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This is the task for your Independent work:

1. RETELL the TEXT (I'm an accountant - about Tom Smith)

Achieve your goals

A goal is a purpose you set for yourself. You have to identify the skills that you need to get the job you want. Then you need to decide what and when you are going to do.

Hi! I’m Tom Smith. I’m thirty years old. I live in the city of Dubrovnik in the south of Croatia. I’m an accountant and I work for a company that makes office furniture. It’s a good job with a good salary. But I’m bored with it. Actually, my boss will leave soon and I can apply for her job but I’m tired of going to the same office every day. I feel I won’t be afraid of a new challenge.

Anyway, when I was off work a few weeks ago because I was suffering from flu, I had a lot of time to think about it. When I was better, I started to look at job adverts in the newspapers, but all the jobs were similar to the one I’ve got now.

So, I decided to set up my own business. My dream job is to become a sculptor. I’m not merely interested in it but I enjoy sculpting, creating and representing something by carving, and I’m really good at painting.

In a few months I’ll take park in a summer school on sculpture. During that time I’ll obtain the knowledge that I’ll need for my future occupation.

You know, I have a family and I hope my wife will agree with my idea and won’t worry about money because we’ve got a child. Besides, I’m saving up to pick up a car at a reasonable price. I think I’ll have to take out a loan in a bank.

I feel that the combination of all the opportunity in the business world, along with my education and experience will open the doors of success and I’ll be able to achieve my goals.

 2. LEARN the sentences with phrasal verbs "pick up, pick at, pick out, pick on"

pick at (food) –  1) ковырять, клевать (о еде), 2) придираться; ворчать 

1. Stop picking at me! – Хватит ко мне придираться!

2. She is only picking at her food. Something must be wrong. Она очень мало ест (клюет как птичка). С ней что-то не так.

pick on s.o – приставать, цепляться, потешаться

3. Kids picked on him for wearing old worn-out clothes. Дети потешались (смеялись) над ним из-за его старой, поношенной одежды.

pick out – 1) различать; узнавать,  отличать,  2) выбрать

4. The richest universities can pick out which students they take. Самые богатые университеты могут выбирать студентов, которых они примут.

5. No one could pick out the originals from the copies. Никто не смог отличить оригиналы от копий.

pick  up – 1) поднимать (с пола), подбирать;

6. Could you pick up that pencil for me, please? Подними, пожалуйста, тот карандаш.

           2) улучшаться; поднять настроение

7. His spirits picked up when he got the good news. Его настроение улучшилось, когда он получил хорошие известия.

3) ловить (сигналы); отвечать на тел. звонок

8. Can you pick up Moscow on your radio? Ты можешь поймать сигнал из Москвы на своем радио?

9. I’m calling him but he isn’t picking up. – Я звоню, звоню, но он трубку не берет.

4) подцепить (заболевание) ; подцепить (выражение) ; нахвататься;

10. I think I picked up (=caught) a flu from someone at work. Мне кажется, я подхватила (заразилась от кого-то) грипп на работе.

11. Where did they pick up those rude, dirty words? –Где они нахватались таких грязных слов?

5) заезжать (за кем-л.), подвозить кого-л.,

12. Whose turn is it to pick up the children after school? – Чья очередь забирать детей из школы?

                   6) (при)купить что-л выгодно, по низкой цене

13. I know where you can pick up a good used car at a very reasonable price. — Я знаю, где можно взять хороший подержанный автомобиль по сходной цене.

7)   научиться (чему-л.) быстро

14. When you live in a foreign country you soon easily pick up the language. – Когда ты живешь в чужой стране, то ты вскоре легко осваиваешь (понимаешь) язык.

pick up (with) smb – познакомиться с (кем-л.) ; подцепить

15. I’m at a loss. I don’t know where he’s picked up this freak? – Я в растерянности. Где он нашел/подцепил такое “чудо”?

pick smb up on smth – критиковать (выговаривать кому-л ) кого-л. за ошибки

16. His teacher picked him up on his wrong pronunciation – Учитель отчитал (поругал) его за неправильное произношение.

3. LEARN idioms about work from the MOODLE.


GOOD LUCK!