11. Work with a partner. Act out the following dialogue.
What is your major?
| Tim:
| Hey, Diane, what are you doing here?
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| Diane:
| Hi, Tim, how are you? I’m waiting for a friend.
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| Tim:
| I heard you’re going to graduate this summer. Is that true?
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| Diane:
| Yes. If everything goes alright, I’ll be getting my Bachelors degree in August. Then I need to start looking for a job.
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| Tim:
| I had to do that last year. It wasn’t easy. Do you have any job offers?
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| Diane:
| No, not yet. I sent out a lot of resumes, but I didn’t receive many responses. It’s pretty hard to find a job right now.
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| Tim:
| What’s your major?
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| Diane:
| Psychology.
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| Tim:
| That was my major when I started college, but I switched to engineering after the first year.
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| Diane:
| I think it’s easier for engineers to find a job.
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| Tim:
| I’m not sure about that. It took me about 3 months to find a job. I finally was able to get a job after I put my resume on one of those job websites.
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| Diane:
| Anyway, it really doesn’t matter. If I can’t find a job I’ll probably go back to school to get my Master’s degree.
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12. Comment on the following:
· Youth is a period of missed opportunities. (C. Connolly)
· If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. (Milton Berde)
· You will never write a good book until you have written some bad ones. (Bernard Shaw)
· Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. (Thomas Alva Edison)
