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What is the biggest problem at your workplace?
Person 1:
“In my company, junior employees often work more than
sixty (60) hours a week. If the boss is in the office, we feel
we have to stay until he leaves. Very often, we are not paid
for working overtime, we work for free. And for many of
us, the summer holiday is only one‐week vacation. We
work a lot of overtime, but we aren’t more productive. We
just have more health problems.”
we feel we have to stay – ci sentiamo costretti a rimanere ;
leave – partono; overtime – lo straordinario ;
vacation = holiday – vacanza; health – salute;
Audio 3_2 Workplace Problems ‐ 2
What is the biggest problem at your workplace?
Person 3:
“Our company changes all the time, and every month
some employees lose their jobs. We are very worried
about losing our jobs. It’s very stressful. We love our
company, but sometimes we lose our motivation. We
don’t come to work on time, or we leave early.
We are not very happy at work, and not very happy at
home. It’s a difficult situation for our families.”
What is the biggest problem at your workplace?
Person 4:
“Things are better now than in the past, but many of
my female colleagues aren’t happy. They often get less
money than men for the same work, and it’s more
difficult for us women to get a promotion. In addition,
working in teams is very difficult.
We women can express our opinions, of course, but it’s
almost always the manager who has the final word and
makes the decisions.”
things are better now – le cose sono migliori adesso;
female colleagues – colleghe feminili;
get – ricevono; teams – squadre;
can express – possiamo esprimere; of course – naturalmente;
Audio 3_3 Question Asking‐ 1
• What do you think about …..
• Che pensi / pensate di …..
1.the new cafeteria / canteen
2.the overtime plan
3.the new colleague
4.the new boss
Audio 3_3 Question Asking‐ 2
• Where does she / he work?
• Dove lavora ella / egli?
• Why do you /they need the money?
• Perchè serve il danaro (a voi / a loro)?
1. information office
2.human resources
3.sales
4.new equipment
5.canteen / cafeteria
Audio 3_3 Question Asking - 4
M. Davies
Crawley Electronics
27 Old London Road
15 ..........., 2008.
Dear Mr Ashby,
Subject: our order Ref. PJ / 66
We would like to ............you that we have a ..........with the printer you
delivered this morning.
The box is ..........and there is a piece ..........(Ref. No. ASD32 / S).
In addition, there is no instruction manual.
Could you please ..........us the missing part and the manual as soon as possible.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Jane Mercy
Product Manager