Unit3 Discussing career plans

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Unit3 Discussing career plans

Vocabulary

Career plans

Describing goals

There are a number of combinations of verbs and nouns you can use to describe career goals.

make lots of money

run my own company

go back to school

become a rock star

get an MBA

move to another country

train to be an engineer

get an MBA

Expressions

Encouraging and discouraging

Encouraging someone

Here are some expressions to encourage someone to do something.

Go for it!

It's worth a try.

Why not!

You might as well.

If I were you.i'd do it.

Discouraging someone

Now let's look at expressions to discourage(discourage) someone from a course of action.

I wouldn't do that if I were you.

That doesn't sound like a good idea.

You can point out potential consequences.

You wouldn't be able to afford it.

Or you can ask a question that suggests a negative aspect of the idea.

Isn't that a bit too ambitious?

Grammar

If I had...

Imagining the past

Use a third conditional statement to communicate the potential result of an event that didn't actually happen.

If I had gotten rich,I would have stopped working.

it's formed with if + past perfect(had done,had been,etc.)in the condition clause,and a verb such as would,
could,might or have + past participle in the result clause.

If I had been more ambitious,I would have gotten promoted.

If I had quit school,I wouldn't have been so successful.

When the if clause comes after the result clause,no comma is necessary.

I would have moved to Buenos Aires if they had offered me the job.

Listening

If I'd done it sooner,it would have been better.

I would have been happier if I'd taken the job.

If I hadn't planned it,it would've failed.