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One of the famous Chinese quotes says:
Choose a job you _________, and you will never have to work a day in your life. (Confucius)
Fill in the gap and read the full quote.
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
According to a popular TikTok song, people stop asking questions when you say that you work as ...
an accountant
Name 3 jobs starting with the letter "A"
an actor, an architect, an accountant
A genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. Name the character, using the nickname that contains something connected to the topic of our class.
Iron Man
Albert Einstein stated, that IT is an illusion. Americans see IT as something very valuable and the Chinese believe that you can’t buy an inch of IT with an inch of gold.
Name IT.
Time
What item of clothing is Barney Stinson's ultimate favourite?
(+100 points for every other piece mentioned)
"Nothing suits me like a suit"
Additional points: a jacket, a tie
Name 5 verbs that can be used with the word "money"
(ex. to get, to take, to give)
to spend, to earn, to save up, to exchange, to borrow, to lend
The main character of a famous TV show about 4 women in a big city had an obsession with expensive shoes. Sadly, in real life she couldn't afford to buy them, as she worked as...
a columnist/a journalist
This word is Dutch, meaning 'a master'. There was a huge sexist scandal around Russian localization of a popular cartoon that has this word in its title.
a boss
What you know about rollin' down in the deep?
When your brain goes numb, you can call that mental freeze
When these people talk too much, put that stuff in slow motion, yeah
I feel like...
an astronaut in the ocean
Name 8 materials
leather wool cotton silk iron silver gold copper paper wood
The main character of a popular American sitcom, who tries to find his true love and hangs out with his friends (a lawyer, a TV journalist, a kindergarten teacher and the one, who's just, well, please) works on his dream job. One day he decides to tell his children about the main event of his life.
Name the character, the job and the TV show.
Ted Mosby, an architect, How I Met Your Mother
This word came into English via Old French from Latin. The original meaning was "drawn together, tightened". Interestingly enough, the first 6 letters are a Latin preposition, meaning quite the opposite: "against, opposite". Nowadays the word is used to describe a form of agreement, usually printed and sealed.
Name the word.
a contract
Taylor Swift in her song "Style" dedicated to her ex-boyfriend Harry Styles says why this couple never goes out of style. What items of clothes do they wear?
You got that long hair, slicked back, white t-shirt
And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
Name 8 items of clothes.
a skirt a shirt a hat a T-shirt trousers trainers a blouse a suit
In one of the episodes of "Friends" Ross decided to become cool for his young girlfriend and bought THEM. Because of the material THEY were not comfortable to wear and Ross ended up taking them off in order to cool down a bit to find out that he couldn't put them back on, even using baby powder and oil.
Name THEM and THEIR material.
leather trousers(AmE pants)
The word came from Latin "the one" via French, where it got its unusual for English speakers spelling and pronunciation. Now this word is used to describe something that is one of a kind. Write this word on the blackboard.
(+100 points for a similar word, that means a line, ex. in a shop)
Unique
Additional points: a queue
Steve Wonder confesses his love in a popular funky song. The album cover shows the singer sitting in a cardboard box. Listen and say at what stage is the girl's order of his heart?
*(a seal - печать)
Signed, sealed, delievered
Name 5 collocations with the verb "to work" from Unit 1.
to work for (a firm)
to work in (a local paper)
to work late
to work long hours
to work hard
to work on a project
There is an article on Quora, describing possible real life career options for people, who belong to one of the four categories, based on a classification from a legendary saga.
The first category is described as the smart and creative, such as teachers, artists, writers and scientists.
The second one is for the hardworking and loyal: the caretakers, nurses and bakers.
The third is believed to be for the sly and ambitious - lawyers, politicians and businessmen/women.
Name all the categories and describe the features and possible options of the fourth category.
Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Gryffindor