Working from home: Ups, downs for workers, employers

Watch the video and n12ote down the ups and down of working from home.
 

 

Happiness at Work: A Myth to Be Punctured?

Listen and complete the missing information:
1. The study concludes that the happier people are at work, the better ____________________
2. When Ms. KELLAWAY kept a workplace diary of your thoughts for a week, she found out that on Monday she felt _____________________ whereas on Tuesday she felt_____________________________
3. When she looked back at her work she realized her work wasn't that great and it was that she was feeling ___________________ she judged it well.
4. When she looked back at what I'd written the previous day, which she considered one of her less happy days at work , she thought it __________________

Vocabulary:
- grumpy-unhappy and bad-tempered;
- grim- hash, repellent
- doggedly- persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious
-angst-a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

Answers:
1. their performance is.
2. sort of great and that I felt pretty good about her work
a little bit tired, grumpy, felt terrible about her work.
3.on the days when I felt happy, her work wasn't actually that great. It was because she was feeling complacent, she judged it well.
4.thought it was rather good.

BBC - Dr Rob Yeung - happiness at work

 

Health hurt by overtime work

 

How Are British English and American English Different?

 

The Pursuit of the Perfect Kitchen

 According to the U.S. census bureau, more than half the renovations homeowners undertake involve kitchen makeovers. And realtors and appraisers say a new kitchen adds more value to a home than any other project.

But to what end? Are we worthy of our kitchens?

The art of tipping - 6 Minute English

 

Why Americans Can't Quit Tipping

 Listen to the podcast and answer the following questions:

Why do we as a society still tip? And how can we stop?
Why does the U.S. have such a strong tipping culture? And why is it so much stronger than the tipping cultures of other countries?
Why nations differ in their tipping customs?
How hard it is to break away from that status quo and why do competitive forces make it almost impossible to go back?
Tipping as a social convention .Tipping seems to be designed to reward good service. So the better the service, you know, the higher the tip. But is that what happens in real life?

Podcast – Bad Habits

 

Podcast – Bad Habits

Habits: How They Form And How To Break Them

 From: 0.55 to 7.53 minutes

1. Why is Gross interested in his book?
2. What is the basal ganglia?
3. What do neurologists know about this?
4. What examples do they mention as something we can do without being mentally aware of it at all?
5. Why would behaviour change if you go on vacation?
6. How can habits be changed?
7.What habit did he want to break?
8. Was he successful? If so, how could he?

6 things that you need to know about Spanish manners

 6 things that you need to know about Spanish manners

Minding Your Manners in the Digital Age

 

10 Modern Manner Mistakes | Bad Etiquette That KILLS First Impressions

 

Manners

Short Essay on the importance of Good Manners

Cellphone Etiquette | Good Manners