New Year Resolutions

           Существует традиция в первые дни нового года принимать какие-то решения.  Люди дают себе  обещания, которые называются "New Year Resolutions". А вы давали себе подобное обещание? Попробуйте сделать это на английском языке.

Послушайте, посмотрите и прочитайте о новогодних обещаниях других людей:

Listen, watch and read about other people's New Year Resolutions:

• New Year Resolutions (Express English, BBC) 
• 6 Minute English - Resolution page (Read the script)          
• Funny Resolutions (read here)
• Listen to the audio and read an interview about New Year Resolutions for English learners.

"My New Year Resolutions"

Your Future Life & Career

"Every man is the architect of his own fortune." -- Sallus

Vocabulary:

Job – work that you regularly do to earn money

Apply for a job, get a job, find a job, do a job, be in a job, be out of job, leave your job, lose your job, job-interview, temporary / permanent job, regular job, part-time job, full time job, top job

Profession – a job that you need special skills and qualifications to do

The teaching / engineering profession, in a profession, go into / enter / join a profession

Jobs can offer then following prospects: promotion, financial reward, perks and bonuses, good job opportunities.

Questions about one’s job:

                                    
                      What do you do? What’s your job?

Answer: I am a …. \\ I work as a … (Don’t say “My job is…”)

1. What kind of job would you like to have?

2. What would your friends and relatives think about your choice?

3. What kind of job would you least like to have?

4. What jobs, if any, do you think should only be done by men /women?

5. What’s more important to you: earning money or having a job you enjoy?

6. What job do you consider a good job for you?

7. Do you have any unusual ambitions?

8. What do you expect from your future job?

9. What do you need to do to get a good job?

Read, Listen, Think:

                                              Life After High School

            Messiest Jobs?                   Cool Jobs?                  Be a designer!

                                          About Careers

Practice Activity:

Listen and do the tasks:      Ruth's Job      Joel's Job