Hi there!
Some of you have already seen this video, and now it's here for you to come back to it if you want to, together with some comprehension questions and some interesting vocabulary. And if you comment later on, you'll have learnt something, and I'll be happy replying. It's win-win!
A four-day working week as described in this video consists in working 10 hours from Monday to Thursday, so that Fridays are free. How would you like that arrangement in your own working or studying life?
To work with vocabulary (lexical chunks and idioms), I suggest that you try to find out these expressions in the video, and transcribe their context. What do they mean? Once you have tried approximating the meaning by context, you can use the dictionary.
is far from cheap
it
takes getting used to = it requires
getting used to (it)
make
the switch
to
get through the day
to
be out and about
to
wake up to sth = to have
something suddenly, from one day to the next
For comprehension, answer these questions and then check with the video:
1. What happens to commuting costs when you implement a four-day working week?
2.
What happens to commuting time?
3.
How do we save energy with this measure?
4.
What is the main disadvantage for the employee?
An additional comprehension exercise: transcribe the reporter's conclusion, which he introduces with the phrase "bottom line" (short for "The bottom line is...").
There are closed captions available on this video (CC button). You can also write a comment to check your answers, I'll be happy to reply or solve your doubts!
