In this unit we will talk about different jobs and professions. Some people work in offices, others in shops, hospitals or schools. But there are also people who work “on duty”: they protect, help or serve others. Firefighters, police officers, doctors, nurses, lifeguards and soldiers are examples of people who are always ready to act.
Their jobs are sometimes dangerous but also very important for society. In this unit you will learn vocabulary about jobs, read and talk about duties and responsibilities and discuss what makes a job valuable or difficult.
How will you choose your occupation/ career in the future?
On the basis of money, social status, skills and talents needed or other?
Which are the most important factors for your choice? Why?
On the basis of money, social status, skills and talents needed or other?
Which are the most important factors for your choice? Why?
ON DUTY (coursebook page 26-27)
DUTY = ΚΑΘΗΚΟΝ
The way Kavafis treats the issue of duty in his famous poem Thermopile.
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ΑΠΟΔΟΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΟΙΗΜΑΤΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΒΑΦΗ ΣΤΑ ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ
Honor to those who in the life
they lead
define and guard a Thermopylae.
Never betraying what is right,
consistent and just in all they do
but showing pity also, and compassion;
generous when they are rich, and when they are poor,
still generous in small ways,
still helping as much as they can;
always speaking the truth,
yet without hating those who lie.
And even more honor is due to them
when they foresee (as many do foresee)
that in the end Ephialtis will make his appearance,
that the Medes will break through after all.
Translated by Edmund Keeley/Philip Sherrard
WRITING TASK (coursebook p.33)
Have you ever heard or read stories about people who died in the line of duty?
Have you ever heard or read stories about ordinary people who sacrificed their lives
to save others? You can search for such stories on the internet, in the newspaper
headlines etc. and write a short narrative
👉👉narration HERE (PADLET)
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| 👆Different ways to end your narration 👆 |
