Seminar Paper

1. Fill in with the correct form of the verb in brackets, specify the type of text
and find the words which contribute to your choise.
Let us meet today a man who recently returned from Mount Everest. Not only he
climbed the mountain, but also went diving in the lakes on Everest. Dr. John Leach held the
world record for diving at the highest altitude and was on many expeditions. Now, John,
why you climbed Mount Everest?
For the sheer hell of it . But also there was the pioneering side. We tried to see if new
diving techniques and methods worked. We also went to completely new geographical
areas- nobody ever was there before, they did not be on any maps.
What you meant by geographical areas? Mountains? Glaciers?
No, in our case it was lakes at high altitudes. Nobody ever dived in them and we , that
is, the team of three I led could quite understand why not… Well, the first thing you do it
you begin broke the ice to get into the lake and we all suffered from frostbite, so you can
image that it took us quite a long time to break four and a half feet of ice. So you can really
understand why no one was there before. They had more sense.

 This text is DESCRIPTIVE because it tells about the expedition to Mount Everest
and describes completely new geographical areas, like lakes at high altitudes, where
nobody ever were there before.

2. Composition: The career you choose, and why. (300-350 words)

I choose to research an accountant and want to be an accountant. For this job, I can get a
good salary, and any industry needs an accountant. The chance of this job is always getting
increase. The reason I love accounting is because it offers numerous opportunities for self
employment. One can simply carry out his or her activities at the comfort of their home.