7. Speaking

Discuss these questions with your partner.

1. What are you career plans? 2. Would you like to work in a laboratory?

3. What qualities do you think a laboratory worker needs?

IX. Writing

Write a short essay about you future career plans (150-200 words).

9. Grammar: Conditionals

a. Open the brackets.

1. If I (have) enough money, I (go) on safari to Kenya. However, my bank account is empty!

2. I love to travel! When I (have) enough money, I (go) abroad. I do it almost every year

3. I really wanted to go on safari to Kenya with my friends, but I couldn't afford to go. If I (have) enough money, I (go) with them.

4. I'm sorry, I didn't know you were allergic to chocolate. If I (know), I (make) you a vanilla birthday cake.

5. Stop asking me what Amanda bought you for Christmas. Even if I (know) what she bought you, I (tell, not you.

6. Nobody here speaks English. Too bad Gloria isn't here. If she (be) with us, she (can) act as our interpreter.

7. I am afraid I won't be able to come to your wedding next week because my company is sending me to New York to attend a trade show. I (miss, never) your wedding if I (have) a choice in the matter.

8. If the weather is nice tomorrow, she (walk) along the river to school.

9. If you help me move tomorrow, I (treat) you to a dinner and a movie.

10. If you were to help me move tomorrow, I (treat) you to a dinner and a movie.

11. If I were in Tahiti right now, I (snorkel) along a beautiful reef. I wouldn't be stuck here in this office with mountains of paperwork.

12. If Jerry hadn't stopped to pick up that quarter, he (cross) the street when the bus ran the red light. He might have been killed!

13. Tina's train arrived ahead of schedule. If I hadn't decided to go to the train station early, she (wait) there for more than twenty minutes before I arrived.

14. If I (pass) the test, I (get) an "A" in the class. Instead, I got a "C." I really should have studied more.

15. If I (be) rich, I (buy) that new Mercedes we saw yesterday. Unfortunately, I can't even afford a used car.

a. Complete the sentences in your own way.

1. If the skirt hadn't been so cheap………

2. You wouldn’t have won the first prize if ………

3. If you listen to your earphones too loudly, you………………..

4. If I were you, I …….

5. If you pay a bit more for your hotel room, you………

6. If my car broke down again, I ………….

7. If Jane was rich,………

8. If I fail my exams,

9. She would have sent you a Christmas card if……….

10. Dave would have broken up with Claire if………..

UNIT 11

Organic chemistry

1. Lead-in

Discuss these questions with your partner.

Look at the portrait of this well-known scientist. Can you guess who he is?
What does his name tell you about?
What is organic chemistry?
Why are there more organic compounds than inorganic ones?
What is the most important source of organic compounds?