When you leave school you understand that the time to choose your future profession has come. It’s not an easy task to make the right choice of a job. It is known that each school leaver has to make serious decisions.

It is a dilemma for the whole family. Fathers usually want their children to follow their footsteps. Mothers don’t want their sons and daughters to leave their native town. So they persuade kids to enter local colleges and universities.

But it’s extremely difficult for a person to solve this problem. On the one hand young people want to acquire knowledge, develop their skills. On the other hand it is not easy to make yourself study hard for many years. In addition they want to earn as much money as possible. Each young man would like to set up a flourishing business.

To make the right choice you should consider your character and abilities. To become a good doctor you must be patient, caring and kind. The teacher’s work requires love for children, good knowledge of subjects and the ability to explain. The detective’s job is very stressful. He must be brave, just, clever and strong.

As for me, after finishing secondary school I shall go on with my education. I decided to become a manager (economist, doctor, etc.). This profession is in great demand now. I consider this profession to be interesting and necessary. To become a good … one must be (patient, diligent, …) I am going to enter …. I believe I have all the necessary qualities to make an excellent … I shall have to develop … I’ll do my best to become a good specialist in my chosen field.

school leaver [′sku:l ′li:və]                      выпускник

decision [di′siƺn]                                   решение

dilemma [di′lemə]                                  дилемма, проблема выбора

footstep [′futstep]                                  след, здесь в переносном значении: по стопам

to persuade [pə′sweid]                          уговорить

to solve [solv]                                       решить

to acquire [ə′kwaiə]                              приобретать

flourishing [′fl∧ri∫iŋ]                              цветущий

patient [′pei∫nt]                                      терпеливый

caring [′kɛəriŋ]                                      заботливый

to require [ri′kwaiə]                               требовать

just [′ʤ∧st]                                          справедливый

demand [di′ma:nd]                                 здесь: спрос

Questions:

1)         Have you decided on your career?

2)         When did you begin making plans for the future?

3)         When were you able to give a definite answer about your future profession?

4)         Did anybody influence you in making your choice?

5)         What kind of character must a good teacher (doctor, detective) have?

6)         What other jobs did you think of?

7)         In what jobs is the knowledge of a foreign language necessary?

8)         Have you got computer skills?

9)         Would you rather have a dull well-paid job or an interesting but poorly-paid one?