Ex1: Read the text
My future career

What do you want to be when you grow up? We have heard this question many times during our school years. Perhaps, it was difficult for us to give a definite answer earlier. But now we understand that the time to choose our future profession has come. Finishing school is the beginning of an independent life for millions of school-leavers. Many roads are open before us: technical schools, colleges and universities. Centuries ago there were only a few jobs: people were farmers, bakers, butchers or carpenters. Today there are thousands of different kinds of jobs, and new ones are constantly appearing. No wonder that it is not an easy thing to make the right choice.
When choosing a future career, we should consider different factors. In my opinion, money is one of the most important factors when you make a choice. There are highly paid jobs and low-paid jobs. For example, a businessman, a president or a film star, are highly paid jobs. A worker, a doctor or an engineer, are low-paid jobs. I think everybody wants to earn as much money as possible. Training, promotional prospects and conditions should be also taken into account.
On the other hand, it's good when you get satisfaction from your job. It is very important to choose a profession that suits your interests. In my opinion, a job should be interesting and socially important. Some jobs are considered to be more suitable for men and others for women. For example, the professions of secretary or nurse are more suitable for women. A lifeguard or a pilot are more likely the jobs for men. You should also decide whether you want to work indoors or outdoors.
To make the right choice, you should take into account your traits of character. It goes without saying that to become a good doctor you must be patient, caring and kind. Teacher's work requires love for children, profound knowledge of subjects, and the ability to explain. A secretary has to be efficient and careful in order to do her work quickly and accurately. Salespeople need to be friendly and persuasive, to get people buy their products.
There are so many people who influence us in choosing our occupation. Parents and friends play a very important role in our choices.
My father works for an international company as a managing director. It is a highly paid job and it offers a lot of opportunities. You can travel abroad and meet different people. My father is a friendly person and he is easy to talk to. He thinks that I must choose my future profession according to my taste and preferences. I respect him and I want to become a businessman, too.
I have always been interested in economics and I am good at Maths. I have an aptitude for working with people, and I think I'm rather communicative and have good social skills. I have good analytical abilities and I am good at problem-solving. Besides, I am good at English. English has become the standard language for all kinds of international business communications. To know English today is absolutely necessary for every businessman. To become a successful businessman you should know a lot. So after finishing school I want to enter the university and to study marketing or management. Management deals mainly with people. A manager is a person who directly supervises people in an organization. Managers spend a great deal of time communicating, coordinating and making decisions affecting the daily operations of their organization. Almost everything, a manager does, involves decisions, and in decision-making there is always uncertainty and risk. So managing is a very interesting, but difficult, job.
Marketing deals with market research and commercial activity in general. It involves analyzing business situations, evaluating market opportunities, developing market strategies and controlling their implementation. It is important for a specialist in marketing to be flexible and prepared to make adjustments where necessary, as it is unlikely that any marketing plan will succeed exactly as planned.
I haven't decided yet what to study. But I still have time to think and to choose.

Ex 2: Think and answer the questions with the help of the text:

1. What types of jobs were popular earlier?
2. What factors we should consider when we choose a future career?
3. What jobs are considered to be highly paid and low-paid?
4. Should a job suit your interest or not? Explain why.
5. What jobs are considered to be suitable for men? And for women?

Mytischi is a city of regional subordination in the moscow region of russia, the administrative center of the city district of mytishchi. the population is 201 130[2] people (2016). the city is located 19 km[3] north-east of moscow city centre, on the river yauza. directly borders with the capital in moscow in the yaroslavl highway and ostashkovskogo highway. northern satellite town of moscow, one of the largest centers of culture, science and industry of moscow region. railway junction on the moscow — arkhangelsk. the city stretches from north to south is 10 km from the north-east to south-west 11 km. was first mentioned as a village in mytischi 1460 (from the xix century — a lot of mytishchi). the name comes from the so-called mytnaya fee (or "myta"), charged with the traders on their way to portage from the klyazma yauza. when navigation on the yauza stopped collecting myta was transferred to moscow, where once collected myt, became known as a yauza mytimer. it is important to note that the word "mytime" means great strangles. it is formed by analogy with other similar words. for example, the fire — place where was a fire, ashes and pechysche — where was the house with the oven and hearth, the mound — where there was a town. thus, the "mytime" is a place where there was a strangles[4]. with 1804 began to act mytishchi-moscow water drawn from mytischi to moscow. in the mid-nineteenth century in mytishchi organized the first enterprise; in 1861 through mytischi came the railroad, and in 1896 began working as car-building plant of s. i. mamontov; and since 1908 has started to work the first in russia factory of artificial silk, "rayon." in the second half of xix — early xx century mytishchi and the surrounding villages have become a popular summer resort. in 1929, he was commissioned a second in the soviet union electrified the station "moscow — mytischi" dc 1.5 kv[5]. mytishchi have the status of city on august 17, 1925[6]. in 1932 the territory of the city was greatly expanded: according to the decree of the presidium of the moscow region executive committee no. 8 (protocol no. 56), dated 4 october 1932 and claiming its decree of the presidium of the central executive committee of november 20, 1932 it was included the large village of mytishchi, rupasova, sharapova, zarechnaya sloboda leonidovka, barley, taininskoe vyselki, friendship and tayninka[7]. in 2015, received the status of city of regional subordination перевод: мыти́щи — город областного подчинения в московской области россии, административный центр городского округа мытищи. население — 201 130[2] чел. (2016). город расположен в 19 км[3] к северо-востоку от центра москвы, на реке яузе. непосредственно граничит со столицей по мкад в районе ярославского шоссе и осташковского шоссе. северный город-спутник москвы, один из крупнейших центров культуры, науки и промышленности московской области. железнодорожный узел на линии москва — архангельск. протяжённость города с севера на юг — 10 км, с северо-востока на юго-запад — 11 км.впервые упоминается как село мы́тище в 1460 году (с xix века — большие мытищи). название происходит от так называемой мытной пошлины (или «мыта»), взимавшейся с торговцев, шедших волоком из яузы в клязьму. когда судоходство по яузе прекратилось, сбор мыта был переведён в москву, а место, где некогда собирали мыт, стало называться яузским мытищем. важно отметить, что слово «мытище» не значит большой мыт. оно образовано по аналогии с другими подобными словами. так, например, — место, где был , пепелище и печище — где был жилой дом с печью и очагом, городище — где был город. таким образом, «мытище» — это место, где был мыт[4]. с 1804 года стал действовать мытищинский-московский водопровод, проведённый из мытищ в москву. в середине xix века в мытищах организуются первые предприятия; в 1861 году через мытищи подошла железная дорога, а в 1896 году начал работать вагоностроительный завод с. и. мамонтова; с 1908 года начала работать первая в россии фабрика искусственного шёлка «вискоза». во второй половине xix — начале xx века мытищи и окрестные деревни стали популярными дачными местами. в 1929 году был введён в эксплуатацию второй в электрифицированный участок «москва — мытищи» на постоянном токе 1,5 кв[5]. мытищи имеют статус города с 17 августа 1925 года[6]. в 1932 году территория города была существенно расширена: согласно постановлению президиума мособлисполкома № 8 (протокол № 56) от 4 октября 1932 года и его постановлением президиума вцик от 20 ноября 1932 года в неё были включены селения большие мытищи, рупасово, шарапово, заречная слобода, леонидовка, перловка, тайнинские выселки, дружба и тайнинка[7]. в 2015 году получил статус города областного подчинения