TEACHER OF ENGLISH

          It is not easy to decide what profession to choose. Usual­ly, pupils’ plans for the future change many times during the school years. There are so many people who influence you in choosing your occupation. Parents and friends play a very important role in your choice. Teachers’ influence on pupils’ minds is also great.

          My favourite subject is English. And I think this is my teacher who made it so. I understand the importance of know­ledge of a foreign language. It enables people from different countries to communicate with each other, to read foreign li­terature in the original, to broaden their outlooks.

           So I decided for myself to become a teacher of English. Of course, I know that it is not easy and takes much patience and effort. A teacher has to know how to teach, how to make diffi­cult things understandable, how to get students interested in the subject. And of course a teacher ought to have perfect knowledge of his subject. I think the ideal teacher is the one who can combine all these. My present teacher is just like this. She is a great specialist and also a nice personality. I hope in future I can become as good teacher as she is.

QUESTIONS:

1. Is it easy to choose a profession?

2. Does anyone influence a person in choosing a profession?

3. Why is knowledge of a foreign language important?

4. What kind of person can be a teacher?

5. What should a good teacher know?

VOCABULARY:

to decide — решить

future — будущее

to influence — влиять

to choose — выбирать

knowledge — знания

patience — терпение

personality — личность