Unit 7 The working environment 7.1 Asking people to do things (1) Vocabulary Put the words in the box under the correct headings. make do coffee filing ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (2) Language in use Look at the pictures and write the people’s requests.    1 2   3 4 1 Could you spell your name, please? 2 3 4 (3) Listening and speaking Practise responding to requests. Use expressions like Yes, of course, I’d rather not or I’m rather busy like this: VOICE: Could you spell your name, please? (beep) YOU: Yes, of course. It’s … 7.2 Talking about stress (1) Listening Listen to Lena Desai talking about her job. For each statement below, put a tick (√) for what she has to do and a cross ( X ) for things she doesn’t have to do. ( ) 1 work long hours ( ) 2 travel around the world ( ) 3 wear formal clothes at the office ( ) 4 visit customers ( ) 5 go to conferences ( ) 6 write weekly reports (2) Writing Write sentences about what Lena Desai has to and doesn’t have to do like this: 1 She has to work long hours. 2 3 4 5 6 (3) Language in use Write about what you have to do or don’t have to do like this: 1 travel far to get to work / school I don’t have to travel far to get to school. 2 write reports / essays ______________________________________ 3 work long hours / study a lot ______________________________________ 4 work hard ______________________________________ 5 go to meetings / lectures ______________________________________ 6 use English at school / work ______________________________________ 7.3 Giving advice (1) Reading Read this article and then give each paragraph a suitable title from the box. (2) Language in use What advice can you give for these problems? Use should, shouldn’t or why don’t you …? 1 I’m always late for work. Why don’t you get up earlier? 2 I’m always tired. ________________________________ 3 It takes me two hours to get to work. ________________________________ 4 My boss wants me to learn English. ________________________________ 5 I can’t sleep. ________________________________ 6 My colleague talks very loudly on the phone. ________________________________ (3) Listening and speaking Practise giving advice. Use expressions you have learned in this unit and your own ideas. Respond to the problems you hear like this: VOICE: I have too much work to do. (beep) YOU: Why don’t you ask for help? References 7.1 1 make: phone calls, appointments, photocopies do: paperwork, overtime, typing 2 Suggested answers 2 Could you tell me the time, please? 3 Could/Would you make some coffee, please? 4 Could/Would you do the photocopying, please? 3 1 VOICE 1: Could you spell your name, please? (beep) (pause) VOICE 2: Yes, of course. It’s … 2 VOICE 1: Could you work on Saturday? 3 VOICE 1: Would you do the photocopying, please? 4 VOICE 1: Could you tell me the time, please? 5 VOICE 1: Would you do the filing, please? 7.2 1 Tick: 1, 2, 4 Cross: 3, 5, 6 I enjoy my job, but it is quite stressful. I work very long hours ---- there’s no choice as I have so much work to do! I travel a lot, and I miss seeing my friends and family when I’m away. One reason why I travel so much is that part of my job is to visit our five branch offices around the world for regular meetings. There are good things, too. For example, when I am at headquarters I can wear jeans if I want to, but like most people I try to look nice even if I’m not wearing my very best clothes! Also, because I travel so much and spend so much time visiting customers, I usually don’t go to conferences. I often go to the company’s annual conference, but sometimes I have other things to do. My boss likes to know what I’m doing, so I write a report every month for her ---- some people write reports every work! 2 2 She has to travel around the world. 3 She doesn’t have to wear formal clothes at the office. 4 She has to visit customers. 5 She doesn’t have to go to conferences. 6 She doesn’t have to write weekly reports. 7.3 1 1b 2f 3e 4a 5d 6c 2 Suggested answers 2 You shouldn’t work so hard. / You should go to bed early. 3 You should work near home. 4 Why don’t you have English lessons? 5 Why don’t you ask him to stop? 3 1 VOICE 1: I have too much work to do. (beep) (pause) VOICE 2: Why don’t you ask for help? 2 VOICE 1: I never have time to read a book. 3 VOICE 1: I’m always thinking about work. 4 VOICE 1: I’m getting fat! 5 VOICE 1: I never leave the office before 6.30. 6 VOICE 1: I don’t like driving to work.