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12. Read the following statements on the text and decide if they are True or False:

1) Mary’s parents didn’t want their daughter to become a doctor because there was not much money in this profession.

2) Mary financially supported herself through the college by working as a secretary.

3) Mary’s job is to test people’s eyes.

4) To be a blue-collar worker means to work with a pencil in one hand and a telephone in the other.

5) Bill was rather ambitious about his career when he finished school.

6) Automatization of the factory was the reason of Bill’s unemployment.

7) Bill enjoyed his free time when he was out of work.

8) John didn’t get much money when he started his career.

9) John’s promotion followed his successful work as a sales representative.

10) John hopes that he will be able to find time for hobbies when he becomes a pensioner.

11) Both Joan and Steve are ambitious young people.

12) Both Joan and Steve want to work and live abroad.

13. Complete these definitions:

1) An architect designs buildings.

2) A university lecturer… .

3) An accountant… .

4) A vet… .

5) A lawyer… .

6) An engineer… .

7) A bricklayer… .

8) A stock-broker… .

9) A mechanic… .

10) A surgeon… .

14. Can you answer these general knowledge questions about work?

1) What are normal working hours of most office jobs in your country?

2) Can you name three jobs that get very high salaries in your country?

3) When you start paying income-tax in your county, what is the minimum amount you have to pay?

4) What jobs often involve shiftwork? (Give at least two examples.)

5) Is flexi-time common in your company or your country?

16. Speak on the following questions:

  • Have you already chosen your future profession? What do your parents and friends think about it Why do they think so?

  • Can you say that your choice of your future profession was influenced by the subjects at school that you study/studied? By the teachers who teach/taught you?

  • How many jobs and professions have you changed in dreams since you were a child?

  • Could you say that your parents’ occupation may influenced your choice of a future profession? Yes/No. How?

  • What profession in your opinion are considered to be more one less prestigious nowadays? Why?

  • What knowledge and skills in your opinion are necessary for any job or profession?

  • Do you believe that people are born for this or hat profession? Yes/No. Give examples.

17. Think about your own job. Can you explain your responsibilities and duties in English? grammar (passive voice)

  1. The Forms of the Infinitive

Active Voice

Passive Voice

Simple

To do

To de done

Continuous

To be doing

Perfect

To have done

To have been done

Perfect Continuous

To have been doing