1. Learn the difference between these words: profession, job and occupation.
Profession – a job that needs a special education and training. Study the combination: by profession/choose sth as a profession. Here are examples: What is your mother by profession? Will you choose law as a profession?
Job – the regular paid work that you do for an employer. Study the expressions: get/find, take/accept, lose, leave/quit a job, apply/try to get a job, job satisfaction, change jobs, Saturday/summer/holiday job Study the examples: Did you work a holiday job this summer?
Occupation – a job or profession. What is your mother’s occupation? Work – to do the job that you are paid for. Here are the examples: work for the company/work as a secretary. What company does your father work for?
Learn how to form words marking professions.
Form the nouns from the following verbs. Translate them into Russian.
To write, to read, to drive, to translate, to work, to jump, to wait, to build, to run, to report, to travel, to teach, to sing, to compose, to dance, to paint, to print, to bake, to edit, to interpret, to sail, to manage, to educate, to lecture, to direct, to explore, to kill, to decorate, to invent, to produce, to construct, to design, to inspect, to tell.
Read and translate the following words into Russian.
A spaceman, a sportsman, a fireman, a fisherman, a milkman, a policeman, a postman, a businessman, a militiaman, a weatherman, a doorman, a saleswoman, a garbage man.
From the list of the jobs given below choose those connected with manual labour (A) and with creative activity (B).
A miner, a farmer, a manager, a carpenter, a singer, a milkman, a librarian, a baker, a teacher, a shoemaker, a composer, a builder, a journalist, a fireman, a weatherman.
Name the professions according to the association.
A shop, a police station, a school, an office, a theatre, a library, a hospital, a newspaper, a hotel, a bar, a restaurant, an airplane, a dental office.
Read the following definitions and choose the right answers.
1. A person who grows crops and raises animals is called a …
a) fisherman; b) farmer; c) miner
2. A member of a symphony orchestra is called a …
a) secretary; b) singer; c) musician
3. The person who takes care of your teeth is called a …
a) nurse; b) biologist; c) dentist
4. Someone who makes beautiful paintings is called an …
a) editor; b) accountant; c) artist
5. A person who takes care of people in a hospital is called a …