Учебное пособие по развитию навыков устной речи и чтения для студентов 1 курса технических специальностей

4. Discuss the following questions.

1) Look at these words: “My father always told me, ‘Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life’.

Do you agree with Jim Fox? What words in Jobs speech have a similar idea?

2) What will be the most important things to you about your career?
3) What is more important in your opinion: to have a career which gives job satisfaction or the chance to earn a good salary?
4) Is it possible to have both a family life and a successful career?
5) Do you think you would enjoy running your own business? What do you think are the advantage and disadvantages of doing that?
5. Discuss and defend your aims in life.
Choose: 4 areas of your aims for the next year;
3 areas – for the next 5 years;
3 areas – for the next 10 years.
Areas: travel, job, friends, learning, family, hobby, partner, possessions, appearance, life style
Say what you want to achieve within these areas in the time specified. Discuss your points of view in pairs or small groups. Use the following phrases:
To express intentions:
I want to … In five years’ time I’ll …
I’d like to … When I’m twenty I’ll…
I’m going to … When I’m thirty I’ll …
(See List of Speech Acts p. 104)


Section II. Reading Comprehension
Text A. “Nanotechnology”
1. Read and translate the text.
Nanotechnology
A basic definition: Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale.
Generally nanotechnology deals with structures sized between 1 to 100 nanometers in at least one dimension, and involves developing materials or devices within that size.
In its original sense, 'nanotechnology' refers to the projected ability to construct items from the bottom up, using techniques and tools being developed today to make complete, high performance products. This theoretical capability was envisioned as early as 1959 by the renowned physicist Richard Feynman.