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Post-reading Activities

1. Transcribe and learn to read the following words:

Machines, appreciate, humanity, vital, challenge, individu­al, awareness, ignorance, fearful, boredom, medium, accept, routine, stimulating, variety.

2. Explain the meaning of the words and word combinations listed below:

Think privately, the most vital job, a rewarding job, a chal­lenge to your character, an ignorant teacher, a guardian, the same routine, stimulating work, to go in for teaching

3. Write English equivalents of the following words and phrases. Use them in the sentences of your own:

Зробити вибір, бути зацікавленим в, цінувати, мати здібності, повага до, присвятити себе будь-чому, заробляти на життя, відповідати за, професія вчителя, розпалювати зацікавленість, професійна майстерність, глибокі знання, благородна справа.

4. Find in the text the synonyms for the following words and word combina­tions:

to do well in smth., in fact, because, faithful, confess, grati­fying, sincerely, knowledge, to ruin.

5. Enlarge upon the following topics:

1. After your parents your teacher may be the most impor­tant person in your life.

2. Teaching is not easy and a real challenge to your character, abilities and talent.

3. To be a good teacher you must be genuinely interested in what you are doing.

4. Teaching is a constant stream of decisions.

5. Every time you learn something new you become some­thing new.

Prompts: there’s one more thing to be noted, more­over, what's more..., I might as well add that..., in addition, on top of that..., something else I'd like to say is..., talking of... .