Rosa: Is Mike going to come sailing with us?
Jack: No! way...! He's terrified of deep water.
Rosa: ?...? That's !... ! He's a really good swimmer!
Jack: No, it's true. He's got a phobia.
Rosa: That"... true! He's competing in the 50 metre
freestyle at the swimming club next week.
Jack: I know, but he's scared of swimming in
open water. I think it's because you can't see
the bottom.
Rosa: 5... serious? I didn't think Mike was scared of
anything
Jack: Well, he's afraid of deep water. It's quite a
common phobia, actually.
Rosa: You're ...! I've never heard of it.
Jack: Mike told me himself.
Rosa: I don't ? you! I'm going to call Mike and
ask him.​

-Have you chosen your future profession?
-Yes, I want to be a guide or an interpreter.
-Why have you chosen to work in this field? What are your criteria?
-These professions are well-paid, interesting, and useful. These are the jobs which let you learn something new everyday. I find it interesting and challenging to solve new problems. At the same time I shall work with English and Russian, the languages I like. I shall also have a wide range of opportunities to see foreign countries and to communicate with native speakers.
-Do you have the needed traits of character?
-Well, i”m industrious, I think, this is a very important trait of character. I am also good at languages and communicative. My father says I am organised, reliable and practical.
-Wuold you like to be a programmer, for instance?
-No. This job requires thorough knowledge of mathematics and computers, whereas I am not good at these sciences.
-Many boys and girls want to be famous in their future. What about you?
- I don’t think about being famous. If I am famous, I shall be glad. I think, but most of all I want to have a good job and be a good specialist.
-Where would you study to prepare for your future profession?
- I shall try to enter the Philology Department of the State University. If I fail to enter, I shall take courses.
-When did you begin to think about your future profession?
-Whan I was a child. Then I knew my father was a technologist and I wanted to become a technologist, too. But later I understood that I could make a terrible technologist, since I am bad at chemistry and such subjects..
-Who helped you decide what you want to be?
- My parents supported me a lot, especially my mother. She helped me to understand myself.

I think that a family is a very important thing for everybody. A family is the people that always love you, support you and help you. For me it is impossible to live without my family. My family is not large. I have got a mother, a father and a brother Dima. There are four of us in the family. We also have grandparents and a lot of relatives.

First of I’d like to say a few words about my parents. My mother is a good-looking woman with blond hair. She is forty-two but she looks much younger. She is a teacher of Russian. She works in a school. She likes her job very much. My mother keeps the house and takes care of my father and us. She is very good at cooking. She always cooks very delicious meals. Our mother is very kind, but sometimes he is strict to us. She always checks if our homework is done. Mother takes care of our free time, so that we are not able to waste our time.

My father is a lawyer. He is forty-five. He is a professional. My father does his work very well and gets good money. He is also handy with many things. He can fix almost everything. He also likes making models of planes. My parents have been married for 20 years already. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, and films. For example my father likes thrillers and my mother likes adventure films and fantasy. My father is fond of football and chess. My mother likes playing ping pong. My parents work a lot.

My younger brother, Dima, is a student of the same school. He wants to become a lawyer, like our father. Besides he is playing table tennis like our mother. He studies well. On the one hand, Dima loves constructing and can become an aircraft designer, on the other hand he is very good at languages and can become an interpreter. My grandmother and my grandfather are pensioners. They live not far from us. Sometimes our granny helps us to run the house. She is fond of knitting. My grandfather is a military man and he reads a lot! The library that we have at our flat is the tenth part of all the books that granddad has at his place.

As for me, I’d like to become a computer programmer. I have always loved computer science. I can make some computer programmes and I also can play the guitar very well. I like different kinds of music, but mostly I prefer rock.

We all get on with each other very well. Every one in our family is rather busy, but we are always very happy if we have a possibility to spend some time together. My family means a lot to me.