Ex.3.16. Use words and phrases from ex.3.14 and 3.15 above to complete these sentences

Ex.3.15. Suggest Russian equivalents for the words and phrases in bold type.

Study the following work-patterns, note down the words in bold type, find their explanations below and give their Russian equivalents.

Ex.3.14. During the day (different work-patterns).

1) Most of the day I do routine tasks, but occasionally there’s a crisis or I have to meet a deadline. At certain times of the year I have a very heavy workload but at other times it can be quite light.

2) I start work at my machine at seven o’clock when I’m on the day shift. The job’s very mechanical and repetitive. All I ever think about is knocking off at three. The shift I hate most is the night shift. I start at ten and work all night till six in the morning. The job’s a bit monotonous.

3) I have a glamorous job. I’m a pilot. The hours are irregular and antisocial, but I’m not stuck behind a desk and there’s a lot of variety. The stress levels can be quite high when you know people’s lives depend on you. I feel sorry for people who are stuck in a rut or working in dead-end jobs.

a) stuck in a job people can’t escape from g) (infml) finishing work

b) have sth finished by a fixed day or time h) (infml) sitting in an office all day

c) jobs with no prospects of promotion i) the same thing every day

d) you don’t have to think about what j) boring because it never changes

you’re doing k) amount of work I have to do

e) very exciting, which everyone admires

f) do not enable one to have a normal social life

Daily work routines

Nancy gets to work at about 8.45. She has to clock in and clock out [use an electronic card to record the time she arrives and leaves each day]. She works fixed hours; she has a nine-to-five job. Brett can come in at any time from eight o'clock till ten in the morning; he works flexi-time / he's on flexi-time, but his core hours are 10.00 to 12.00 and 2.00 to 4.00. Archie doesn't go to the office at all. He works from home with his computer; he's a teleworker. Bert works different times each week; every third week he works nights; he does shift work / he's a shift worker. Mick has his own company; he's self-employed and works from home. His wife works for different companies at different times; she's freelance / she works freelance.

1) I would get bored if I had a nine-________________.

2) When I arrive in the morning and leave the office in the evening I use this cars to ______________ and ______________.

3) I’m very tired; recently I’ve had a very heavy ______________.

4) I don’t want an office job. I don’t want to spend all day stuck ______________________________.

5) I can clock in any time between eight and ten and clock out between four and six; I’m on __________________.

6) I’d hate to feel trapped in my job and to be stuck __________________.

7) He’s not here this evening, he’s working nights; you see, he does _______________________.

8) I work for different companies at different times as it suits me. I’m _______________________.

9) I used to work for someone else, but now I’m my own boss; I’m _______________________.

10) I stopped working in the hamburger restaurant. It was just a dead-_______________________.

11) When I was working in the factory, all I could think of all day was the moment when I could knock ___________________.

12) Being a nurse is a good job, but you can’t go out much with friends. The hours are a bit ____________________.

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