Add anything else that is important to you.

 

2. Work in pairs. Discuss with your partner what should a good engineer do? Use the phrases: I think,I believe,It is no doubt I suppose, As far as I know, To my mind, What about you, What is your opinion. Consider the points below.

To have inventive mind, to have problem-solving skills, to have an aptitude for drawing and working with figures, to be computer literate, to be critically-minded, to have personal freedom, to responsible, to make money, to have good logical reasoning, to think creatively, to be technically competent, to be trained to handle any challenges, to work as part of the team, to have a talent for technique.

Ask your partner if his/her personal abilities satisfy the requirements of the engineering profession?

3. Read and dramatize the dialogues with your partners. Make up your own dialogues on these models:

1) - Hello, Pete!

- Hi, Nick! Where are you hurrying?

- To our university. You know, we are meeting today.

- The lectures are over. What are you going to do?

- By the way, I’m a member of our optional class in Engineering. Our professor promised to show us some experiments in his lab.

- That sounds very inviting, and what kind of work do you do there?

- Generally, we take a deep study of certain topics and problems we are interested in. Sometimes we carry out experiments.

- Oh, it’s a series work, isn’t it? So, I see you’ve definitely made up your mind to take up engineering as a career, haven’t you?

- I believe so. It really attracts me.

 

2) - I wonder, Andrew, why have you chosen engineering as a career? You know, it’s a very difficult job and a bit boring to my mind.

- Nothing of the kind. It’s the most stimulating and rewarding job.

- Are you fond of solving technical problems?

- Yes, of course. I’m fond of repairing mechanical items.

- Oh, fine! You seem to have a talent for technique.

- I hope I have. I believe I should be a good engineer.

5.4*. Role-play the following situations:

1. A father/a mother and a son/a daughter are discussing his/her future career. The student is willing to become an engineer, the parents are trying to talk him out of it. Both are giving pros and cons of the engineering
career.

2. Two people are discussing the profession of an engineer. The question is: may a woman be a good engineer?

3. The profession of an engineer is for those who enjoy solving various technical problems. Do you agree with it?

5. * Work in groups. Discuss the following. Use the formulas of expressing your opinion:

1. Why have you chosen engineering as a career? Highlight at least 5 points which make profession so attractive.

2. Who has influenced your choice of profession?

3. Do your interests and abilities meet the requirements of the job you would like to do in the future?

4. If not an engineer, would you like to become a lawyer (police officer, doctor, teacher, journalist, economist etc)? Why or why not? Explain your reasons for and against.

5. What is the role of an engineer in a modern life?Is the profession of an engineer popular in our country? Give your arguments.

6. What are the pros and cons of the engineering profession?

7. What would your ideal working environment be? Why?

Listening

1. Listen to the text Careers Search on http://www.esl-lab.com

Do the tasks given to this text.

SUPPLEMENTARY TASKS

1. Do you know? Translate the text into Russian:

You know the word «profession» very well. But be careful when you use it. Remember that there are other words to use: «occupation», «trade», «job», «work», «vocation», «career».

Occupation – an activity in which one is engaged, that occupies one’s

time.

E.g. Look for an occupation suited to your abilities.

This is a useful occupation for long winter evenings.

Profession – is an occupation for which special education or training is required, as the profession of an architect.

E.g. Medicine, law and architecture are professions. Should all professions be open to women?

Trade is a skilled occupation, handicraft. Trade is used for physical labour, the use of machinery and tools.

E.g. He is a tailor/weaver/carpenter/blacksmith by trade.

A job is a piece of work either to be done or completed; employment.

E.g. To apply for a job; to change jobs; a full-time job; a job of an engineer, teacher.

Work is what a person does to earn one’s living.

E.g. It is difficult to find work during a depression.

To be in /out of work – having/not having employment.

Vocation is feeling that one is called to (and qualified for) a certain kind of (esp. social or religious), special aptitude (for).

E.g. The nursing of the sick is a vocation as well as a profession.

He has no vocation for teaching.

A career – a job or profession a person has been trained for and intends to do for several years.

E.g. We can learn a lot by reading about the careers of famous people.

Occupation is the most general term, it is used to name any job,

employment.

2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:

 

1. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

2. He’s been out of work for a month but now he’s found a very good job in New York.

3. A doctor, a teacher, a journalist, and an architect are very good

professions.

4. He comes from a professional family.

5. He took up journalism as his career.

6. A job is something you do to make money but career comprises your interests, abilities and ambitions.

7. I could never do an ordinary nine-to-five job.

8. It’s important to find a job that offers good career prospects.

9. Nursing is a hard work and often low paid but for many people it is a vocation.

10. Medicine has always been a male-dominated profession.

 

3. Fill in the blanks with the words: career, job, work, profession, trade, vocation:

1. Men in manual … are less prone to stress-related illnesses.

2. At the age of 37 Mike suddenly found himself out of … and

without much hope of finding a ….

3. What time do you get to your...?

4. He is a lawyer by ….

5. Shoemaking is a useful ….

6. He lost his ….

7. It’s difficult to find … during a depression.

8. Now there are more and more … opportunities for women.

9. The college teaches many useful ….

10. As a speech therapist she feels she has finally found her ….

11. I want to find out more about … in journalism.

12. Please, fill in the details of your present ….

13. Fewer young people are entering the legal … nowadays.

14. Women often return to … after they have had children.

15. The boys were sent to a special college where they would all be taught a ….

 

 

4. Say if these are professions or trades:

Lawyer, librarian, firefighter, dentist, child-minder, manager, hairdresser, police officer, tailor, mechanic, bookkeeper, designer, architect, engineer, builder, priest, scientist, carpenter, teacher, chef, plumber.