Working Life in a New Er sonalenls Moxspo om /2020/06/ working es newera nm Wns les atypical working day nan office lock ke? When des it start and Finish? ‘What can people do in an office? 1 How id working life change during the Cvid!9 pandemic and lockdown? How aid People work without xoing to their affices? ©) What problems did people have working from home? 44) What was good about working from home? M1 Vocabulary focus. Match the words to th it definitions, Use six words in your sentences, 1 employee ‘A. _| morally and socially ood enough — 2 shift B._|tostay away withou: permission 3 to C__| to suffer something difficult or unpleasant advantage of 4. [broad D__| to not do something that you aveto do | 5. 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Nine sentence fragments have been removed. Read the anicle and choose from the sentence part (A-I) the one which fits each gap (1-9). Farewell BC (before coronavirus). Welcome AD (after domestication) . but people adapted. January and February seemed like an ancient era ~ the BC (before 6 snavius) to the new AD (afer domestication) ‘The shift may look a lot like great workplace transformations in the 19th and 20th centuries In the past factories were designed around one great power system, Then electrification allowed individual machines to have their own power source. But half a century went by 2 “The current, rapid shift to AD was possible For several reasons. First, broadband services are quick enough 3____ Second, advanced economies revolve around services. hot manufacturing Back in the 1970s, when Britain adopted a three-day week, there were power cuts and home life was severely affected as well. The pandemic has not turned the Tights off Not only that, the lockdown has made remote work seem both normal and acceptable 4 had to overcome the suspicion that they were bunking off: Now those \who insist on being atthe office sound self-important [Although offices will not disappear, __that working life will return to BC ways. For ‘nore than a century workers have stuffed themselves onto crowded trains and buses, orco five cared wats toys week Hor the past 890 months they Another aspect of the AD et betore the pandemic 7 9 be the disappearance of the five-day work five-day working week sen |w the AD era the bamer between hoi and workiny Ite vith the company video call the only fist The the thythin of Ife has been disrupted and new routines ane 4 Bouish pop group, sang, people are “tying diferent ways to make a wall be even harder to sustann 8 slovwuside, however, 1 th niceded as Madness, ditterenee to the days | ooking further out, the AD era may bring other changes. Some may decide to live un small towns where housing costs are lower, 9 fen will have fewer excuses to skip leaning oF child care if they ate not disappearing to the office In a sense. this ‘normal: until the 19th century Instorians may stll regard 2 ost people worked a: oF close to their homes” But social 10 asthe star oF a new age since they have no need to commute ‘tis hard to imagine In future employees may work and take breaks when they please many workers took phone calls or answered emails at the weekend to get into the office and back In March a lot of employees let ther offices with no date fora return to the workplace in sight In the past employees who stayed home |. before factories were reconfigured to take advantage of electricity to allow for document downloads and videocenferencing mmone> rza V Comprehension check. Answer the questions. 1. What meaning can the abbreviations BC and AD have in the modem world? 3 What workplace tansfomaton does te sho working om ha kis? How is 2020 workplace ansformation eet onthe changes hat happened sn he 4. My were people and economies abl to aap oa working condos very guk? 5 Dav caren werkplage and working week transomation et home ie? {How have attudes fo working fom hore cand Beets ofthe lockdown? {An iay happen tote veda working wesk and Dames Between working ean home afte the andes? What ther changes ma hfe pandemic bingo employees? 9) vwvking closet ome completly ne ea? Why or why nt VIOVER TO YOU Get ready to discuss the questions : ‘a) What are the attitudes fo working from home mn your country