Speaking

(A) Exercise 1. Work with a partner. Take it in turns to make true sentences, using words from each box. Use the verb active or passive.

(B) Exercise 2. Complete the following statements.

1. Before choosing a future profession one must …

2. Future specialty is connected with….

3. I study at…

4. Our department trains…

5. Today’s farming is…

6. The effective use of farm machinery is dependent on….

7. Maintenance rounds include…

8. The students of our department are specializing in …

9. The students of our department study the following specialized subjects …

10. Specialists are trained to work …

11. My purpose of today is to…

(B) Exercise 3. Here are some answers. What are the questions?

1. It was my father who aroused my interest in agriculture.

2. I study at the farm machinery service department.

3. Farm machinery maintenance engineers ensure the effective work of agricultural machinery.

4. The students of our department are specializing in maintenance facilities; diagnostics and farm machinery repair.

5. Students are taught machinery and equipment of plant growing and livestock breeding, technical service organization, design and development of technical service enterprises.

6. Specialists are trained to work at agricultural enterprises of different forms of property.

7. During the process of studying the students have an opportunity to get professions of a driver, a tractor-driver, farm equipment metal worker.

8. My purpose of today is to acquire enough knowledge to be a well-educated person in order to meet the future needs of the nation.

(B) Exercise 4. You meet your friend from the engineering and technological department. Ask and answer questions about the following:

• your department

• your future profession

• the spheres of your professional activity

• the ways of being employed

(B) Exercise 5. Complete the logical diagram with the necessary information from the text.

Farm Machinery Maintenance

Maintenance rounds

Spheres of professional activity

diagnostics and farm machinery repair

Ways of employment

service workshops

(B) Exercise 6. Speak about your future profession: a farm machinery maintenance engineer. Use the logical diagram

(C) Exercise 7. Summarize the information about your future profession. Advertise your specialty to the university entrants. Express your opinion on the advantages of choosing this career.

(C) Exercise 8. Prepare a short presentation on your future profession. Compare your profession with other engineering professions. Present your idea of the role and place of your future career on the labor-market.