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Unit 2

Work and LeisureWork and Leisure

暨南大学外国语学院大学英语部 Jinan University

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Work is more fun than fun.

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different & be just.

What is your attitude about work?

Do you live to work or work to live?


overview

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Vocabulary:Days, months, datesLeisure activities

Reading:Describe your routine

Language FocusPresent simpleAdverbs and expressions of frequency

SkillsTalking about work and leisure

Case StudyIndependent Film Company

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•What are some of the important things in a job?

•What is your desired job?

•Do you think people can change their jobs from time to time?

•Where would you like to work?

Let’s Talk about WorkSpeaking

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Listening 2.1

What do people want from work? Listen to four people. Make three word partnerships they use from the words in each box.

1 high colleagues

long salary

helpful holidays

2 friendly office

travel opportunities

large boss

3 company phone

mobile computer

laptop car

4 fast facilities

flexible promotion

sports hours

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1

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Match some word partnerships from Exercise A to their meanings 1 to 6.

1. A lot of money.

2. A lot of time away from work.

3. Good people to work with

4. The chance to go to different places on business

5. Move quickly to a higher position at work

6. You can change the times when you start and finish work

High Salary

Fast promotion

Helpful colleagues

Travel opportunities

Long holidays

Flexible hours

Days of the week

• Wednesday

• Saturday

• Monday

• Friday

• Tuesday

• Thursday

• Sunday

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

• 5th

• 6th

• 7th

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Key Language

1

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Which 2 days are the weekends?

Months of the year


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Key Language

1 Write the months of the year under the correct seasons.

Spring Summer Autumn Winter

June April January August December FebruaryMay October March September November July

May

April

March

June

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

January

September

December

February

March

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Key Language

1

Complete the time phrases with in, at or on.Then write the phrases under the correct preposition.

1. _______night 4._______Thursday 7.________June

2._______the autumn 5. _______the afternoon 8. ________New Year

3. _______15th May 6. _______Tuesday evening 9.________the weekend

at on in

in in at

on on at

Complete the sentences with in, at or on.

1. We have a lot of big orders _________March.

2. The office closes for three days ________ New Year.

3. There is an important meeting _________15th June.

4. The CEO visits our branch ___________the summer.

5. We deliver large goods __________Monday afternoons.

in

at

on

in

on

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Reading Describing Your Routine

Michael Dell’s working day Michael Dell is chairman of Dell Computer Corporation in

the US. For about 30 percent of his time he travels overseas and meets international customers. Each year he makes two or three trips to Europe and two trips to Asia. When he is at his home in Austin, Texas, he gets up at 5:30 a.m. each day. He lives with his wife, Susan, and their four children, who are all under the age of ten. His wife owns a clothes shop in Austin.

In the mornings he does exercises for an hour from 6:00 a.m. and then drives to his office. He arrives at 8:00 a.m. At his office he talks to customers and makes plansfor the organisation. He leaves the office at about 6:15 p.m. and has dinner with his family. He reads stories to his children and gets them to bed. He often spends time in the evening writinge-mails. ‘Then I go to sleep, get up and do it all again,’ he says. In his free time he likes to go running and biking. From The Times

Dell, Incorporated

Type Public (NASDAQ: DELL SEHK: 4331)

Founded Austin, Texas, USA in November 1984 as PC’s Limited

Headquarters Austin, Texas, USA

Key People Michael Dell, founder & CEO

Industry Computer hardware

Products Desktops ， Servers ， Notebooks ，Peripherals ， Printers

Austin, capital of Texas

Task

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What time does Michael Dell:

• Get up?

2 Do exercises?

3 Arrive at his office?

4 Leave the office?

5:30 a.m.

6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

6:15 p.m.


Mark each statement true or false.

1.Michael Dell makes three trips to Asia each year.

2.He lives in Europe

3. He has four children

4. His wife has a ship in Austin, Texas.

5. He has dinner with customers.

6. He works on his computer in the evening

true

false

false

false

true

Task

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true

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Match the words in each box to make word partnerships.


Task

1 go a) football

2 play b) exercise

3 do c) running

4 travel a) time

5 meet b) customers

6 spend c) overseas

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SpeakingWork in pairs. Tell your partner about your day.

Get upLeave home

Go running

Go to school

Have lunch

Have dinner Go to bed

Go shoppingGo swimming

Take a walkWatch TV

study

Go to bedCall my parents

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Language

Focus 1 Present simple

We use the present simple to talk about habits and work routines.

I travel overseas.

He reads stories to his children.

Does he talk to customers? Yes, he does. / No he doesn’t

We don’t drive to work

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Task Complete the article about Giorgio Armani’s working day.Use the verbs from the box.

Works sleep has spends wakes stops walks travel goes

Giorgio Armani_________ up at 7 a.m. He ___________ to the gym and

_________ an hour there. He_________ breakfast and then _________to

the office with his body guard. He has pasta and a salad for lunch and then

he _________for 10 minutes.

He ________until 8 p.m. on design and administration. He ________ every

two months—to the US, Russia or other parts of Europe. On his way home

from the office, he often_________ for a drink at Nobu. At weekends e

goes to his villa.

wakes goes

spends has walks

sleeps

works travels

stops

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Task Complete the article about Patrick Ross. Use the correct verbs in brackets

I’m Patrick Ross and I ___________(work) for an American securities

company in Beijing. I ___________(live) near Chaoyang District, and I

_________(travel) to work by subway. My wife is Chinese. She

__________(work) part-time for a shipping company. She

__________(drive) to work. We both ____________(like) sports and

traveling. We________ (play) golf at the weekend. Our two

Children ________ (go) to an international school.

work

live

travel

works

drives like

play

go

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WritingWrite a paragraph like the one in Exercise B about yourself

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Key Language

2

Leisure activities

Match the leisure activities to the pictures.

running

walking

biking

swimming

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Key Language

2

Complete the leisure activities below. Use words from the box.You can use each word more than once.

1 _______golf 2 _________TV 3_________restaurant 4___________CD

5 ______ tennis 6 ________the cinema 7_________football 8________the gym

playing watching going to listening to

playing going to playing going to


Speaking


Do you like swimming?

don’t like

hate

love

like

don’t mind

I love cooking.

I like swimming.

I hate dancing.

I don’t likeshopping.

I don’t mindfishing.

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Speaking Talk about your leisure activities. Use the verbs in box1 and the time phrases in box 2.

I love running at the weekend.I like going to the cinema on Friday night.

1 love like quite like don’t like

2 at the weekend on Friday night in the summer / winter in August / December in the morning / afternoon / evening


Language

Focus 2

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We often use adverbs of frequency and expressionsof frequency with the present simple to say how oftenwe do things.

He often spends time in the evenings writing e-mails.Each year he makes two trips to Asia.How often does he get up at 5:30 a.m?He always gets up at 5:30.

Expression of frequency go at the beginning or the end of a sentence.

Two nights a week he works late at the office.He works from home once a month.

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Language

Focus 2Adverbs and expressions of frequency

How often do you …?

0% 100%time

never sometimes alwaysOften usually

I never play basketball

I sometimes go shopping with my mother.

I often eat out with friends.

I usually watch TV in the evening.

I always listen to music after work.

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Task Write the words in brackets in the correct place in the sentence.

1 She gets up early.

2 They start their first meeting at 9 o’clock.

3 We are late for meetings.

4 I am busy in the afternoon.

5 The office closes at 3 p.m.

usually

always

never

often

sometimes

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Task Complete these expressions of frequency. Use words from the box.

1 from to time.

2 now and

3 once a

4 a month

5 every

6 times a week

time

then

week

twice

Sunday

three

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Task Read the pairs of sentence. Cross out the incorrect words

1 a) He reads the papers every day. b) He always /sometimes reads the papers.2 a) We eat in the company cafeteria four times a week. b) We usually / sometimes eat in the company cafeteria.3 a) I work late once a month. b) I usually / sometimes work late.4 a) The managers don’t go to business dinners at the weekend. b) The mangers never / sometimes go to business dinners at the weekend.5 a) The company director travels on business twice a week. b) The company director always / often travels on business.

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Speaking Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.Add similar ones of your own.


How often do you…

1. play sports?2. use a mobile phone?3. drive to work / college / university4. go to a gym . Fitness centre?5. entertain at home?6. go on business trips?7. go aboard on holiday?8. Buy a newspaper / magazine?

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Listening 2.2

An interviewer asks people from different countriesabout their typical day. Listen and complete the chart

Rodlfo

(Mexican)

Isabel

(Swiss)

Sigrid

(Austrian)1 What do you do when you get to work?

2 Where do you have lunch?

3 How often do you travel on business?

Check e-mail

At home

Once a month

Look in diary;Then have a coffee

At her desk

never

Say hi to colleagues;Then check e-mails

In the cafeteria

Twice a year

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Task Match the questions with the answers.

1 What do you like best about your job?

2 How many hours a week do you work / study?

3 When do you finish work?

4 Do you meet your colleagues after work?

5 What do you do in your free time?

a) Usually about 6 o’clock

b) From time to time. We sometimes go for a meal

c) I play golf.

d) I work flexible hours, which is great.

e) Between 30 and 35 hours.

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Listening 2.3

Complete the conversation. Use words from the box. Then listen and check.

keen enjoy really interested love

Pat What do you do at the weekend?

Tim I’m _________ on sport. I ________ like karate,

and I _______ playing football. But I’m not really

__________ in watching sport on TV.

I don’t _______professional football matches,

for example.

keen really

love

interested

enjoy

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SpeakingWork in pairs. Tell your partner how you feel about your work or studies.Use phrases from the Useful language box.


I enjoy having flexible hours. I don’t enjoy doing overtime.

I really like my boss / colleagues. I don’t like long meetings.

What do you do in your free time?

What do you do at the weekend?

What do you do after class?

What do you do in the evening?


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Case Study

Independent Film CompanyVancouver, Canada

Receptionist production assistant camera operator producer

Problems with employees

Job title Problems

Receptionist Too busy at work; low salary; need more breaks & flexible hours

Production assistant

No regular break time or lunch hour; a lot of overtime; need a large office & a fast promotion

Camera operator

No regular break time or lunch hour; dislike weekend work & the boss is not very friendly

TV producer No regular break time or lunch hour; need a laptop computer & a new company car

Introduction:The aim of the report is to assess the problems with employees at work collected from a recent interview.

Findings:Working hours:Almost all employees complain about the lack of break time at work. The receptionist has only one 15-minute break in the morning while the other three have no regular breaks whatsoever at work. In addition, they also complain about the frequent overtime and weekend work. The receptionist even asks for more flexible hours.Lunch time:The production assistant, camera operator and TV producer all complain that they have no definite lunch time at work. They usually get takeaway fast food, eat in restaurants or, very often, miss lunch when they are busy.

Conclusion:Generally speaking, most employees are satisfied with their work at Independent Film Company.Recommendations:It is recommended that working conditions need to be improved and necessary facilities have to be provided for certain employees.

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Unit 2 Work and Leisure Summary SheetPresent simple

We use the present simple to talk about habits and work routines.

I travel overseas.

He reads stories to his children.

Does he talk to customers? Yes, he does. / No he doesn’t

We don’t drive to work

Adverbs and expressions of frequency


0% 100%time

never sometimes alwaysOften usually

I never play basketball

I sometimes go shopping with my mother.

I often eat out with friends.

I usually watch TV in the evening.

I always listen to music after work.

Asking questionsWhat do you do in your free time? at the weekend? after work? in the evening?

How often do you…?Do you like…? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Seasons

Expressing feelings

I like / love… I don’t like…I’m keen on… He isn’t really keen on…I really enjoy… She doesn’t enjoy…I’m interested in… We aren’t interested in…

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