English Learning Task: Development: Professions
Look at the pictures and identify the professions. Then match them with the qualities , justifying your choice. A business , a fire-fighter and a nurse talking about the qualities they need to have to be good at their jobs, and advantages and disadvantages of their jobs. Listen to the dialogues and fill in the missing information. Finally, write paragraphs using the information in the table (qualities, and disadvantages. Listen to radio announcement and fill the table. Using the notes, describe each suspect , write each suspect's description.
A cook has to be careful, patient and hard – working.
A clown has to be imaginative, cheerful, creative and original.
A policeman has to be brave, courageous, helpful, efficient, fit and patient.
An operator has to be helpful and hard – working.
Next job I am going to tell about is a fire – fighter. To begin with, you should be courageous, calm and of course you need to be fit. The advantages of this job is that you can save lives and this can be very exciting. However this job is very dangerous, and it’s not well – paid.
To be a nurse first of all you should be patient, because some patients can be very frustrated.
