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LET'S LEARN! 📚
nine-to-five job - a job doing regular business hours usually in an office
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She had a typical nine-to-five job in the civil service before she worked in the theater.
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She prefer a nine-to-five hour job so she could spend time with her family after work.
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work in shifts - work at different times on different days
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The clinic is staffed by ten doctors who work in shifts.
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I hate working in shifts. It's difficult to keep on changing routines.
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my work involves + -ing - used to talk about your job responsibilities
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My work involves dealing with customers.
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My work involves working with figures.
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- Adjectives to use in describing one's job.
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Satisfying, stimulating, fascinating , exciting - the work is interesting and gives you positive feelings
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Dull, boring, uninteresting, unstimulating - the work is not interesting
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Repetitive, routine - the work involves doing the same things again and again
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Tiring, tough, hard, demanding - the work is difficult and makes your tired
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LET'S READ! 📖
Introduction 1
QUESTIONS
1. Why does she choose a nine-to-five job?
Introduction 2
I'm in web development. There's a system of flexitime in my company, which means we can work when we want, within certain limits. We can start at any time 'till 11 and finish as early as 3 - as long as we do enough hours each month. It's ideal for me as I have two young children.
QUESTION
What system do they follow in their company?
Introduction 3
I work in an automotive parts company. I work in shifts and I have a clock on and clock off at the beginning and end of every shift. I may be on the day shift one week and the night shifts the next week. It's difficult changing to a new routine for sleeping and eating. When the company has a lot of orders, they ask us to work overtime.
QUESTION
What is his schedule at work?
LET'S PRACTICE! 📝
👂🏻 Listening Exercise
Direction: Listen to the audio in each item and answer the questions that follow.
- Why does she need to organize the documents?
- When does he take the train?
- How many emails does she receive every day?
🗣 Speaking Exercise
Direction: Describe your daily routine at work. Make at least five sentences.
I'm an office worker in an insurance company. It's a nine-to-five job with regular working hours. I need my swipe card to get into the office. My work involves handling documents and dealing with customers. The work isn't very interesting, but I like to be able to go home at a reasonable time.