51 B2+ | 8. Klasse | READING | Working life Complete Matt’s email with a suitable word. The first letters have been given. 2 Before you read a text, there are some strategies you should use – especially under exam conditions – to predict what it will be about. Look at the title of the article on page 52. What do you think it will be about? List three types of information that you might read about in the article. Now read the first and last paragraphs of the article, look at the picture on page 52 and complete the statement. I think the article will . a) list negative points about developments in the workplace b) be mostly positive about future developments in the workplace c) give details of one person’s experience in the workplace 3 4 Predicting content Dealing with unknown vocabulary Read the article again and underline the following words. What word form is the word? (Remember what you’ve learned about suffixes.) Then match the words and definitions. comprise verb / e collaboration / philosophy / cognitive / acquisition / blur / savvy / dilemma / a a set of beliefs or an attitude that guides how people do things b the act of getting something, especially a new skill c having common sense and practical knowledge d a difficult situation where people have to make a choice between equally important things e to be the parts or members that form something f connected with mental processes of understanding g the act of working with another person or group of people to produce or create something h to become difficult to recognise a clear difference between things 5 Hey Sam, I thought I’d update you on what’s been happening in my world. Rosa’s now nine months old and Abi’s gone back to work. As part of my 1 pa rights, I took several months off and I’m doing the childcare now. Anyway, the situation at my workplace wasn’t too good – we’d been warned that they were going to make some 2 cu , so to stay ahead of the game, I volunteered to take a 3 red package. They offered four months’ salary, which isn’t too bad really. I’ll be a stay-athome dad for the foreseeable future. I think I’ll take a full year off and when I do return to work, I plan to do short-term 4 co work rather than go back to full-time permanent employment. For now though, I’m up to my eyes in baby food and trying to resist the temptation to 5 bi wa stuff on Netflix! My time management skills are coming in handy though – so much to do! What’s your news? Matt Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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