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Jobs and professions (métiers et professions)
Je sais nommer et décrire des métiers, dire ce que je veux faire plus tard et expliquer pourquoi, en anglais.
- 45 min
- 6 exercices corrigés
- 1 schéma
- QCM de 5 questions
À la fin de la leçon, tu sauras :
- Connaître le nom de nombreux métiers et de leurs lieux de travail
- Décrire un métier avec les relatives (a person who…) et le present simple
- Parler de mes projets professionnels avec want to, would like to, be going to
- Comprendre une offre ou une présentation de métier et rédiger un court texte sur mon avenir
Avant de commencer : Le present simple (leçon 1), le futur (leçon 4), les pronoms relatifs (leçon 9) et l'infinitif après want, hope, would like (leçon 11).
1Je découvre
Dans la classe de 10e d'un collège de Labé, le professeur d'anglais pose une question avant le BEPC : « What do you want to be in the future? »
Sékou répond : « I want to be a mechanic, like my uncle. He repairs cars in his garage. »
Hawa dit : « I would like to become a midwife, because I want to help women in my village. »
Alpha hésite : « I don't know yet. Maybe an engineer in a mining company. »
Après le BEPC, chaque élève doit faire un choix d'orientation : lycée général (sciences ou lettres), enseignement technique et professionnel… Pour bien choisir, il faut connaître les métiers, savoir ce qu'on y fait et quelles études il faut suivre.
En anglais, le thème des métiers revient souvent dans les textes et dans les sujets de rédaction : Describe your father's job, What would you like to do later?
Comment nommer, décrire et comparer des métiers en anglais, et comment parler de ses projets pour l'avenir ?
2Je comprends
1. Les métiers (jobs)
| Domaine | Métiers |
|---|---|
| Santé | a doctor (médecin), a nurse (infirmier), a midwife (sage-femme), a pharmacist (pharmacien), a dentist |
| Éducation | a teacher (enseignant), a headmaster / headmistress (directeur), a librarian (bibliothécaire) |
| Agriculture, pêche | a farmer (agriculteur), a herdsman (éleveur, berger), a fisherman (pêcheur) |
| Artisanat | a tailor (tailleur), a carpenter (menuisier), a blacksmith (forgeron), a weaver (tisserand), a potter (potier), a hairdresser (coiffeur) |
| Technique | a mechanic (mécanicien), an electrician, a plumber (plombier), a mason / builder (maçon), an engineer (ingénieur), a miner (mineur) |
| Commerce, services | a trader / shopkeeper (commerçant), a driver (chauffeur), a cook (cuisinier), a banker, an accountant (comptable) |
| Sécurité, droit | a police officer, a soldier, a judge (juge), a lawyer (avocat) |
| Communication | a journalist, a computer scientist / programmer (informaticien), a translator (traducteur) |
Remarque : en anglais, on met a / an devant le métier : *My mother is a nurse.* (en français : « Ma mère est infirmière », sans article). On dit an devant un son voyelle : an engineer, an electrician.
2. Les lieux de travail (workplaces)
*A doctor works in a hospital or a health centre. A teacher works in a school. A farmer works in a field. A mechanic works in a garage. A miner works in a mine. A trader works in a market or a shop. A journalist works for a newspaper or a radio station.*
3. Décrire un métier
Avec une relative (leçon 9) : A carpenter is a person who makes furniture with wood. A midwife is a woman who helps women to give birth.
Avec le present simple pour les tâches habituelles : A fisherman goes to sea early in the morning. He catches fish and sells them at the port.
Vocabulaire utile : to earn money / a salary (gagner de l'argent, un salaire), to work full-time / part-time, to be unemployed (être au chômage), a company / a firm (une entreprise), a boss (un patron), to be self-employed (travailler à son compte), training (formation), skills (compétences), qualifications (diplômes).
Adjectifs pour juger un métier : interesting / boring, well-paid / badly paid, useful, difficult, tiring (fatigant), dangerous, creative.
4. Parler de ses projets
| Structure | Exemple |
|---|---|
| want to be / to become | I want to become a pilot. |
| would like to + base | I would like to work in a hospital. |
| be going to (intention décidée) | I'm going to study computer science. |
| hope to + base | I hope to open my own shop. |
| be interested in + V-ing | I'm interested in repairing machines. |
| be good at + nom ou V-ing | I'm good at maths. |
Pour justifier : because…, I like…, I want to help…, It's a useful job.
- 1Je nomme le métier que je veux faire : I would like to become a nurse.
- 2Je dis où on l'exerce : Nurses work in hospitals and health centres.
- 3Je décris ce qu'on y fait : They look after sick people and give injections.
- 4J'explique pourquoi je l'ai choisi : because I want to help people in my town.
- 5Je dis comment j'y arriverai : I'm going to study science at the lycée and go to a nursing school.
5. Comparer des métiers
On utilise les comparatifs : *A doctor earns more money than a nurse. Being a miner is more dangerous than being a teacher. A tailor's job is less tiring than a farmer's job.*
Méthode
Pour décrire un métier en anglais :
- Je définis le métier avec une relative : A … is a person who…
- Je dis où la personne travaille : He / She works in…
- Je décris ses tâches au present simple, avec le -s de la 3e personne.
- Je donne mon avis avec des adjectifs : It is a useful but tiring job.
- Je relis : a / an devant le métier, -s à la 3e personne.
Exemple
Describe the job of a tailor.
Définition avec une relative : A tailor is a person who makes clothes.
Lieu : He works in a workshop, often near the market.
Tâches au present simple : He takes the customers' measurements, cuts the cloth and sews it with a sewing machine.
Avis : It is a creative job, and tailors are very busy before the big celebrations.
Exemple
Complete with a or an: « My father is ... engineer and my mother is ... teacher. My uncle is ... electrician. »
Engineer et electrician commencent par un son voyelle → an ; teacher commence par une consonne → a.
Answer: My father is an engineer and my mother is a teacher. My uncle is an electrician.
3Je retiens
Je retiens
Métiers : doctor, nurse, midwife, teacher, farmer, fisherman, tailor, carpenter, mechanic, engineer, miner, trader, driver, journalist.
Toujours a / an devant un métier : She is a nurse. He is an engineer.
Définir : A … is a person who… ; lieu : works in / at / for…
Projets : I want to be…, I would like to become…, I'm going to…, I hope to…
Goûts et capacités : I'm interested in + V-ing ; I'm good at + nom ou V-ing.
Vocabulaire : a salary, to earn, unemployed, self-employed, training, skills, well-paid.
4Erreurs fréquentes
- Oublier l'article : « My sister is a teacher », pas « My sister is teacher ».
- Mettre « a » devant un son voyelle : « an engineer », pas « a engineer ».
- Oublier le -s de la 3e personne en décrivant un métier : « A farmer grows crops », pas « A farmer grow crops ».
- Écrire « I want become » : on écrit « I want to become ».
5Je m’exerce
1Exercice 1
Who is it? Give the job.
a) This person looks after sick people in a hospital.
b) This person makes furniture with wood.
c) This person catches fish.
d) This person repairs cars.
e) This person helps women to give birth.
f) This person teaches pupils.
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) a nurse (or a doctor) ; b) a carpenter ; c) a fisherman ; d) a mechanic ; e) a midwife ; f) a teacher.
2Exercice 2
Complete with a or an.
a) Ibrahima is ... driver.
b) Aïssatou wants to be ... architect.
c) Her father is ... farmer.
d) My cousin is ... engineer in Kamsar.
e) He would like to be ... officer.
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) a driver ; b) an architect ; c) a farmer ; d) an engineer ; e) an officer.
3Exercice 3
Define these jobs with « a person who… ».
a) a baker ; b) a journalist ; c) a blacksmith ; d) a miner.
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) A baker is a person who makes bread.
b) A journalist is a person who writes articles or reports the news.
c) A blacksmith is a person who works with iron (and makes tools).
d) A miner is a person who works in a mine.
4Exercice 4
Put the verbs in the correct form.
a) My mother (work) in a health centre in Kissidougou.
b) Lansana wants (become) a pilot.
c) I'm interested in (repair) machines.
d) Next year, Fanta (go) to study at a vocational school. (intention)
e) If I pass the BEPC, I (study) science.
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) My mother works in a health centre in Kissidougou.
b) Lansana wants to become a pilot.
c) I'm interested in repairing machines.
d) Next year, Fanta is going to study at a vocational school.
e) If I pass the BEPC, I will study science.
5Exercice 5
(Type BEPC) Read the text and answer the questions.
*My aunt Kadiatou is a pharmacist in Kankan. She studied pharmacy at university for several years. Every day, she opens her pharmacy at 8 a.m. She sells medicines and gives advice to the patients. She says that her job is interesting and useful, but sometimes tiring, because she works on Saturdays too. I would like to become a pharmacist like her, because I am good at chemistry.*
a) What is Kadiatou's job?
b) Where does she work?
c) What does she do every day? Give two things.
d) What does she think of her job?
e) Why does the writer want to become a pharmacist?
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
a) She is a pharmacist.
b) She works in Kankan, in her pharmacy.
c) She opens her pharmacy at 8 a.m., sells medicines and gives advice to the patients.
d) She thinks it is interesting and useful, but sometimes tiring.
e) Because he or she is good at chemistry.
6Exercice 6
(Type BEPC, writing) Write a paragraph (6 to 8 lines): « What would you like to do later? Why? »
Voir le corrigéCacher le corrigé
(Example answer)
*Later, I would like to become a civil engineer. An engineer is a person who designs and builds roads, bridges and buildings. In Guinea, we need more good roads between the towns and the villages. I am good at maths and physics, so I am going to choose the science series at the lycée. Then I hope to study at university. It is a difficult job, but it is very useful for my country.*
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