READING ACTIVITY

-preparation RESULT: 80%

a regular journey between work and home: A COMMUTE

to be allowed to decide what to do by yourself: TO BE LEFT TO YOUR OWN IDEAS

to record the time you begin work: TO CLOCK IN

a period of time a woman takes off work due to the birth of a child: MATERNITY LEAVE

calculated according to how many hours you work: A PAID ON A PRO-RATA BASIS

to make someone very tired: TO WEAR SOMEONE OUT

to give or allow something in order to end an argument or conflict: TO MAKE A CONCESSION

talk that is informal and irrelevant to work: IDLE CHIT-CHAT

a person who sells their services or work by the hour or day: A FREELANCER

to share ideas with someone in order to get feedback on them: TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF SOMEONE

 

-task 1 RESULT:90%

1 Ronan would prefer it if he …COULD WORK FROM HOME AND BE JUDGE BASED ON TASK PERFORMANCES

2 Jo wanted to reduce her working hours because she …WANTED TO SPEND TIME WITH HER CHILDREN

3 Jo is unhappy with her three-day work week because …SHE DIDN’T REALISE OW MUCH THE CHANGE WOULD AFFECT HER ECONOMICALLY

4 In Marcus’s opinion, which of these is a disadvantage of working from home? YOU TEND TO WORK LATER

5 Why did Lily not like working from home? THERE WERE A LOT OF DISTRACTION

6 What solution did Lily find most suitable for her working needs? RENTING AN OFFICE SPACE TO WORK FROM

 

-Task 2 RESULT:100%

1. Ronan's boss thinks his employees will not be as productive if they work from home. TRUE

2. Ronan thinks that the performance of employees should be judged according to how much time they spend in the office. FALSE

3. Jo is paid the same for a five-day work week as she is on a three-day work week. FALSE

4. Jo feels exhausted trying to manage both a five-day workload and childcare. TRUE

5. Although Marcus sees the benefit in not having idle chit-chat, he misses interacting with his colleagues TRUE

6. Lily didn't like working from the café because the coffee wasn't very good .FALSE

LISTEING ACTIVITY- listeing unit 1 smart skills

Ex.B pag.11

1C

2C

3B

4A

5B

6A

7C

EX.C pag.23

1 a resolution

2 a new job

3 university

4 buisness

5 the hotel

6 an economic

7

8 cap fish brothers

9 sense of humore

10 fifty

Ex.C pag.25

1a

2b

3a

4a

 

 

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