Jobs and professions «The only way to do great work is to love what you do» Steve Jobs warming up

Task 1. Match the two lists to make sentences describing certain jobs.

1.A hairdresser 2.A vet 3.A carpenter 4.A cook 5.A pilot 6.A stewardess 7.A militiaman 8.A racing driver 9.A nurse 10.A nursery school teacher 11.A waiter 12.A clown 13.A farmer 14.A postman 15.A banker 16.A builder

a) teaches small children b) flies airplanes. c) looks after air passengers. d) serves people food. e) makes things of wood. f) cuts people’s hair. g) drives fast cars. h) looks after sick people. i) regulates traffic. j) works on a farm. k) cures sick animals. l) makes people laugh. m) makes food. n) builds houses. o) counts money p) brings letters.

Note: Names of jobs and professions are usually formed with the help of the suffixes -ER, -OR, -IAN, -IST, -ANT, -ENT. Often, names of jobs and professions are compound nouns, and some of them may have variants of spelling. 
Task 2. Look at the names and say what these people were.
Example: Beethoven – a composer.

1. 
   Shakespeare –
   
2. 
   Einstein, Newton –
   
3. 
   Kennedy, Lincoln, Washington –
   
4. 
   Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Vysotsky –
   
5. 
   Sherlock Holmes, Captain Losev –
   
6. 
   Alisher Navoi, Abdulla Aripov –
   
7. 
   Admiral Nelson, Admiral Ushakov –
   
8. 
   Valery Chkalov, Yuri Gagarin –
   
9. 
   Leo Yashin, Lev Yashin –
   
10. 
    Mohammed Ali, Mike Tyson -
    

Task 3. Look at the list. Do you know all the words? Give the definitions.

a reporter	a pilot	a vet	a librarian
a fisherman	a driver	a chef	a nurse
a carpenter	a housewife	a traveller	a secretary
a businessman	a postman	a scientist	a farmer
a shop-assistant	a programmer	a designer	a dentist
a police officer	a student	a musician	an engineer

b) which of these are not actually professions (4)?
c) Underline the jobs you think are exciting.
Circle the jobs you would never like to do.
Put brackets around the well-paid jobs.
Cross out the jobs you think are boring.
Tick the jobs you think you’ll be good at.
d) Which jobs from the list match these definitions?

1. 
   — a person who does experiments.
   
2. 
   — someone who works in the country with animals or plants.
   
3. 
   — a person who cooks in a restaurant.
   
4. 
   — a person who makes things from wood.
   
5. 
   — a person who helps a doctor in a hospital.
   
6. 
   — someone who does office work, such as typing letters, answering phone calls, etc.
   

e) Write 3 more definitions of the jobs people do. Work in groups.
Task 4. Complete the sentences with the names of professions or activities.
e.g. A person who writes for newspapers is a journalist.

1. 
   A doctor who treats teeth is ...
   
2. 
   A person who paints pictures is ...
   
3. 
   A person who types papers is …
   
4. 
   A person who takes part in public life is …
   
5. 
   A scientist who studies the structure of materials is …
   
6. 
   A scientist who studies the structure of organisms is …
   
7. 
   A person who writes books is ...
   
8. 
   A person who knows a lot about his job is ...