Vocabulary:

to upgrade – улучшать, совершенствовать

advertisement – реклама

questionnaire – анкета

quiz – опрос

ability – способность

to make a decision – принимать решение

to take into consideration – принимать во внимание

otherwise – иначе, иным способом, иным образом, подругому

to support- поддерживать, содержать (материально), обеспечивать

choice– выбор

means– средство

recent– недавний

advance – достижение

in conclusion – в заключение

advantage – преимущество

goal – цель

suitable – подходящий

to mention – упоминать

future is purchased by the present – будущее делается в настоящем

Questions:

1. What do young people do after leaving school?

2. Where can young people learn about professions?

3. What should one take into consideration while choosing a career?

4. Who can help young people concerning future plans?

5. Why do we need to speak foreign languages?

6. Why is it so important to lean English?

7. What is a great advantage of choosing our future career being a school pupil?

8. What should we do of we want something to be done right?

Put the words in the following sentences:

1. I am profession my going about to tell you future .

2. Young people in magazines professions about and advertisements can learn.

3. During we begin to think our school life, our job about our future life.

4. I have since being child that it a I want to be an known interpreter.

5. language English in nearly is the official forty countries.

6. It is colleges at schools studied, and universities.

Give possible beginning of the sentences:

1. … getting a job are two things, any person passes through in his life.

2. … to help people young to find out their interests and abilities more clearly and to make a decision concerning their future occupation.

3. … in the world, so it is quite difficult to choose and make a decision.

4. … question, what I was going to do, when I was finishing my school.

5. … language of international aviation, shipping, sports and medicine.

6. … study English as a foreign language.

7. … hard to realize our wishes, because future is purchased by the present.

8. … something be done well, do it yourself, make a right decision.

Theme 4

English is the language of communication

Text 1.

English is the language of communication

«Do you speak English?» - With this phrase begins the conversation between two people, that speak different languages and want to find a common language.

It’s very good when you hear: «Yes, I do», and start talking. People of different countries and nations have to get along well with the progress in world trade and technology as well as with each other.

So it is very useful to learn foreign languages. Knowledge of foreign languages helps us to develop friendship and understanding among people.

English is very popular now. It’s the language of computers, science, business, sport and politics. It’s spoken all over the world. It is the official language of the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States of America, Canada and Australia. There are more than 750 million speakers of English in the world.

Speaking a foreign language you can read papers, magazines and original books by great writers, watch satellite TV programs. If you like traveling you can go anywhere without being afraid that other people will not understand you. English is very important to find a good job.