MILLENIALS IN THE WORKPLACE

PREPARATION

1 a turnover rate

2 employee retention

3 large-scale

4 to strive to

5 a threat

6 eccessive

7 a sacrifice

8 ethics

9 to monitor

10 to give up

Task 1 Circle the best answer.

1. This report is based on the findings of how many surveys? a. two

2. This report was done for organisations that want to …  d. increase the job satisfaction of the millennials who are working for them.

 3. According to the report, which of the following would millennials be happy to do? b. sacrifice pay so that they can work shorter hours 

4. According to the report, which of the following would promote millennials’ loyalty to their company?. the company’s commitment to the greater good of society

5. According to the report, millennials believe that it is important to … a. be appreciated for the work you do. b. measure your productivity..

6. If managers want to keep their millennial employees happy, they should.   b. give them options to work from home..

Task 2 Are the sentences true or false?

 1. This report is based on surveys that only questioned people born between 1983 and 1994.             F

 2. The surveys were conducted in several different countries.                                                                      T

3. Millennials are less loyal to their companies than non-millennials.                                                            F

4. Millennials believe that their technological skills are sufficiently advanced.                                           F

5. Managers should be aware of how happy their staff are with the amount of work they

have been given.                                                                                                                                                      T

6. Managers should worry about their own work–life balance and not concern themselves

with problems in society.                                                                                                                                       F

STAR WARS AND THE HERO MYTH

Preparation task Match the definitions (a–f) with the vocabulary (1–6). Vocabulary Definitions

1 to mirror

2 to pre-date

3 an obstacle

4 a mentor

5 to cross

6 to threshold

TASK 1

1. Joseph Campbell’s original book cover has links to the Star Wars films. F

2. The Ancient Greeks also based their stories on Campbell’s ideas. F

3. Other film directors after George Lucas have carefully followed the hero myth structure. T

4. Obi-Wan Kenobi sends Luke a message and starts his adventure. F

5. The hero is always willing to accept the call to adventure. F

6. The hero often finds strength from some kind of loss. T

TASK 2

1. Critics of 'Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens' complained that the film was unoriginal

2. The film was so similar to the first Star Wars film that the story was really predictable

3. The front cover of later edition of the book 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces' had Luke Skywalker on the front cover.

4. George Lucas was one of the first film directors to use the ideas in Joseph Campbell's book to plan his hero's journey. (direct)

5. Lucas based Luke Skywalker's story directly on the 17 stages of the hero's journey described by Campbell. (direct)

6. The hero has to overcome obstacles on the way, such as death or loss. (die)

7. When Luke loses his mentor, he finds the strenght he needs for the rest of his journey. (strong)

8. When heroes are finally successful , they return from the special world, changed by their experiences forever. (succeed)