The alarm clock woke me up at 6.00 on Sunday morning. I __didn't want to get up. My parents, my _younger__ sister and even my dog were sleeping. I __thought__ that life was unfair, but went to the bathroom for a cold shower anyway. When I was cleaning my __teeth___, my mobile phone rang. “Hi, it’s me,” Henry said cheerfully. “What _are_ you _doing__ at home? I’m at the stadium already, waiting for you.” In a few minutes I was there too. “Look,” Henry pointed at the ball. A little footballer __was drawn__ there. “The Manchester United captain himself drew it there. It’s a lucky ball now. If we play with it, we _will win__ the final.”
My parents want me to go to university but I’m not sure that I want to. When I was a small child, there were lots of ___different __ toys in our house, but I preferred the cars. I dreamed of being a _driver_. To me, it’s the most ___interesting job in the world. My parents ___usually___ understand me and I hope they approve of my decision to put off university and get a job.
It was Sunday so I didn’t have to go to school. I woke up late, got up and ___went__ to the kitchen. It was strange but I ___couldn't___ find our cat, Tom, anywhere. The whole family got worried. “He’s gone hunting,” my ___younger___ sister said. “All cats hunt __mice___. I read about it in a book.” “I’m sure he __is sleeping__ in the armchair,” Mum said. But the cat wasn’t there either. “Look! I _have found__ him!” my little sister shouted. “He’s in the washing machine!” We watched in surprise as the cat got out of the washing machine. “Come on, kitty, come here. We __will give__ you some milk.”
Lisa was walking slowly along the aisles. The University library was the _largest__ library she had ever seen. The librarians moved quietly as they were wearing special soft shoes on their _feet_. “Can I help you?” A young librarian __came up__ up to Lisa. “Yes, thank you. I __have found__ all the books from my reading list,” Lisa said, “but I can’t find any information about architecture.” “I _will show__ you,” the librarian said. “By the way, __do_ you _know_ who built our library?” Lisa didn’t. “Oh, it _was built__ more that four centuries ago. I can recommend a book about the architect if you are interested.”
My parents, my _younger__ sister and even my dog were sleeping.
I __thought__ that life was unfair, but went to the bathroom for a cold shower anyway.
When I was cleaning my __teeth___, my mobile phone rang.
“Hi, it’s me,” Henry said cheerfully. “What _are_ you _doing__ at home? I’m at the stadium already, waiting for you.”
In a few minutes I was there too. “Look,” Henry pointed at the ball. A little footballer __was drawn__ there. “The Manchester United captain himself drew it there. It’s a lucky ball now.
If we play with it, we _will win__ the final.”
My parents want me to go to university but I’m not sure that I want to. When I was a small child, there were lots of ___different __ toys in our house, but I preferred the cars.
I dreamed of being a _driver_.
To me, it’s the most ___interesting job in the world.
My parents ___usually___ understand me
and I hope they approve of my decision to put off university and get a job.
It was Sunday so I didn’t have to go to school. I woke up late, got up and ___went__ to the kitchen.
It was strange but I ___couldn't___ find our cat, Tom, anywhere. The whole family got worried.
“He’s gone hunting,” my ___younger___ sister said.
“All cats hunt __mice___. I read about it in a book.”
“I’m sure he __is sleeping__ in the armchair,” Mum said. But the cat wasn’t there either.
“Look! I _have found__ him!” my little sister shouted. “He’s in the washing machine!” We watched in surprise as the cat got out of the washing machine.
“Come on, kitty, come here. We __will give__ you some milk.”
Lisa was walking slowly along the aisles. The University library was the _largest__ library she had ever seen.
The librarians moved quietly as they were wearing special soft shoes on their _feet_.
“Can I help you?” A young librarian __came up__ up to Lisa.
“Yes, thank you. I __have found__ all the books from my reading list,” Lisa said, “but I can’t find any information about architecture.”
“I _will show__ you,” the librarian said.
“By the way, __do_ you _know_ who built our library?” Lisa didn’t.
“Oh, it _was built__ more that four centuries ago. I can recommend a book about the architect if you are interested.”
Warm-up
Pairwork crossword - definitions
labor
worker
apprentice
part-time
full-time
temporary
permanent
overtime
shift
trainee
probation period
sick leave
maternity leave
headhunt
recruit
Pairwork - explain the difference between the following terms:
● wages - income - salary
● bonus - perks
● staff - crew - employee - employer
● training - skills - qualifications
● apprentice - trainee - intern
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READING (EXAM PRACTICE - multiple choice questions)
Read the text and for questions 1 -7 choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
Employment law has undergone quite a considerable increase in both volume and importance over the past two
centuries. This stemmed from the industrial revolution the beginning of which (taking into account different times
in different countries) may generally be dated back to the turn of the 19th century. Employment rights before then
were virtually non-existent and depended on the benevolence of paternalistic or ruthless employers, called
masters in those times, while those depending on them as employees were referred to as servants, which
suggests a considerable degree of control by the former over the latter.
With the advent of the industrial revolution things began to change. At first, the conditions of employees (factory
workers) considerably decreased sometimes being dreadful beyond description. However, the first actions of
workers trying to better their living conditions were doomed to failure and only started to be taken seriously by