3. Read the text. Mark the sentences ✓ (right), X (wrong) or ? (doesn't say).
(Đọc văn bản. Đánh dấu các câu ✓ (đúng), X (sai) hoặc ? (không đề cập đến).)
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1. The writer believes that children often want to have the same job as famous people or people they know. |
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2. The writer wanted to be on television. |
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3. The writer works on television now. |
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4. Boys and girls have different types of dream jobs. |
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5. Today's children will earn more than their parents did. |
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6. It isn't a good idea to have an unrealistic dream. |
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7. The writer thinks that people's dreams stay the same through their lives. |
What was your dream?
What were your dreams and ambitions when you were a child? Are your dreams the same now? Nearly all children have a dream for the future. Sometimes they want to be like people they see on television or someone in their family. When I was a child I wanted to be a lawyer because I admired the lawyer in a TV drama! My sister wanted to be a princess!
A recent survey asked 11,000 seven-year-olds about their ambitions and the results were interesting. Most of them had definite ideas about their future careers. The most popular jobs included teacher, scientist, firefighter and police officer. In general boys wanted to earn a lot of money (a third of them wanted to become a footballer or sportsman) and girls preferred a job helping people, like a doctor or teacher.
Experts say that today's children have greater ambitions than their parents had and this is a very good thing. People who have a dream will work harder and have fewer problems. Sometimes those dreams aren't realistic and they change. Not every seven-year-old boy will become a rich and successful footballer! I didn't become a lawyer - and surprisingly, my sister didn't become a princess! But it is important to be ambitious, We all need to dream.