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 I can talk about my working hours.

WAYS OF WORKING

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A. Working hours

Note
1. regular working hours
2. swipe card
3. flexitime
4. work in shifts
5. clock on/in (v)
6. clock off/out (v)
7. work on day/night shift
8. work overtime
9. WFH
10. teleworking/telecommuting =
remote work

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 Note PRACTICE
1. dead tired: to frequently feel exhausted
2. all day long: entire day
3. be up to my ears in something: busy doing something
4. hybrid work: work from both home and office
1. Do you have a nine-to-five job?
5. lockdown: when people are not allowed to leave an area as a 2. Do you have to clock on and off?
security measure
6. poor work performance: fails to do his/her job, low productivity 3. Are there people who do shiftwork
7. to make more errors at work
8. do not need to go to the office on a daily basis
in your company?
9. to save a large amount of time commuting back and forth to 4. What sort of working hours would
work
10. to have the freedom to choose where and when I want to work you like to have when you start
11. to have no supervision and restrictions
12. might experience feelings of loneliness and isolation sometimes
working? Why?
13. to easily get distracted by things like movies/ online games/… 5. Would you like to work from
14. cannot concentrate entirely on work
15. to negatively affect our work performance and productivity home?
16. to have less chance to interact and communicate directly with
my colleagues and clients
6. Could you do your job working
17. to provide us with flexibility and convenience from home? If so, would you like
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to?
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B. Nice work if you can get it

Note Meaning
1. satisfying 1. making you feel pleased by providing what you need or want
2. stimulating 2. If something is stimulating, it encourages new ideas, enthusiasm and interest
3. fascinating 3. extremely interesting
4. dull 4. not interesting or exciting in any way
5. repetitive 5. doing or saying the same thing several times, so that it becomes boring
6. demanding 6. difficult to do, needing a lot of skills, effort, or time
7. tough 7. difficult to do or to deal with

PRACTICE What do you think about these jobs? – teacher, accountant, construction worker, dentist, musician,
social worker, game designer, security guard, office worker, firefighter, pilot.
 I can talk about the nature of my work.

NATURE OF WORK

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dealing with customers teamwork human contact
working with figures solving problems

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C. Nature of work
Note
1. have a passion for
2. be up to my ears in sth
3. always dream of (doing) sth
4. to cope with stress
5. to keep their cool
6. demanding
7. to broaden one’s horizons
8. highly-acclaimed
9. to make a fortune
10. have the utmost respect for so
11. to overcome obstacles
PRACTICE
1. What do you like most about your job?
2. What do you like least?
3. What kind of job would you like?
Meaning
1. a very strong feeling of liking sth
2. to be very busy, or to have more of something than you can manage
3. to imagine and think about sth
4. to deal successfully with something difficult
5. to remain calm in a difficult situation
6. challenging, needing a lot of skills/effort
7. increase your experience, knowledge
8. to be praised or welcomed publicly
9. to earn/gain a large amount of money
10. greatest/most extreme respect
11. to succeed in dealing with difficult situations
 EXAMPLE
I’ve always dreamed of being an English teacher when I was young. First
and foremost, a teacher’s responsibility involves working with students
from a wide range of age groups so it will help me to learn how to cope
with stress and handle unexpected situations professionally. Moreover,
being a teacher is stimulating as it requires creativity when you plan a new
lesson.

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Exercise 1. Look at the six expressions (a–f) from A opposite. Which person (1–6) is most likely to do
each of the things described?

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Exercise 1. Look at the words and expressions in B and C opposite. Five people describe their jobs.
Match the jobs (1–5) with the descriptions (a–e) and put the words in brackets into the correct
grammatical forms.
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