Материал: Учебник Самара Самарский государственный технический университет 2021

5. How do you understand the “worthwhile career”?6. What are the key activities for those who want to succeed in life?UNIT 4. WAYS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

1. 
   Connect with the topic.
   
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      Think about your favorite hobby and answer the given questions.
      
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      Listen to your partner’s description of his or her hobby and ask three questions to get more information.
      

3. What sense does this hobby make to you? 4. Why is it your favorite activity?

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   Match the words with their meaning:
   

1) amateur	a) knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or feeling things
2) to instill	b) made by people, often as a copy of something natural
3) particular	c) taking part in an activity for pleasure, not as a job
4) integral	d) to have someone’s complete interest and attention
5) experience	e) special, or this and not any other
6) to advance	f) to put an idea into someone’s mind, so that it has a strong influence on the way the person lives
7) to fascinate	g) original and important; showing a new way of doing or thinking about things
8) groundbreaking	h) to go or move something forward, or to develop or improve something
9) artificial	i) necessary and important as a part of a whole
10) to cherish	j) to love, protect, and care for someone or something that is important to you

3. 
   Fill in the gaps using the words from Ex. 1 in the correct form.
   
   1. 
      This topic was of __________ interest for us.
      
   2. 
      We were __________ by the results achieved.
      
   3. 
      He has been an __________ programmer for many years.
      
   4. 
      He has rich __________ in the field of IT technology.
      
   5. 
      These problems require access to __________ production technology.
      
   6. 
      __________ intelligence is the main field of his research.
      
   7. 
      I __________ my dream of joining this company one day.
      
   8. 
      This unusual hobby __________ a sense of curiosity in me.
      
   9. 
      Pursuing sport has always been an __________ part of my life.
      
   10. 
       The report presented __________ ideas on secure measures.
       

4. 
   Read the text and point out a) Branden’s attitude toward science; b) his areas of interest; c) his final choice of career.
   

HOW SCIENCE HOBBIES SHAPED MY LIFE (Branden Loizides)With over twenty years of experience in the IT industry, Branden currently works as a Systems Administrator for Harvard Law School. He studied computer science at Purdue University and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. When not engaging in his day job, Branden enjoys amateur programming, his cats, and his multitude of hobbies. He recently began researching an idea for a potential new hobby: hydroponics!“Science has always been a part of my life. At a young age, I had a yearning to understand how and why things worked. From my earliest days of schooling, science was always one of my favorite subjects. I enjoyed the core sciences such as biology, chemistry, and physics. But my particular area of interest fell to a slightly different science.Around this time, our family was fortunate enough to own an Atari 400 and this encouraged me to start dabbling in computer programming (it was 1983-84 and this was a personal computer, not to be confused with the Atari 2600, one of the first game consoles from the late 70s). I began copying programs written in BASIC from magazines such as Enter, Family Computing, or K-Power. Before too long, I was able to figure out how the program was put together. I was even able to write some of my own programs! Little did I know I was learning skills that would later make my career.It was also around this time when I got my first chemistry set. You can’t really get those anymore, which is unfortunate, but I remember me and my friend following the book of experiments, mixing chemicals together to get different colors and aromas. I also learned how to read the periodic table of elements. I knew the abbreviations for most elements and even knew some of their atomic weights! Chemistry was a lot of fun and I continued to enjoy chemistry through my high school years, being especially fascinated by and talented in stoichiometry.In high school, I entered the world of model rocketry. At first, it was just a fun way to launch rockets made of paper and balsa wood, but we ended up taking it even further. We used trigonometry to calculate how high the rocket went by simply measuring the distance from the launch pad and using a protractor to measure the angle of the rocket at its highest point. At the time, I had decided I wanted to be an astronaut someday, but more realistically, an astrophysicist. Although that never happened, I did start off in college as a physics major. Unfortunately, despite my interest and efforts, I had a very difficult time getting through Calculus. If you can’t do Calculus, you can’t do advanced physics!Anyway, after some trial and errors, I ultimately ended up pursuing a computer science degree in college. There are those out there that do not consider computer science to be a science and I’m among those people. But I suppose it depends on how you define “science.” If you consider science to be the natural sciences – like physics, chemistry and biology – then no, computer science is not a science. On the other hand, there is a lot of research and discovery in computer science. For example, when you consider the field of artificial intelligence, it’s groundbreaking territory that could take our civilization places that we’ve only seen in movies and comic books! My career today is in the Information Technology field. I do not have much interaction with the natural sciences from a career standpoint, but science will always be an integral part of my formative years. It’s a subject that I cherish and if I could go back and do things differently, I would have pursued my passion for astronomy and astrophysics more aggressively.Even though my profession today is not in the natural sciences, I feel fortunate to have had science in my life throughout the years. Getting involved with science through hobbies gave me a very rich childhood and helped shape my adult personality in many intangible ways. To me, science isn’t just about discovering new theories and laws. It’s also about engaging in a deeper way with our world, through intuition, observation, or formal education.We all learned what happens when you mix an acid and base together. But didn’t you love the first time you mixed baking soda and vinegar together? Or the first time you looked at the moon through a telescope? Being a science hobbyist has instilled an undying sense of curiosity and exploration in me. I hope that more people can enjoy these virtues by engaging in science related hobbies. Science is more than a profession, it’s an aspect of our society that can lead us to think in new directions, meet new people, and have a better understanding of our world and universe.”

5. 
   Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and word combinations.
   

Заниматься работой, любитель (не профессионал), определенная сфера интересов, точные науки, разбираться, измерять расстояние, попытки и ошибки, исследование и открытие, искусственный интеллект, инновационная теория, с точки зрения карьеры, естественные науки, неотъемлемая часть, следовать своему стремлению к чему-либо, формировать личность, привить любопытство, связанные с наукой увлечения.6. a) Match the words to get word combinations:

1) groundbreaking	a) intelligence
2) to make	b) activity
3) integral	c) a sense
4) particular	d) idea
5) to instill	e) part
6) core	f) interest
7) artificial	g) a dream
8) to feel	h) sciences
9) amateur	i) fortunate
10) to cherish	j) a career

b) Fill in the gaps using the words from (a) in the correct form and answer the questions.1. Are you good at __________ sciences? 2. What sphere do you have a __________ interest in? 3. Do you pursue any __________ activity? 4. What scientific idea do you consider __________?5. What do you think about artificial __________?6. What is an __________ part of professional success? 7. What makes you __________ fortunate in your life? 8. Are you going to __________ a career in engineering? 9. What can __________ a sense of curiosity in you? 10. Do you cherish a __________ of studying abroad? 7. What does it take to be good with scientific aspects? Check () the ideas below and add two more ideas to the list. Then explain your choice.

 patience	 good verbal skills
 a good memory	 good social skills
 creativity	 intelligence
 interest in technical subjects	 a sense of humor
 _______________________	 ______________

8. Which candidate – A or B – comes off as a better pick for the position? Why?Use some of the following phrases in your answer: to add weight to your resume / to include only strong examples of hobbies / to be open to jobs that require … / additional skills / to make you a good match for the company / to reflect positively on you / to reveal in-demand skills and qualities.Candidate (A) Hobbies & Interests – fishing, playing guitar and travelCandidate (B) Activities & Interests – blogging on web development, solving complex coding issues, volunteering to help develop and maintain a website for a non-profit group.Divide the following hobbies and interests into two categories – those to include on your resume and those not to and give reasons:

Relevant	Irrelevant

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  blogging on a subject or published writings (whatever industry you’re in);
  
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  being part of a group or association (i.e. member of the New York web development conference);
  
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  organizing events in the community;
  
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  interest connected with religious affiliations;
  
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  social / charitable activities (i.e. volunteering at local companies, clubs and organizations);
  
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  hobbies or interests listed as a joke that could be misinterpreted;
  
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  a must-have set of soft skills to show an employer you’re the right fit for the job;
  
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  being involved with charities;
  
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  hobbies or interests with little to no interactivity;
  
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  participating in fundraising events;
  

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  participating in campaigns;
  
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  hobbies or interests that reveal personal information;
  
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  joining environmental groups;
  
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  fishing, traveling, cooking, movies;
  
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  membership in any political association;
  
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  controversial issues (i.e. gun rights advocate);
  
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  dangerous / unusual (i.e. base jumping, UFC, sword swallowing).
  

9. According to Nancy Collamer, career coach and author of Second-Act Careers, there are a few ways to monetize a hobby:

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  Teach others to do what you love.
  
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  Sell / import / invent / craft a product or accessory for enthusiasts in your hobby. 
  
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  Teach the business of the hobby. 
  
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  Speak or write about your hobby. 
  
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  Create a tour or performance series around what you love.
  
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  Appraise, repair or fix items related to what you love. 
  

Entitle each paragraph using the ideas mentioned above:

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  _______________________________ For example, if you are a wine enthusiast, you might import hand-blown wine glasses from a different country, or invent a unique wine refrigeration device, or develop a line of fun wine-themed T-shirts. “Hobbyists tend to be very enthusiastic, passionate and willing to spend money on items related to their hobby. Just think of what baseball enthusiasts are willing to pay for World Series tickets.”
  

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  _______________________________ Teach piano lessons, offer cooking classes, or teach another language, if those are your passions. You can do this by teaching through a college or continuing education program, by creating your own classes, or by creating your own webinars or tele-seminar series online.
  
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  _______________________________ “I actually talk about this in my book (Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement), using an example of a man who used to work for Microsoft in marketing, but his hobby was magic, and now he teaches marketing to magicians,” Collamer says. So let’s say your background is in publishing, but you love cooking, you could specialize in teaching people in the food industry how to get their cookbooks published.
  
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  _______________________________ Most hobbies have “stuff” connected to them, and sometimes, that stuff needs to be fixed by a skilled and knowledgeable person. “You could fix computers, appraise collectibles, repair bicycles, source missing parts for highly unusual items, and so on,” Collamer says.
  

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  _______________________________ Hobby related how-to topics, historical perspectives, and compelling stories, are all of interest to enthusiasts, Collamer says. And you could get paid to do it.
  

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  _______________________________“A good example of this is Tony Mula, who turned his love of pizza and Brooklyn into the highly successful ‘A Slice of Brooklyn’ pizza tours,” Collamer says. “I also know of a bike enthusiast who runs bike tours in California,” she adds.
  

10. 
    a) Match the verbs with the prepositions:
    

1) to be engaged	a) about
2) to start	b) up
3) to laze	c) off
4) to figure	d) in
5) to take	e) forward
6) to deal	f) up
7) to put	g) out
8) to give	h) with

b) Translate the sentences.1. Первую неделю отпуска мы отдыхали и не занимались ничем особенным.2. Мое увлечение связано с разработкой и созданием компьютерных тре­нажеров.3. Когда я не занят работой, то занимаюсь программированием как любитель. 4. Наконец мы смогли разобраться