Planning a career in Science

1.

Planning a career in
Science
Lesson 4. Listening

2.

You’re going to listen to the recording and tick the options which
interest Eriko and put a cross next to the options which don’t.
Eriko is from Japan and will soon complete a PhD in biotechnology.
She is discussing the next stage in her career with her supervisor
Susana.
❏ teaching (undergraduate) students
❏ doing post-doctoral research
❏ supervising a research team
❏ finding a permanent position at university
❏ discussing theory
❏ doing practical fieldwork Listen to the recording at:
❏ staying in London
https://file.tpu.ru/index.php/s/5E4cDszBzqMFtiU
❏ finding a well-paid job

3.

(Probably) unknown vocabulary from the recording
work/study full-time (v)
(Match with the
definitions)
to leave smth/smn and start doing smth else
abandon (v)
the activities and work done at universities and colleges, or the
teachers and students involved in it
give smth up (ph.v)
someone whose job is to keep and check financial accounts, calculate
taxes etc
academia (n)
accountant (n)
set out to do smth (ph.v)
put smth off
fieldwork
post-doc (post-doctoral)
to stop doing something, especially something that you do
regularly
to start doing something or making plans to do something in order to
achieve a particular result
relating to study done after a PhD
to make you dislike something or not want to do something
for all the hours of a week during which it is usual for people to work, study etc
the study of scientific or social subjects, done outside the class or laboratory

4.

You’re going to listen to the eight sentences from Erica and Susana’s
conversation and write the number of the sentence in the corresponding
column.
Talking about…..
Likes and Dislikes
Past experiences
Future (more certain)
Future (possible)
sentences 3 and 5
sentences 2 and 7
sentences 1 and 6
sentences 4 and 8
Listen to the recording at:
https://file.tpu.ru/index.php/s/bdUsVTwzabRPhFh

5.

Listen to the recording again and pay attention to the phrases listed in
the table (Answer keys)
Listen to the recording at: (3.38 - 4.40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9XFhGLT9ZU&ab_channel=BHVTinH%E1%BB%8Dc

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Grammar note:
Present Perfect (have/has+done) is commonly used when listing professional
experiences
● I have published five articles
● I have taught Physics and supervised interns
Past Simple is also useful for actions in the Past:
● I went to MIT
● I completed my PhD and went to Budapest.
To be+ going to / Present Continuous(to be+doing) is used to to talk about future plans
and intentions. Usually the decision about the future plans has already been made:
● I’m meeting someone from the University of Glasgow at the conference next

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Homework to students:
Using the present perfect and the past simple, please write a list of your
scientific, educational and/or professional experience. You can include
some dates.