Choosing a career. Jobs
1.
Which
jobs do you prefer: part-time or full-time? Why?
2.
What
prospects can jobs offer?
3.
What
or who can influence your choice of a job?
4.
What
is the difference between these terms: a
job, a profession, a career?
5.
What
professional qualities can different jobs require?
6.
If
you were a doctor, what would you do to be successful in your career?
Schooling
1.
If
you had a possibility to work in a state or in a private school, which would
you prefer? Why?
2.
How
is schooling organized in your school?
3.
Does
your school specialize in a certain subject or subjects?
4.
What
improvements would you like to make in your school?
Shopping
1.
What makes shopping centers more convenient
and attractive for customers?
2.
If you went to a big shopping center, where
would you spend most of your time? Would you spend more time on shopping or
entertainment?
3.
Which of these do you enjoy buying: clothes,
food, stationery, books or household goods? Can you explain why?
4.
What’s the difference between buying things on
credit and paying for them immediately?
6.
What makes an ideal shop assistant and an ideal
customer?
Science and Technology
1.
What discoveries in the history of mankind do
you regard as breakthroughs?
2.
What inventions in the history of mankind do
you regard as the most important?
3.
Which of the centuries in your opinion saw the
greatest inventions and discoveries?
4.
What things can you describe as marvels of
modern science? And why are they such?
5.
Can you remember any outstanding names of
well-known scientists, explorers, inventors and discoverers in Russia, Western
Europe and the USA?
6.
How do you understand the terms “high
technology and “new technology”? Do they describe absolutely the same things?
7.
In what fields of industry do people use
robots nowadays?
8.
What makes the work of a scientist dull on the
one hand and exciting on the other?
9.
What in your opinion does a scientist do? Give
an example.
10. Would you like to become a scientist? If you would,
what field of research would you choose?
Travelling
1.
How do you prefer to travel – by air, by sea
or by land – and why?
2.
What are the most expensive (the cheapest)
train tickets and plane tickets?
3.
What facilities and conveniences can you find
in a long-distance train?
4.
What formalities do people go through in an
airport if they go abroad?
5.
What is a modern sea liner like?
6.
Which things can make your journey more
pleasant?
7.
What can spoil the impression of your journey?
8.
What was the longest journey you’ve ever made?
9.
What was the most pleasant journey you’ve ever
had? How can you describe it?
Mass Media
1.
What in your opinion are the functions of a
newspaper?
2.
In what order do you read various sections of
a newspaper?
3.
What are the characteristics of a headline?
4.
Why do some articles begin on the front page
and continue on the next?
5.
What are the characteristics of a good advertisement?
What types of advertisements commonly appear in newspapers?
6.
Why do people write letters to the editor?
7.
Why do people say that radio and television
belong to mass media?
8.
What programme on TV would you try not to
miss? Why?
9.
Which of the programmes do you think are
programmes of general interest and which of them cater for minority interests?
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