MY FUTURE PROFESSION 1. It is not easy to choose a profession, but as for me I made my choice long ago. 2. I want to become a teacher of the Russian language and literature. 3. During all school years literature was my favourite subject. 4. I’ve read a lot of books by Russian and foreign writers. 5. I understand that reading books helps people in self-education and in solving different problems. 6. I would like to teach my pupils to enjoy reading, to encourage them to learn our national language and literature, which is the source of national culture. 7. I know that teaching is a very specific and difficult job. 8. It shouldn’t be taken easy. 9. The teacher is a person who is learning as well as teaching all his life. 10. Teacher’s work is never done and evenings are mostly spent marking exercise-books and preparing for the next lesson. 11. It is quite a stressful job because you have to encourage your pupils and keep them interested. 12. Teachers do not only teach their subjects. 13. They bring up the younger generation in the spirit of high moral ideals. 14. They develop their pupils’ intellect, form their views and characters, their attitudes to life and to other people. 15. It is not as easy as it may seem at first. 16. 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 work. 17. I entered the Philological Department and I am sure that my dream will come true sooner or later. Ex. 1. Read the text. Learn these words and combination by heart: choose – выбрать, выбирать make one’s choice – сделать свой выбор self-education – самообразование solving – решение encourage – поощрять, воодушевлять source – источник It shouldn’t be taken easy – К ней нельзя относиться легкомысленно as well as – параллельно с, также stressful –нервный teach – преподавать bring up – воспитывать generation – поколение in the spirit – в духе develop – развивать form – формировать view – взгляд attitude – отношение it may seem – может показаться combined – соединенный quite enough to succeed – вполне достаточно, чтобы добиться успеха come true – исполняться sooner or later – рано или поздно Ex. 2. Find all qualitative adjectives. Form their degrees of comparison. Ex. 3. Put in the right order: 1. very, is, specific, and, a, Teaching, difficult, job, stressful. 2. I, At, Literature, liked, than, school, other, more, subjects. 3. us, Books, in, different, self-education, and, help, problems, solving, life. Ex. 4. Find the verbs in Present, Past and Future Simple. Ex. 5. Make up a plan of the text. Speak on each point of the plan in 2-4 sentences. Ex. 6. Tell about your future profession.