UNIT 1: We the People

Lesson 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 medical profession, for example, includes physicians, surgeons, general
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 has many branches: civil, mechanical, electrical, etc.
Office 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 bricklayers, carpenters, joiners, plumbers, electricians,
painters, glaziers, locksmiths. Factories employ welders, weavers, and blacksmiths.
Agriculture needs farmers.
People engaged in trade are tradesmen, merchants and shop assistants.
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" EXERCISES:
1. Answer the questions
a) What are professions?
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b) What are trades?
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c) What other professions and trades can you mention?
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2. Match:
Teachers
Doctors
Shop Assistants
Economists
Pharmaceutical chemists
Pharmacy assistants
Workers
Lawyers
Accountants
Masons

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:

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Where does a teacher work?.................................................................................

Where do economists and accountants work?.......................................................
What does a brick layer build?.............................................................................
What do pharmacy assistants do?........................................................................
What does a doctor do?......................................................................................

4. Speaking activity:

Work on the model:

Model: Arent you a teacher?

No, Im not. Im 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

Dan is a doctor, isnt he?

Yes, he is. Hes a good doctor.

Ann is not a student, is she?

No, shes not a student. Shes a teacher.

Mary and Doris are not workers, are they?

No, they arent. They are nurses.
You have English today, havent you?
Yes, I have.
Angela has an English book, hasnt she?
Yes, she has.
Tom has not a son, has he?
No, he hasnt. He has a daughter.

" EXERCISE:

Write the correct question tag.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)

Dan is your friend,......................?

Mary is a pharmacy assistant,........................?
Your wife is a nurse,...........................?
Your husband isnt a manager,.....................?
Your son isnt a schoolboy,........................?
Your children are not home,.......................?
Your colleagues are in the office,........................?
They have English today,..........................?
You have not an old house,........................?
The girl has a headache,.........................?
The boy hasnt toothache,.......................?