Listening Exercises
2.1. Listen to the recording and state the general topic of the text: a) the speaker’s ambitions in life b) the speaker’s way to his present position c) the speaker’s career as a school director d) the speaker’s teaching experience 2.2. Choose the correct answers for the questions given below: a) Who is telling his life-story: a school teacher, a pilot, an engineer, a company agent, a school director, a travel agent? b) What has influenced the speaker’s career more: his own ambitions or some life circumstances? c) Do you think the family is important for the speaker? Yes/No Fill in the boxes given below with the names of places where the speaker studied and worked.
Listen to the recording again and write down the continuation for the given sentences. a) My ambition was to be a pilot in the Air Force, but... b) I wanted to do research at the University, but... c) I expected to stay in the engineering firm, but... d) I applied for a job with another engineering company and would have accepted it, but... e) They wanted to send me to South America, but... 2.5. Explain why the speaker: a) took a job in Spain b) started giving English lessons at school c) resigned from the travel agency d) became the director of the school
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