I. Answer the questions.
1. When does a person begin to develop ideas about possible jobs?
2. What is the most important task in the first two stages?
3. When do professional people usually engage upon their chosen occupation?
4. Why is the decline stage associated with deceleration?
II. Translate into Ukrainian:
occasional career crises, to give a better insight, a self-concept by identifying with and interacting with other people, alternative occupations, occupational choice, explicit career planning, a major reassessment of ones progress, a deceleration period.
III. Translate the sentences into English.
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IV. Find proper definitions.
| Terms | Definitions |
| 1) occupation (n) | a) person aged between 13 and 16; not yet an adult; |
| 2) retirement (n) | b) experienced person who advises and helps others; |
| 3) communication (n) | c) time when one stops working because of old age or illness; |
| 4) adolescent (n) | d)job; |
| 5) mentor (n) | e) exchange of views and information either in speech or writing; |
V. Sum up what the text says about the stages in a persons career.
VI. Rewrite the following sentences, replacing the words in italics with words and phrases from the box below. Make any other necessary changes.
| for the time being in no time at all in good time ahead of its time at one time from time to time work against time before ones time |
1. The salesman decided to get to the meeting fairly early so that he could prepare his presentation.
2. I can get these brochures and price lists off to you almost immediately.
3. I must stay with my company for the moment because jobs are hard to find.
4. We have little time left to complete the project.
5. I am going to retire earlier than expected.
6. The technology used in the Lotus car is very advanced indeed.
7. Formerly I worked on the shop floor of the factory. Now, I am Managing Director. Times have changed!
8. We check the machines at intervals.
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