I. Read the text and answer the following questions:
1. What specialities (professions) are mentioned in the text?
2. What is difficult to choose for school-leavers?
3. Where does the boy want to study?
TEXT
Choosing a profession.
A question, that confronts all school-leavers is “What profession shall I choose?” It is often difficult to answer it without help. Very often their parents and teachers help them to make a decision.
There are thousands of specialized schools in Russia. They are Technical Schools, colleges. These schools train dress-makers, shop-assistants, nurses, turners, bakers, draftsmen, fitters, radio assemblers, computer operators. Students get a complete secondary education and learn a trade.
II. Fill in the following words:
Shop-assistant, brother, confronts, profession, technical school, trains, chose.
1) The classes at our ... begin at 8.30 in the morning.'
2) He ... an interesting book for me.
3) Our technical schools ... specialists for industry.
4) My sister works as a ... at the department store.
5) My elder ... is a student.
6) The question ... all school-leavers.
III. Ask 1 question to each of underlined words in the text.
IV. Put the verb in the correct form:
1) Where you (to work) after the T. S.?
2) If a student does well, he (to get) grants.
3) I (to choose) the department of computering.
4) My brother (to finish) our T.S. last year.
5) Russian students (to get) the trade at specialized schools and Technical schools.
V. Make the text: “Choosing a future profession”, answering the questions:
1. Why do you like your future speciality? (I like my spciality because ... .)
2. Where will you work? (I shall work at... as a ... .)
3. What will you be? (I shall be a ... .)
4. What is your future speciality? (My future speciality is ... .)
5. What year are you in? (I am in ... year.)
6. What faculty (department) are you in? (I am in a ... .)
7. Are you a fill-time or a part-time student, or do you study by correspondence?
(I am a ... student. I study by ... .)
8. Where do you study? (I study at... .)
9. Do you work or do you study?
10. How old are you? (I am ... years old.)