Plan: My personal profession

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MY PROFESSION 
Plan: 
1. My personal profession. 
2. Take up your favorite profession. 
3. What is your favorite profession in life. 

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The end of school is the start of our independent life and the beginning 
of the most serious examination we have passed. In order to do well at 
this examination it is necessary to choose the right road in life which 
will help us best to live and work for own good and for the benefit of 
our country. 
Many broad ways will open before the pupils when they leave a 
secondary school. Everybody will have a chance to develop and use 
knowledge and education received during the school years. 
There are a lot of different trades and professions, and each one must 
choose the occupation in which he or she can best develop one’s own 
talent and abilities. Our society needs well-educated people. Nowadays 
the profession of an economist has become one the most useful, 
modern and interesting. That is because our country is moving towards 
market economy and different forms of property are being established. 
There is a place for an economist at every plant and factory. An 
economist exercises different functions. He or she can determine the 
structure of an enterprise and calculate costs as well as probable 
profits. An economist analyses the condition of the market and 
prospects for its development in the future. His or her practical use of 
electronic computers is a must. The activities of an economist at an 
enterprise range from bookkeeper control the financial state of an 
enterprise and perform a lot of useful calculations. A manager is an 
actual administrator. Having a good command of the economic 

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situation in the region and the demands of the market a person with an 
economist’s diploma may establish his own business, or he may 
become a partner of a joint venture. It is very important for an 
economist to know a foreign language, especially English. 
That is because contracts between our country and many countries of 
the world are becoming wider with every coming day. Every economist 
has a chance to go abroad or to deal with foreign businessmen coming 
to our country. But to become a good economist one must work hard 
and get not only theoretical knowledge but also great practical skills 
My future profession 2 
Finishing school is the beginning of the independent life for millions of 
school leavers. Many roads are open before them: technical schools, 
institutes and universities. But it is not easy thing to choose a 
profession out of more than 2000 existing in the world. Some pupils 
follow the advice of their parents, others can’t decide even after 
leaving school. As for me I have made my choice long ago. I want to 
become a teacher or the Russian language and literature. My choice of 
this occupation didn’t come as sudden flash. During all school years 
literature was my favourite subject. I have read a lot of books by 
Russian and foreign writers. I understand that reading books helps 
people in self-education and in solving different life problems. My 
parents are also teachers and I know that teaching is a very specific and 
difficult job. Teachers do not only teach their subjects. They develop 

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their pupils’ intellect, form their views and characters, their attitudes to 
life and to other people. 
It’s a great responsibility. It’s not as easy as it may seem at first. But I 
think that love for children combined with the knowledge I’ll get at the 
Institute would be quite enough to succeed in my work. I’m applying to 
the philological Department and I am sure my dream will come true 
sooner or later. 
It is difficult to choose a profession 
Two occupations attract me a lot. I like to talk with small children and 
explain things to them and I like to write computer programs. I often 
think which one is most favourable and can not decide which 
profession to choose. I was born in a family of a teacher. When I was a 
little girl I went to school with my mother attending her lessons. I 
watched her and I wanted my mother to be a favourite and most 
respected teacher and the older friend for the pupils. Once our English 
teacher caught a cold. I was in the 9th form then and was fond of 
English. The head teacher asked me to give an English lesson in the 5th 
form. I entered the classroom and was terrified at first with all those 
pupils’ eyes stared at me. But I tried to get concentrated and said 
«Good morning» in a quite and friendly voice. Then it was all right. I 
wanted the pupils to like English just like I do. We read, wrote, sang 
songs, asked and answered questions. Since then I gave English lessons 
for several times when the teacher was absent and it was an exciting 
experience. So, I know the job well and I was quite certain which 

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profession should I choose until daddy bought a personal computer. 
Since then everything has changed much. 
First it was impossible for me to understand how it works. Now I am an 
amateur programmer and my father says that I am certainly have an 
ability for programming. I still have a year ahead to decide, but now I 
am not quite sure… 
My future profession 
There are a lot of interesting and useful professions. I am going to 
become a teacher. I suppose my future profession to be one of the 
most important nowadays. 
My future speciality is English (Literature, Russian, History, Geography). 
I love children very much and to become a teacher has been my dream 
since my early childhood. 
To teach and to bring up children is the most important and noble 
thing, to my mind. I am eager to get the proper education to be able to 
do my best to teach my future pupils my favourite subject. I’ll try not 
only to help them to master it. I’ll try to help them to become good and 
clever people, to be honest, kind and noble. 
Children are our future and I want them to be really good and educated 
people. Of course, the profession of a teacher is not an easy one. It 
demands a lot of knowledge, a lot of tenderness of feeling and 
sometimes a lot of patience. But I hope, that I’ll be a good teacher and 
that my pupils will like me and my subject. 

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I have a dream to be a doctor 
There are many interesting and noble professions. 
I want to become a doctor. I like this profession and I am eager to get a 
medical education and work at a hospital. It is a good tradition in our 
family. My mother is a doctor, my grandfather is a doctor and I want to 
be a doctor, too. When I was a little boy my grandfather worked at a 
hospital and I spent some time at the hospital with him. He is a surgeon 
and works in a surgical department. Day by day he takes care of his 
hospital patients, he treats them well. He is very attentive. Every day he 
comes into wards asking patients, «What do you complain of?» He 
wants all people to be able-bodied and he tries to treat his in-patients 
in a proper way. To operate on persons is his main task. He is a kind and 
skilled surgeon. Every day he comes into an operating-room and 
operates on his in-patients. After each operation he takes care of his in-
patients. Day by day he helps them to recover and he is glad when he 
can say, «My in-patient is quite recovered.» Sometimes he advises his 
in-patients to go to sanatoriums after leaving the hospital. 
He instructs them in detail what they can do and eat after their 
operations. My grandfather tells me a lot of true stories about doctors, 
their profession, their aid for people. I respect my grandfather. I like his 
profession and I have a dream to be a doctor too. 
Studies 
and 
my 
plans 
for 
the 
future 
Let me introduce myself. My name is … I am leaving school this year. 

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My dream is to become a student of the Foreign Languages 
Department 
in 
the 
State 
University. 
I want to study English, German and may be French. Knowledge of a 
foreign language opens a new world for us. If you know a foreign 
language you can speak with foreigners and it is a way for better 
understanding. If you know a foreign language you can read books in 
the original and in way you can better understand other people’s 
nature and culture. But for knowing English one should learn every day. 
So I read the texts, translate them, try to find key-words and retell 
them later. It is a very difficult work but I try to do my best. I learn new 
words by heart, work at grammar doing innumerable exercises and 
listen to foreign speech, trying to answer the questions. When I am a 
student I’ll do my best to master the foreign language I’ve chosen. After 
leaving the University I hope to become an interpreter and work at the 
foreign firm. 
My future profession 
When they leave school, millions of young people begin an 
independent life. They can start a working career, go into business or 
continue schooling to receive a higher education. There is one institute 
or a few institutes in nearly every Russian city. There are dozens of 
them in Moscow and St. Petersburg. If you want to get a professional 
training you can enter a technical college. They say that there are over 
2000 professions in the world so it is quite difficult to choose and make 
a decision. Some follow their own choice and some follow their parents 

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advice. 
I have asked myself a lot of times: «What do I want to be when I leave 
school?» A few years ago it was difficult for me to give a definite 
answer. As the years passed I changed my mind a lot of times about 
which science or sphere of industry to specialize in. It was difficult to 
make up my mind and choose one of the hundreds of jobs to which I 
might 
be 
better 
suited. 
What are the main reasons for choosing your future profession? First of 
all it should seem interesting to you. An exciting job that you really like 
is an important component of happiness in life. Then you should 
consider the problem of earning a living. The most fascinating job will 
bring no satisfaction if you starve. And there is the very up-to-date 
problem of unemployment: you should choose a profession which will 
produce 
a 
job. 
A couple of years ago I wanted to become a doctor. I thought it was a 
very noble profession. I was good at biology and chemistry in the 8th 
and 9th forms. I wanted to help people who had problems with their 
health. I know that a doctor should be noble in work and life, kind and 
attentive to people, responsible and reasonable, honest and prudent. A 
doctor who is selfish and dishonest can’t be good at his profession. I 
tried to do my best to develop good traits in myself. 
Now I have already decided what to do. I’d like to be a teacher. I know 
that it is very difficult to become a good teacher. You should know 
perfectly the subject you teach, you must be well-educated and well-
informed. An ignorant teacher teaches ignorance, a fearful teacher 

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teaches fear, a bored teacher teaches boredom. But a good teacher 
develops in his pupils a desire for knowledge and love for truth and 
beauty. As John Steinbeck once said, — «a great teacher is a great artist 
and you know how few great artists there are in the world». Teaching 
might even be the greatest of all the arts. It is a great responsibility to 
educate children. I think that’s the reason why teachers are deeply 
respected. 
More and more people realize that every educated person should know 
a foreign language. That’s why I’m going to become an English teacher. 
I liked English when we first started learning it, and it is still one of my 
favourite subjects. There are many English authors and they are so 
different and so interesting. We have had some Shakespeare and other 
British writers in Russian in classes of literature and I would like to read 
them all in the original. I will try to enter the department of foreign 
languages 
at 
the 
University. 
You study 5 years at Russian universities. After your final exams you are 
a qualified teacher of English or interpreter. University education is 
deep and many-sided. Some students like a post-graduate course to 
follow an academic career. Most university graduates take up teaching 
and re¬turn to school. I know that a teacher’s job is quite difficult. A. 
teacher can’t say that he knows everything in his field. He goes on 
learning his subject during all his career to be able to answer any 
question. He should be an example of competence. 

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My 
Plans 
for 
the 
Future 
This year I’m leaving school. I have already decided what career to 
choose. I would like to be a psychologist. I want to help people to solve 
their problems. I want to help them to understand their inside world, to 
help them to be confident. I love working with people and children. 
I think it’s a difficult job, because one should love people, take care of 
them, 
support 
them. 
This profession is rather new and hence very interesting. Psychologists 
work 
with 
people 
from 
different 
layers 
of 
society. 
I realize that my dream can come true only if I work hard. 
Questions: 
1. Have you decided what you are to do after school? 
2. 
Why 
did 
you 
choose 
psychology? 
3. 
Is 
the 
profession 
of 
a 
psychologist 
a 
new 
one? 
4. 
Whom 
are 
psychologists 
supposed 
to 
work 
with? 
5. If you fail to get the job you want the most, what will you do? 
Мои 
планы 
на 
будущее 
В этом году я заканчиваю школу. Я уже решила, какую карьеру 
выбрать. Я бы хотела быть психологом. Я хочу помогать людям 
решать их проблемы. Я хочу помочь людям понять их внутренний 
мир, помочь им стать увереннее. Я люблю работать с людьми и с 
детьми. 
Я думаю, что эта профессия трудна, потому что нужно любить 
людей, 
заботиться 
о 
них, 
помогать 
им. 

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Эта профессия достаточно новая и потому очень интересная. 
Психологи работают с людьми из разных слоев общества. 
Я осознаю, что моя мечта может осуществиться, только если я буду 
усердно 
работать. 
Источник: 100 тем английского языка. Авторы Каверина В. Бойко В. 
Жидких Н. 

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