Professions and Trades

UNIT 1: We the People  Lesson Four  Four  Professions and Trades

To earn their living, people have to work. The occupations requiring a special training and learning are called professions. The persons of different professions are all brainworkers. The The medi medical cal prof profes essio sion, n, for for exam exampl ple, e, incl includ udes es phys physici ician ans, s, surg surgeo eons ns,, gene genera rall  practitioners, oculists, dentists, therapists, pharmaceutical chemists, nurses etc. The  profession of law comprises lawyers, prosecutors, judges and notaries. Economists are specialists in economic problems, for instance, accountants keep records. Journalists write articles in newspapers. The teaching profession includes schoolmasters, teachers, lecturers,  professors. The engineering profession profess ion has many branches civil, mechanical, electrical, etc. !ffice workers and secretaries are employed by companies, banks or education institutions. The occupations, which require skilled work with the hands, are called trades. The  building of a house means employing e mploying bricklayers, carpenters, joiners, j oiners, plumbers, electricians,  painters, gla"iers, locksmiths. #actories employ welders, weavers, and blacksmiths. $griculture needs farmers. %eople engaged in trade are tradesmen, merchants and shop assistants.

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EXERCISES:

1. Answer the questions

a& 'hat are professions( ...................................................................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................................................  b& 'hat are trades( ...................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... c& 'hat other professions and trades can you mention( ...................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... 2. Match:

Teachers *octors +hop $ssistants Economists %harmaceutical chemists %harmacy assistants 'orkers awyers $ccountants -asons

help people get better) heals people work in a trade company teach pupils or students work in a shop and sells goods work in a factory keep records build houses work in a pharmacy work in a court

3. Answer the questions:

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'here does a teacher work(................................................................................. 'here do economists and accountants work(....................................................... 'hat does a brick layer build(............................................................................. 'hat do pharmacy assistants do(........................................................................ 'hat does a doctor do(......................................................................................

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$rent you a teacher( /o, 0m not. 0m a student a doctor, a pharmacist, an economist, an engineer, a worker, an accountant, an office worker, a surgeon, a physician, a nurse, a pharmacist assistant, a manager;

!!! Question Tags To be & to have

*an is a doctor, isn(t he( 1es, he is. 2es a good doctor.

$nn is not a student, is she( /o, shes not a student. +hes a teacher.

-ary and *oris are not workers, are the%(  /o, they arent. They are nurses.

1ou have English today, ha$en(t %ou( 1es, 0 have. $ngela has an English book, hasn(t she( 1es, she has. Tom has not a son, has he(  /o, he hasnt. 2e has a daughter.

EXERCISE:

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'rite the correct question tag. *an is your friend,......................( -ary is a pharmacy assistant,........................( 1our wife is a nurse,...........................( 1our husband isnt a manager,.....................( 1our son isnt a schoolboy,........................( 1our children are not home,.......................( 1our colleagues are in the office,........................( They have English today,..........................( 1ou have not an old house,........................( The girl has a headache,.........................( The boy hasnt toothache,.......................(