6.

7 Writing
An article 1 Read the announcement in an
I can write an article for a student magazine. international students’ magazine. In pairs,
discuss the questions.
This week’s profile: 1 What do you think are the advantages and
disadvantages of being a doctor or a nurse?
The medical profession
2 Who would you choose to write about?
As you know, every week we publish articles about people What would you mention in your article?
in
different professions and this week it’s the turn of the 2 Read the article and answer the
medical questions.
field! So, if someone in your family or someone you know 1 Why is Micky’s family proud of him?
is in 2 What qualities does Micky have that make
the medical profession, we’d like you to send us an article him a good doctor?
and 3 Why couldn’t the writer be a doctor?
tell us something about him/her. 4 What difficulties of becoming and being
a doctor are mentioned?

A doctor in the family!

After studying for an enormously long time, my
brother has now graduated and we are very lucky
to have a doctor in the family! My mum and dad,
and me and my sisters are all interested in arts
and languages. No one in the family has ever
taken
Medicine as a subject before – it’s so difficult and
takes such a long time to study, So, we’re all very
proud of him. As well as this, we have a doctor of
our own to ask about any medical problems we
have! How good it that?

I think Micky will make an excellent doctor. He’s
patient and understanding and he cares a lot
about
people. He’s already helped at car accidents and
done some minor operations. I admire him very
much. I can’t stand the sight of blood and I get
dizzy if I have an injection, so I could never do
what he does!
Micky says he wants to work in hospitals where he
can help people with serious illnesses. Although he
knows doctors in hospitals work very long hours,
he doesn’t mind. In my opinion, it’s wonderful if
you
can have a job that you really enjoy and Micky’s
found one. I just hope he isn’t SO busy that the rest
of us have to make an appointment to say hello!