article credits: from Steve Jobs: Stanford commencement address, June 2005, The Guardian
6. Read the story again and say if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1) Steve Jobs was fired when he was 20 years old. 2) Steve Jobs loved his job. 3) Steve Jobs met his future wife at Apple Corporation. 4) Steve Jobs never gave up and tried to find a solution to continue his work. 5) Steve Jobs was an enthusiastic, hard-working and precise person.
7. Make a list of Steve Jobs’ recommendations to choose a career and reach success.
Lesson 1 Lesson 6
UNIT 6
Lesson 1 Lesson 6
UNIT 6
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BANK
COMPLEX OBJECT
The combination of a noun in the common case or a pronoun in the objective case and an infinitive used after the predicate forms is called a Complex Object. There are following patterns of it:
MEANING WORDS FORM EXAMPLE mental activity, emotions, wishes
to want, to expect, to know, to order, to tell, to ask, to allow to, to like, would like, would prefer with to I know her to sing very well. I like you to dance. order, permissions to let, to make, to order without to Mother lets us go to the cinema. sense to see, to watch, to feel, to notice, etc. without to All of us heard Bill say that.
process of action action verbs -ing
I heard her singing a song. I watched the children playing with a ball NOTE! When sense verbs do not express physiological sense, Complex Object is not used. Ex.: I saw him enter the library. After the verbs suggest, recommend and deny, Complex Object is also not used. Ex.: I suggested that she should go home.
8. Use the Complex Object with or without to. Refer to the Grammar bank above if necessary.
1) The mother made her son _____ tell the truth. 2) Lisa doesn’t want Tim ____ come back. 3) We heard someone ____ run in the garden. 4) They would like us ____ take part in the competition. 5) I expected my parents ____ lend me some money. 6) Having a car enables you ____ travel round more easily. 7) Mr. Spillberg won’t let us ____ go for a walk today.
9. Change the complex sentences into simple ones using Complex Object.
1) We heard how one of the students in the gym talked to Tim. 2) I did not expect that they would come in time. 3) I watched how he was running by the corridor toward the library. 4) He heard that the bell rang. 5) She believed that he had stolen her money to pay his debts. 6) He wants that this work will be done. 7) The teacher saw how Ann was cheating at the test.
10. Combine the following sentences using either Complex Object or that-clause (pay attention to sequence of tenses).
1) He knew. I’m not afraid to talk in front of a class. 2) He notices. I like to take things apart to see how they work. 3) They haven’t seen. The railway accident occurred near the station. 4) She asks. I’m offering advice to my friends. 5) They liked. Math is my favourite subject. 6) He makes. I’m careful about all of my things. 7) We heard. He made a report on his new discovery.
LISTENING
11. Listen to the song and insert the missing Complex Object. TILL THERE WAS YOU (The Beatles)
There were bells on a hill
But I never ___ (hear) them ____ (ring) No I never heard them at all Till there was you
There were birds in the sky But I never ____ (see) them ___ (wing) No I never saw them at all Till there was you.
Then there was music and wonderful roses They tell me in sweet fragrant meadows of dawn and dew.
There was love all around But I never ____ (hear) it ____ (sing) No I never heard it at all Till there was you.
SPEAKING
12. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions. Make up some more using
Complex Object.
1) Have you ever seen your mother play football? 2) Have you ever seen your father cook dinner? 3) Will you ever let your friend copy a test? 4) Who wants you to learn English well? 5) What makes your brother be angry with you? 6) Have you ever heard your friend sing songs? 7) Would you like your friend to get a good mark in English? 8) Who would like you to be a good sportsman? 9) Does your mother expect you to speak English fluently? 10) Do you let your sister/brother take your things?
WRITING
13. Write a letter to your friend in which you say.
– What you are going to do after leaving school? – How do you prepare yourself for your future profession? – What’s the perfect job for you? – why do you want to do that job? – what qualifications do you need? – what do you have to do every day if you have that job? – is there anything about that job you wouldn’t enjoy? – Ask about your thoughts regarding your career plans.
