MY FUTURE PROFESSION

Learn the following words and expressions:

training – обучение

a skill – умение

to respect – уважать

to involve – включать, вовлекать

independent – независимый

to choose – выбирать

to exist – существовать

to follow – следовать

an advice – совет

to decide – решать

to leave school – заканчивать школу

to evaluate – оценивать

moreover – более того

an ability – способность

a use – применение

own – собственный

as for me – что касается меня

to make а choice – делать выбор

vital – жизненно важный

constant – постоянный

a stream – вереница, поток

a decision – решение

that’s why – вот почему

a challenge – вызов

a flash – вспышка

to aim – ставить своей целью

to create – творить, создавать

pros – за (преимущества)

cons – против (недостатки)

an exception – исключение

varied – разнообразный

to require – требовать

flexible – гибкий, творческий

an approach – подход

to reward – вознаграждать

to deal with – иметь дело с

a pleasure – удовольствие

to repair – ремонтировать

to equip – оборудовать

a gym – спортивный зал

to mark – выставлять отметки

to prepare for – готовиться к

to complain – жаловаться

to pay – платить

to improve – улучшать

responsibility – ответственность

to master – овладевать (знаниями)

ignorant – невежественный

burning – жгучий

a desire – желание

medium – посредник, среда

a quality – качество

generosity – великодушие

tolerance – терпение

to afford – иметь возможность, позволять себе

dull –скучный, тупой, глупый

mean – посредственный, злобный

narrow-minded – ограниченный

bright – яркий, полный бодрости

to obtain – приобретать, достигать

a set – набор, ряд

to explain – объяснять

attitude – позиция, отношение

to be keen on – очень любить

to do one’s best – сделать все возможное

to succeed – добиться успеха,

достигнуть цели

to doodle – машинально чертить или рисовать

to detain – задерживать

to review – делать обзор

appropriate – соответствующий

to withdraw – отстранять, удалять

easily damaged – легкоповреждаемый

a facility – приспособление

storage – хранение

Practise the pronunciation of the following words:

individual ["indi'vidjuəl], career [kə'riə], world [wWld], evaluate [i'væljueit], sure [Suə], moreover [mLr'ouvə], character ['kæriktə], specific [spi'sifik], knowledge ['nOliG], creativity ["kriei'tiviti], pedagogy ['pedəgəgi], psychology ["sai'kOləGi], philosophy [fi'lOsəfi], literature ['litrətSə], varied ['vFərid], require [ri'kwaiə], reward [ri'wLd], pleasure ['pleZə], equipped [i'kwipt], gym [Gim], catalyze ['kætəlaiz], guardian ['gRdjən], quality ['kwOliti], audience ['Ldiəns], would [wud], enough [i'nAf].

Read and translate the text “My Future Profession”

What is a profession? As Cambridge International Dictionary of English says, it is “any type of work which needs a special training or skill, often one which is respected because it involves a high level of education”. Several colleges and universities in Perm provide necessary training for individuals wishing to get good education and enter professional careers.

Finishing school is quite the right time to think about future profession because it is the beginning of the independent life for millions of school leavers. Many roads are opened for them, but it is not an easy thing to choose a profession out of more than 2,000 existing in the world. Some follow the advice of their parents or the example of their friends and make an easy choice, for others it’s difficult to decide. It is really so because people have to evaluate themselves before choosing a career, they must be sure they know their interests. Moreover they must be realistic about their abilities, so as to make the best use of their own talents.

As for me I made my choice long ago - I want to become a teacher. Many young people consider teaching as a career. It’s not surprising – teachers play a very important role in our lives. All people have the deepest respect for them. They serve humanity doing the most vital job of all. Besides, with ten school years behind and with all the teachers you have met, you think there isn’t anything you don’t know about this work.

I must say that this decision didn’t come to me as a sudden flash. My mother is also a teacher and I have always known that teaching is a very specific and difficult job. Teaching is a constant stream of decisions, that’s why this job is a real challenge to my character and abilities. I see that the successful solution of the complex tasks of upbringing depends to a great extent on the teacher, his professional skill and cultural background. The teacher is a sculptor of the young personality. Everybody knows that it isn’t easy to teach modern children. Teachers don’t only give knowledge in their own subjects. Modern school is also aimed to develop individual abilities of children, independent thinking and creativity. To be a good teacher you must be deeply interested in what you are doing. You have to be quite creative and well educated yourself. You must be a model of competence and know a lot of things not only in your subject but also in many others such as pedagogy, psychology, philosophy, history, literature and music for example.

Every job has its pros and cons. The profession of a teacher is not an exception. On the one hand this work is varied, it requires a flexible approach to every lesson and good communication skills. This profession can be rewarded if you like dealing with children because children will love you too. If you like people you will like teaching. Moreover it’s a pleasure to work in modern well-repaired and well-equipped schools with special rooms for different subjects, computer classes, laboratories, gyms, sports grounds, and even swimming pools.

On the other hand most jobs are done within the usual office hours from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. but not for teachers. They are devoted to their work and their evenings are usually spent in marking exercise books and preparing for the next lesson. Teachers always complain that they are overworked and underpaid. That’s true but there are summer holidays, which last almost two months and there is also hope that the economical situation in Russia will soon improve and the situation in payment will change.

To be a teacher is a great responsibility.A teacher is a person who is always mastering and learning herself while teaching others because every time you learn something new you become something new. An ignorant teacher teaches ignorance but a good teacher catalyzes in her pupils the burning desire to know. John Steinbeck wrote: “A great teacher is a great artist. Teaching might even be the greatest of arts since its medium is the human mind and the human spirit.”

I’m sure that a teacher should have such personal qualities as generosity, tolerance, flexibility and so on. A boring teacher teaches boredom, so a teacher cannot afford being dull, mean or narrow-minded. Only bright personalities are respected by audience. A teacher has to be clever and obtain a set of specific skills to be able to explain difficult points in simple words because teachers must develop their pupils’ intellect, form their views and characters, their attitude to life and to other people.

I can’t say that all these qualities can be found in me but I’m keen on this profession and I’ll do my best to match it. It’s not easy, as it may seem at first but I think that love for children combined with the knowledge I’ll get at the University would be quite enough to succeed in my future work.

Answer the following questions:

1. What is a profession?

2. Why is finishing school quite the right time to think about future profession?

3. How many professions exist in the world?

4. What do schoolchildren do to choose a career?

5. Did you make your choice long ago?

6. Why is teaching a real challenge to a person?

7. Do people respect teachers greatly?

8. Is it easy to teach modern children?

9. What is the aim of modern school?

10. What must teacher know?

11. What are some pros and cons of this profession?

12. How are modern schools equipped?

13. What kind of person should a teacher be?

14. What personal qualities can be found in you?

15. Do you think you will succeed in your future work?

Ask your neighbour:

1) if Perm Pedagogical University provides a high level of education;

2) if there are many colleges, institutes and universities in Perm;

3) if many roads are opened for school leavers;

4) why it is not easy to choose a profession;

5) what profession he (she) has chosen;

6) if a teacher must be creative and well educated;

7) when the profession of a teacher is rewarded;

8) how his (her) school was equipped;

9) if to be a teacher is a great responsibility;

10) what a good teacher catalyzes in her pupils;

11) what a teacher cannot afford herself;

12) what personalities are respected by the audience;

13) if a good teacher is able to explain difficult points in simple words.