12 Read the sentences. Which expresses an situation in the present? Which expresses gegret about a past event? a Iwish I hadn't left sshool. (but I did) b Iwish I earned more topey. (but I don't) Now make wishes for the following situations. 1 You lied to your best friend. 2 You can't afford to go on holiday. 3 Your broken leg hurts. 4 You failed your exams. 5 Your mum is angry with you. 6 You missed an important meeting. 7 You aren't old enough to get a driving license.

The inner world of person, his personality and uniqueness to a large extent influence on its development, and, of course, choice of the profession. Today there are a lot of professions, and any schoolboy, including me, is facing a difficult choice while deciding what activity I should get into, where study and where go to work. Work is a huge component of human life, in this regard, it is necessary to approach this question with heavy responsibility, not making hasty conclusions. When a man finds his vocation in life, work turns into a fascinating process which gives its best and productivity. Quite different when the situation is connected with those people, for whom the work has become heavy burden, plunging days in gray routine, which is directly reflected in their lives.   It follows that the choice of profession is a huge responsibility, which is not only affects the life of a particular person, but also on the entire country. After all, if you think that all people are not on their own place, what we can talk about the economic prosperity. After many thoughts on the theme “choice of profession” I came to such a conclusion that today in the country there is a huge shortage of workers in the sphere of education. This was facilitated by the wrong policy of the state, which undermined the prestige of this significant profession for people. Nowadays, young people don't want to connect their life with this profession, and this is largely due to low wages and status of the profession. I hope that it is a temporary phenomenon and in the future this work will acquire another status – status of basic and fundamental profession, because it is impossible to imagine the prosperous society without quality basic education. But to achieve this, it is necessary that smart, highly moral people and people who are thinking about the future of the Russian will go into this specialty. In due time, President of the USA George Kennedy said: «our nation is not worth a more important task than distribution and improvement of educational opportunities for all our people. Education is the most profitable investment, which may make a society, and simultaneously it is the richest reward that it may be awarded». I sincerely hope that in our country people understand the importance of this question, because everything, that gives the teacher, school, institute accompanies us throughout the whole conscious life, and so that to dedicate one`s live with the educational sphere is the best solution for people who think not only about themselves, but about the future of their homeland.

Dear Chris!
I was very glad, when I received your letter last week. I hope, that you feel well and spent your summer holiday as great as I did. 
Two weeks ago I returned from Germany! I visited its capital, Berlin, and it was really unforgettable. The city center is very beautiful. I saw Branderburg Gate and Alexander Platz. I also visited a lot of other sightseeings and museums, but these places especially imressed me by their greatness. I have flown there with my brother. As you know, he knows German, so it was rather easy to orientate ourselves. We have taken plenty of photos. Almost every our step was photographed. Our trip lasted 4 days and we stayed in a hotel not far from the city center. The hotel was very nice and cosy. The second day was rainy, so we had to stay in our room. That day I began to read "Faust" written by a world-known German writer Goethe. This book is really fascinating. We also saw a comedy "Pretty boy". We laughed a lot at this funny story. Evenings when I had nothing to do I played my the most favourite computer game "Red Alert". 
I think, that's all about my journey. If there's something else left, you want to know about, please, write it in your next letter.
Looking forward for your answer,
Alice