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The garden of professions
Textbook: Part 4, pp. 23–28
GoalFind the main information in an informational text; tell lost, modern and rare professions apart; write “My chosen profession”.
New words
profession · kasbskill · mahoratrare · noyobmodern · zamonaviy
Explanation
The informational text “Kasblar gulshodasi” (Garden of professions) in the textbook explains what a profession is and speaks of vanishing, modern and rare professions. We do not retell it; we read our own text. A profession is a person’s permanent kind of work and needs knowledge, skill and experience. When technology develops, some professions disappear (for example, the telegraph clerk), while others appear (for example, the drone operator). Rare professions are seldom met. While reading we mark new information and put it into a table.
Worked examples
Text “Professions are changing”. Fifty years ago a telegraph clerk transmitted urgent messages. Today messages go in a moment by phone and computer, so this profession has almost vanished. One modern profession is the drone operator: he films the land from above and helps the farmer inspect the field. A rare profession is the watchmaker: there are very few people who repair old mechanical watches. Each profession does needed work for people.
Table: lost – telegraph clerk; modern – drone operator; rare – watchmaker.
Class activity
“Three columns”: children place 3 professions each in “lost”, “modern” and “rare” columns.
Practice
1
What did a telegraph clerk do?
Transmitted urgent messages.
2
Whom does the drone operator help?
The farmer
3
Which profession is called rare?
Watchmaker
4
Why do some professions vanish?
Technology replaces them.
5
What is a profession?
A person’s permanent kind of work.