Office clothes:for men,jacket and tie or pen neck shirt,sometimes jeans
Meal breaks: one hour
Overtime:yes;paid for each 15 minute period after the first hour
Holidays:two weeks a year;three weeks after five years
Retirement age: men:65; women:62 or 63
Pay day:twice a month; at the beginning and middle of the month
Company benefits: lease a company car; apension plan and a health care plan
Brazil: typical working hours:8-5 or 9-6,but people usually work longer
Office clothes:casual and informal,but neat and tidy Meal breaks : one hour
Overtime:yes,very often;not paid
Holidays : 30 working days
Retirement age :men:65 or after 30-35 years’ work; women : after 60
Pay day: some companies may twice a month; others once a month
Company benefits: It depends:maybe a company
car,living
accommodation,school
for children,lunch and travel costs,gasoline,health insurance…
Unit 2 Inside view Conversation 1
2. Joe:1 Andy:2 Janet:3,4
3. is a feature programme which reviews recently published books
of them have read all of the books
’s annoyed
features new books that may have a London angle,but not necessarily.
Charles Dickens’ books are always on TV
knows quite a lot about Dickens because she is studing his work at university .
’s a biography which describes the London locations which are the settings for many of Dickens’ books. .
Conversation 2
5. portsmouth ; 19th century ;novels ; around the law courts
in the centre of London ; He describes hardship,poverty and crime in London ; Oliver Twist,David Copperfield
6. 1(a) 2(b) 3(d) 4(c) 5(c)
7. (1) He wasn’t being at all fair
(2)sometimes he really gets on my nerves (3)keep his problems away from the studio
(4)He was born in Portsmouth (5)He set most of his stories in
(6)Whereabouts in London are his stories set (7)some of his stories take place (8)Cheer up
(9)I’ll get over it Everyday english
8. 1(b) 2(a) 3(a) 4(b) 5(a) Outside view
2. the statements mentioned are:2 and 7 4. books
at an art exhibition to the Internet
you borrow computer games books and photographs
schools and universities 5. is a national library
can find books and other printed materials
British Library adds millions of items to its collection every year.
,not at all,although some reading may take new forms,(like
reading from computer screens or mobile phones),reading books will remain popular.
6.
Name The British Library Location London Year the new building 1998 opened Items collected Books,sound recordings,music,maps,newspapers,and