Дискуссионная тема "Money. Professions". 11 класс

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Read the text below and complete the gaps with these money words:

pocket money   income   economy   tax   price   charity 
investment salary   purse   poverty   benefits   expenditure

Six-year-old Jane looked in her a) _____ and realised it was empty. She decided to ask her grandpa if she could have her b) _____ a few days early. He was in the kitchen arguing about the c) _____ with his friend Bill. They were always moaning about boring things like how much d) _____ they had to pay and how the e) _____ of goods kept going up. Jane’s grandpa worked for a f) _____ that tried to help people out of g) _____. There were so many people who received a low h) _____ and had to rely on i) _____ to manage. “Grandpa – may I have my pocket money – please?” began Jane. “I need to buy some gum but I don’t have enough…” “It seems you could learn a little about how to balance your j) _____ with your k) _____,” advised her grandpa, reaching for his wallet with a smile. “A subscription to the Financial Times would be a good l) _____,” joked Bill.

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Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.
Work is a bigger killer than drink, drugs or war. Around two million people die every year from work-related accidents and diseases. Worldwide, the most dangerous jobs are in agriculture, mining and construction. The second most dangerous job was fishing and third was airplane pilots. Nearly all of the pilots died in small-plane crashes, not passenger jets. The third most common cause of death on the job in all occupations was murder. Fifty policemen were murdered. Falls were the second most common cause of death. Roofers and structural-metalworkers were the main victims. The most common cause of death on the job was the car accident. Even police officers were slightly more likely to die behind the wheel than by homicide. The risk of death can be calculated using the Duckworth scale. It measures the likelihood of dying as a result of any given activity. The safest kind of activity scores zero and eight will result in certain death.

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Practice: answer the questions, use 2 or 3 sentences.
At what age do people usually begin to work in your country?
Do women usually work after they get married in your country?
Do you know someone who has worked as an undertaker?
Do you think it is more important to make a lot of money or to enjoy your job?
Do you think people over 65 should be made to retire?
How have working conditions changed in recent years?
What are some jobs that you think would be boring?
What job do you want to have in five years' time?
When you were a child, what job did you want to have when you grew up?

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You are considering taking a part-time job at a cafe and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five questions to find out the following:
1) cafe opening hours
2) possibility of working part-time
3) pay rate
4) fixed hours or a shifting schedule
5) social package for part-time employees

You have 20 seconds to ask each question

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You are considering finding a part-time job and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out about the following:


1) kinds of jobs;
2) salary;
3) skills needed;
4) minimum age;
5) whom to contact.

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

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Best Jobs of the Future: 2025 to 2050
The job market is constantly shifting and the changes 1. (to come) faster and faster. Today is very different from your grandparents’ generation. Even the jobs your parents held might not be in demand now.
We know the market will change even faster as technology advances. What does this mean for the year 2025, or even 2050? Some jobs that will be in high demand for future generations even 2. (not to exist) today, but we can predict which career paths will be in demand 20 to 50 years from now.
The future is 3. (certain), but we can make solid 4. (to predict) with today's information and predict the number of new jobs 5. (to create) in a field over the next 10 years. Present-day labor statistics and industry trends can help form these predictions. Some of the list below 6. (to glean) by looking at which sectors are growing quickly today, and other jobs come from predictions based on upcoming technology.

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These are the jobs predicted to see the most growth and demand:

Computer & Mathematical Occupations 
Healthcare & Healthcare Support 
Counselors & Therapists 
Marketing Professionals 
Construction Trades 
Media & Communication Workers 
Operations Specialties 

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Task 4. Imagine that you are doing a project "Careers of the future" together with your friend. You have found some illustrations and want to share the news. Leave a voice message to your friend. In 2.5 minutes be ready to:
• give a brief description of the photos, justifying the choice of the photos for the project;
• say in what way the pictures are different, justifying the choice of the photos for the project;
• mention the advantages and disadvantages (1-2) of doing these jobs;
• express your opinion on the subject of the project – what professions would be in demand for the next 10 years and why.

You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (12-15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.