1.What profession are you going to talk (write) about? Explain your choice.
2.What do you know from the history of this profession? (ancient, ... goes back to..., quite new...).
3.What must one consider when choosing this profession? or What do you think are the most important factors that must be taken into consideration, when choosing this profession?
4.Must a person be physically strong to take up this profession?
5.What education is required to become a specialist in this profession?
6.Is this profession connected directly with people?
7.What opportunities are open for people of the profession?
8.In what way is this profession necessary and useful? Why does it attract people? What makes it popular?
9.Does this profession run in the family? Do you know any people involved in this profession? Can they serve as an example for those who are going to take it up?
10.Are you suited for this profession? Why?
These questions will help you.
· Have you already chosen your future profession? What do your parents and friends think about it? Why do they think so?
· Can you say that your choice of your future profession was influenced by the subjects at school that you study/studied? By the teachers who teach/taught you?
· How many jobs and professions have you changed in dreams since you were a child?
· Could you say that your parents' occupation may influence your choice of a future profession? Yes/No. How?
· What professions in your opinion are considered to be more or less prestigious nowadays? Why?
· What knowledge and skills in your opinion are necessary for any job or profession?
· Do you believe that people are born for this or that profession? Yes/No. Give examples.
XIII. Choose one of the quotations as a topic for your essay.
1. A good name keeps its luster in the dark.
2. A good name is better than riches.
3. A good name is sooner lost than won.
4. Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
5. A long life may not be good enough but a good life is long enough. I would rather have it said, “He lived useful” than “He died rich”… (Benjamin Franklin)