Interview your groupmates about their future professions.

1. When did you start to think about your future profession?

2. What professions do you like best of all?

3. Who helped you to make your choice?

4. What do you know about your future profession?

5. What are your parents' professions?

6. What do you know about them?

7. Have you got any traditional professions in your family?

8. Is your future profession interesting and modern?

5.Vocabulary Complete the text using " too " or " enough ".

Gary is leaving school this year but he doesn't know what he wants to do. He isn't motivated 1)... enough... to go to university. He would quite like to be an engineer but he thinks it would be 2) …difficult. His father wants him to work in the family shop but that's not exciting 3) …for Gary. He hasn't got 4) … patience to sit in a shop all day. He wants to travel, so the navy seems to be a good idea, although the rules are a bit 5) … strict. Someone suggested driving a taxi but the hours are 6) …long and he wouldn't earn 7).... money. There really is nothing that interests him enough.

Use the words in capitals to form a word that fits in the space in the same line

The job interview

It is important to make a good (0) … when going IMPRESS

for a job interview. Interviewers usually ask a (1) … of VARIOUS

questions, many of which concern (2) …. However, they QUALIFY

also usually like to ask questions about previous (3) … as OCCUPY

well as (4) … not connected to the work place. Often, the ACHIEVE

(5) … candidate is not the one with the most impressive SUCCESS

(6) … but the one who shows that he or she has made EDUCATE

the most (7) … use of their time. Few employers want EFFECT

employees who are (8) … to think for themselves. The ABLE

(9) … of advancement in any job very rarely depends on POSSIBLE

the (10) …of work but more on the enthusiasm and ACCURATE

dedication of the employee.

Speaking

A Talking about yourself

1 Describe a job you would not like to do, giving reasons why you would not want to do it. Use some of these adjectives: stressful, boring, mentally hard, physically hard, conventional, low-paid, etc.

2 Talk about a job you wanted to do when you were younger. Say why you wanted to do it then. If you no longer want to do it, explain why not.

B Discussion

1 Are the jobs below usually done by men or women? Why do you think this is?

Astronaut coal miner dancer lorry driver nurse pilot police officer

Shop assistant surgeon hairdresser flight attendant

2 There are many jobs in which a knowledge of English is essential or desirable. Name some of these jobs and say why English is important for them.

Roleplay

Work in groups of three.