Business English 01 | Job Satisfaction
1. Complete the sentences with expressions you learned in the episode.
• Work that is satisfying and interesting is (A) rewarding and
(B) stimulating .
• If you spend time with customers, you have (C) client contact .
• If you have a good working relationship with your colleagues, you (D) get on well with
them.
• If you do the actual work of the organization rather than being a manager, you are
(E) hands-on .
• If you want to say that work is not repetitious, you can say ' (F) No two days are the
same'.
• (G) Originality and (H) creativity are when you have new and effective
ideas that people have not had before.
stimulating client contact Originality
rewarding No two days are the same hands-on
creativity get on well with
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2. The aircraft engineer talks about his work. Complete his statements with expressions from
the episode.
• I don't always like working with other people. I like (A) working on my own.
• It's great to see what I learnt during my engineering course at university being applied in
actual designs. I like (B) putting ideas into practice.
• I hate it when there is a big stack of documents and letters on my desk that I have to
deal with. I don't like (C) admin and (D) paperwork .
• I love the (E) teamwork when we all work together to create something new.
• It's rare, but sometimes when I come into the office and see a huge pile of work waiting
for me, I feel (F) snowed under .
• When we see a new plane fly for the first time, we all feel a great (G) sense of
achievement.
• I get frustrated when you have to get permission to spend anything over $50. I don't like
(H) red tape and (I) bureaucracy .
teamwork bureaucracy sense of achievement
working on my own red tape admin
putting ideas into practice snowed under paperwork
3. Put four of the headings in the correct places in the article.
Commuting - Hours Worked - Stress - Telecommuting - Time off - Vacation time
Most satisfied employees work longer
People who are satisfied on the job have the best perks in areas you might expect, but they
actually put in longer hours than less satisfied employees, according to a new survey. Workers
who expressed satisfaction at work had substantially better conditions across the board, with
easier unscheduled time off and better telecommuting options.
Satisfaction vs. (A) Stress
There are a lot of workers who are both stressed and extremely satisfied. Forty per cent of
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respondents in the mast satisfied category said they were above the average in feeling stress,
according to the study. But that number jumped to over half of respondents in less satisfied
categories.
(B) Commuting
The distance people travelled to work wasn’t as correlated to stress and satisfaction as most
other categories. The most satisfied workers did have the shortest journeys-85 percent
reported under an hour. But that category had almost as many journeys of over two hours as
others.
(C) Hours Worked
The hours category showed a real shocker-that extremely satisfied employees are putting in a
lot more time at work than others. They worked 56 hours a week on average-11 hours more
than the least satisfied group.
(D) Telecommuting
Overall, 16 per cent of respondents said they could work from home any time they pleased, 28
per cent could do so with their manager’s approval and 55 per cent were not allowed to.
Satisfied workers had more work-from-home options than other respondents, with only 38 per
cent saying that this was never an option.
Commuting Stress Hours Worked Telecommuting
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1. A. B.
C. D.
E. F.
G. H.
2. A. B.
C. D.
E. F.
G. H.
I.
3. A. B. C.
D.
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Business English 01 | Job Satisfaction
1. Complete the sentences with expressions you learned in the episode.
• Work that is satisfying and interesting is (A) rewarding and
(B) stimulating .
• If you spend time with customers, you have (C) client contact .
• If you have a good working relationship with your colleagues, you (D) get on well with
them.
• If you do the actual work of the organization rather than being a manager, you are
(E) hands-on .
• If you want to say that work is not repetitious, you can say ' (F) No two days are the
same'.
• (G) Originality and (H) creativity are when you have new and effective
ideas that people have not had before.
stimulating client contact Originality
rewarding No two days are the same hands-on
creativity get on well with
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2. The aircraft engineer talks about his work. Complete his statements with expressions from
the episode.
• I don't always like working with other people. I like (A) working on my own.
• It's great to see what I learnt during my engineering course at university being applied in
actual designs. I like (B) putting ideas into practice.
• I hate it when there is a big stack of documents and letters on my desk that I have to
deal with. I don't like (C) admin and (D) paperwork .
• I love the (E) teamwork when we all work together to create something new.
• It's rare, but sometimes when I come into the office and see a huge pile of work waiting
for me, I feel (F) snowed under .
• When we see a new plane fly for the first time, we all feel a great (G) sense of
achievement.
• I get frustrated when you have to get permission to spend anything over $50. I don't like
(H) red tape and (I) bureaucracy .
teamwork bureaucracy sense of achievement
working on my own red tape admin
putting ideas into practice snowed under paperwork
3. Put four of the headings in the correct places in the article.
Commuting - Hours Worked - Stress - Telecommuting - Time off - Vacation time
Most satisfied employees work longer
People who are satisfied on the job have the best perks in areas you might expect, but they
actually put in longer hours than less satisfied employees, according to a new survey. Workers
who expressed satisfaction at work had substantially better conditions across the board, with
easier unscheduled time off and better telecommuting options.
Satisfaction vs. (A) Stress
There are a lot of workers who are both stressed and extremely satisfied. Forty per cent of
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respondents in the mast satisfied category said they were above the average in feeling stress,
according to the study. But that number jumped to over half of respondents in less satisfied
categories.
(B) Commuting
The distance people travelled to work wasn’t as correlated to stress and satisfaction as most
other categories. The most satisfied workers did have the shortest journeys-85 percent
reported under an hour. But that category had almost as many journeys of over two hours as
others.
(C) Hours Worked
The hours category showed a real shocker-that extremely satisfied employees are putting in a
lot more time at work than others. They worked 56 hours a week on average-11 hours more
than the least satisfied group.
(D) Telecommuting
Overall, 16 per cent of respondents said they could work from home any time they pleased, 28
per cent could do so with their manager’s approval and 55 per cent were not allowed to.
Satisfied workers had more work-from-home options than other respondents, with only 38 per
cent saying that this was never an option.
Commuting Stress Hours Worked Telecommuting
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1. A. • rewarding B. • stimulating
C. • client contact D. • get on well with
E. • hands-on F. • No two days are the same
G. • Originality H. • creativity
2. A. • working on my own B. • putting ideas into practice
C. • admin D. • paperwork
E. • teamwork F. • snowed under
G. • sense of achievement H. • red tape
I. • bureaucracy
3. A. Stress B. Commuting C. Hours Worked
D. Telecommuting
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