Practice the following tongue-twister till you can read it very quickly.
If one doctor doctors another doctor, does he doctor the doctor the way he is doctoring doctors? Or does he doctor the doctor the way he is doctoring non-doctors?
Oral exercises
In groups of four match the occupations with the definitions. Use the dictionary.
| 1. | accountant | a. | connects and repairs sinks, toilets, and water and sewer pipes |
| 2. | architect | b. | controls or directs business |
| 3. | athlete | c. | designs buildings |
| 4. | carpenter | d. | enforces the laws |
| 5. | cashier | e. | fixes broken things such as appliances |
| 6. | chef | f. | gives coded instructions to the computer |
| 7. | doctor | g. | greets people when they enter an office |
| 8. | executive | h. | helps people with legal matters |
| 9. | gardener | i. | helps people learn things |
| 10. | lawyer | j. | grows and cares for plants |
| 11. | mechanic | k. | helps sick people get well |
| 12. | musician | l. | helps with correspondence and other business matters in an office |
| 13. | painter | m. | is trained or skilled at sports |
| 14. | pharmacist | n. | keeps records of money paid and received |
| 15. | photographer | o. | makes or changes the fit of clothing |
| 16. | plumber | p. | makes things out of wood |
| 17. | police officer | q. | paints walls and other surfaces |
| 18. | programmer | r. | plays an instrument, sings or writes music |
| 19. | psychologist | s. | prepares food in a restaurant |
| 20. | receptionist | t. | prepares medicines ordered by a doctor |
| 21. | repair person | u. | receives money in a restaurant or store |
| 22. | salesperson | v. | repairs machines such as cars and trucks |
| 23. | secretary | w. | sells things in a store |
| 24. | tailor | x. | studies behavior and helps people with emotional problems |
| 25. | teacher | y. | takes pictures with a camera |
4 What qualities are very important for the following careers?
Example: teacher – disciplined, objective,
creative, even-tempered
| accountant – teacher – doctor – software engineer – | salesperson – secretary – mechanic – driver - |
5 Before taking up this or that career you should carefully analyze your likes and dislikes, your weak and strong points. These mainly depend on what type of person you are: left-brained or right-brained. Do the following quiz to understand what type you are.
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(Taken from www.longman.com/adults/)
- If the number of you’re a answers is bigger than that of your b answers, you are mainly left-brained. It means that you are analytical, logical. You are good at classification, planning and labeling. You are objective in your judgments. You’d better choose careers connected with organizing data, processing information, mathematical analysis.
- If you have more b answers – you are mainly right-brained. You are very emotional and artistic. You usually make subjective judgments. You are spontaneous in making your decisions. You perceive the world through images, feelings, smells. You are good at creative jobs: artist, actor, musician. Though you can make a good businessman as you are able to take risks.
There are seldom people who are purely left or right-brained though we mainly belong to either of the type.