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9 A person whose job is to help people buy and sell houses is a real estate agent.

10 A person who designs buildings is an architect.

4a) You are going to interview an adult (your parents/teacher/ neighbour) about what made him/her choose his/her profession. Prepare eight questions to interview him/her.

1) Why did you choose such profession?

2) Did your parents made you to choose such profession?

3) Was it your idea to take such profession?

4) Did you dream about such profession in your childhood?

5) Did you play role games acting your profession?

6) What school subjects provoked your interest to such profession?

7) Did you improve your skills to get such profession?

8) You made the right choice, didn't you?

5 Complete the text with the present or past simple of the verbs in brackets. Sandy Benson is a travel agent. She has her own company now but when she first started working she worked as a travel representative for different travel agencies. She travelled to many famous holiday resorts then and she learned Italian and Spanish. It was not easy for her to be on the road all the time in those years, but she didn't mind because she met many people and saw a lot of great places. She does not so much these days but she still loves her job. She especially enjoys putting together holidays for young people who don't have much money. She always finds interesting places at good prices.

6 Complete the text using the words from the box.

Helen Hunt is a careers officer in Manchester. She says that girls' career choices are changing. Careers officers are trying to make both sexes aware of all the job possibilities. Things don't change overnight.

People need to judge somebody's work by how a person does it, not by what sex somebody is. This problem begins at home where men and women don't share the housework equally in families where boys and girls do all kinds of housework, children are more open to different careers and jobs.

7 Complete the interview with the questions to the following answers.

Careers Officer: What is your name?

Meg: Meg Morton.

Careers Officer: Where do you live?

Meg: In Bristol.

Careers Officer: Are you a good pupil?

Meg: I'm a very good pupil.

Careers Officer: What subjects do you like?

Meg: I like history and geography.

Careers Officer: What are your marks in these subjects?

Meg: I've got an A in geography and a B in history.

Careers Officer: What subjects are difficult to you?

Meg: I have problems with maths. I hate maths.

Careers Officer: What are your hobbies?

Meg: I collect stamps. I really enjoy looking at my collection. You can learn so much from stamps.

Careers Officer: What profession would you like to choose?

Meg: I don't know for sure. Something like a travel agent or a tourist guide, I guess.

Careers Officer: Why?