Circle the letter of the answers that best complete the sentences below.
Unit 1. Careers in Business
1. Write your answers to the following questions.
1. Have you ever worked? Describe your most interesting job. How did you get this job? What training or skills where required? What kinds of duties did you perform?
2. Before selecting a career (the chosen work of one’s life) what should a person try to find out about himself or herself and the job? ________________________________
2. Below is a list of terms that you will find in the text. As you read “Careers in business”, see if you understand each term (translate them). Use this as a working list and other terms with which you are unfamiliar.
NOUNS
VERBS
ADJECTIVES
OTHERS
career
offer
suitable
consequently
variety
specialize in
available
field
salary
aptitude
demand
advancement
3. Translate the text in a written form:
Careers in Business
1Business is an increasing important activity throughout the world today. 2Consequently, the opportunities for a business career have grown in variety and 3number. There are now five broad fields or areas of business that offer exciting careers: 4management, marketing, accounting, finance and data processing. Within each of these 5fields are specific jobs in which you can specialize. For example, within the field of 6marketing you can specialize in market research, advertising, buying, selling, or 7distribution. The figure below gives an idea of the general career opportunities that are 8available in the various fields of business.
Business fields and careers
Management
Marketing
Accounting
Finance
Data Processing
general manager
researcher
bookkeeper
banker
computer operator
personnel manager
advertising
private accountant
financial analyst
computer programmer
production manager
buyer
public accountant
stock-broker
system analyst
seller
governmental accountant
distributor
Figure 1
9In choosing a business career, there are several questions you may want to ask. 10For instance, does the work interest you? Are there any areas of business for which 11you have an aptitude or special capability? What are the opportunities involved, such 12as demand (or need) for the job, salary, and chance for advancement? Answers to 13these kinds of questions and careful planing will help in choosing a suitable and 14successful career in business.
Comprehension
4. Answer the following questions about business careers in a written form.
1. What are five different fields of business?
2. What are some specializations within the field of finance?
3. What are some different types of managerial careers?
4. What kinds of questions should you ask in order to choose a suitable and successful career?
Circle the letter of the answers that best complete the sentences below.
1. The opportunities for a business career have:
a) not grown in variety or number
b) grown in variety and number
c) grown in number but not variety
d) grown in variety but not number
2. A person working in data processing may specialize in:
a) computer programming
b) computer operating
c) systems analyzing
d) all of the above
3. A bookkeeper is a specialist within the field of:
a) accounting
b) data processing
c) finance
d) marketing
4. In choosing a business career, one might ask questions regarding:
a) one’s area of interest
b) one’s aptitude
c) job opportunities
d) all of the above
6. Write definitions for the following business fields by matching a field on the left with a definition on the right. Use this definition form: