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WORKING FROM HOME

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I. VOCABULARY (Tìm 2 ví dụ cho mỗi từ):
1. Remote Work: Work is done remotely away from the standard office.
→ To work/ do a job remotely
2. To telework/ telecommute: To work and communicate with the office virtually.
3. Agnostic Location: Location is irrelevant as work can be done anywhere.
4. Distributed Workforce: Those you work with and who you work for are working apart.
5. Work-from-Home: Candidates will work at their residence.
6. Work-at-Home: Same as working from home.
7. Geographically Neutral: There is no determined location for the job. It can be done
anywhere.
8. Online Jobs: Work will be conducted online with little need to be present in the office.
9. Virtual Jobs: Work is completed in a virtual environment.
→ To work virtually
→ To be on a virtual team
10. ROWE – Results-Only Work Environment: Work is not based on location, but on
performance.
11. Distance Work: Tasks are completed away from the office. Certain locations may still
be required.
12. Off-Site Work: Work is done off-site at another location, such as at home or a coffee
shop.
13. Open Nationwide: Candidates can be located anywhere in the U.S.
14. Open Location: Usually specifies if open in a certain area or anywhere in the world.
15. Home-Based Office: Working from an office at a residence.
16. **Home-shored: Another way recruiters denote a work-from-home job in a job listing.
17. **Agile: Recruiter lingo for an agile/flexible workforce, one that can work from home.
(Nguồn: https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/want-to-work-from-home-17-ways-to-say-
it/?fbclid=IwAR1H_gXg0Mk37E67KceJHT8zE6ZbKA1d_VNx9KyPX678H9-
0To9DGnsWzEw)
18. To be a digital nomad: Someone who is a digital nomad is location independent - they
don’t need to be in a specific place to do their job, instead they can do everything they
need online and telecommute.
19. To break up your day (phrV): to divide different times of your day for specific
activities
20. To block out time on your schedule: to not schedule anything else during that time
21. Deep work/ focus time: to have the ability to block out all other distractions so that you
can do some difficult brain work or mental work
22. To minimize context switching: to eliminate distractions and block time for specific
activities
23. To create time to unwind: to relax
24. To steal a few minutes of time to do something: to take a little bit of time from your
schedule to do something
25. To stay on track: to stay focused on what you’re doing and meet all of your deadlines
properly.
26. To shut out the world: to remove all the extra distractions that you don’t need, or don’t
want.
27. To have blurred lines between (professional) and (personal life): to cause two
different things to become or seem more similar; to make two distinct things overlap with
each other.
28. An always-on work culture: to be constantly connected and networked, even when we
are not physically using our phones or computers.
29. To feel cut off/ closed off from the world: to be unable to interact, to engage and to be
with others
To feel self-isolation
30. Let’s Zoom at [time] on [day]: to have online meetings
31. To have the bandwidth to do something: to not have the capability or the energy to do
something
32. Flexibility: being able to change or be changed depending on circumstances
33. Work-life balance: the time spent at your job in comparison to the time spent on your
personal life
34. Distraction: something that takes away your attention from something else
35. Burnout: fatigue or tiredness from being overworked
36. Sense of community: when members of a group have a feeling of belonging and that
they matter to one another
37. Colleagues: people you work with
38. Camaraderie: the feeling of friendship and trust that people who work together or spend
time together share
39. Teamwork: when people work together to accomplish a goal
40. Isolation: the feeling or state of being separated from others
41. Productivity: how much you work you produce in relation to how much time you spend
42. Workplace: any location where a person performs a job
43. Chained to a desk: when someone feels forced or obligated to work exclusively from
their desk
44. Nine to five: the typical hours of work in many countries. Also can mean normal
sometimes boring or mundane jobs.
45. Carbon footprint: how much carbon dioxide someone/ somethings actions create
46. Sustainability benefits: the results of protecting the environment through less waste and
less pollution
47. Environmentally friendly: describes things or activities that do not harm the
environment
48. Financially viable: describes something that allows companies to generate income,
fulfill responsibilities and continue to grow
49. Supervision: when someone manages a person or department to make sure rules are
followed and work is done correctly
50. Lockdown: when people are not allowed to leave an area as a security measure
51. Hybrid work: work from both home and office
52. Autonomy: when you make decisions for yourself without the control of others
(Nguồn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-uZsWOHIy4)

II. LISTENING (ghi chú số lần nghe):


Preparation task
Match the definitions (a–h) with the vocabulary (1–8).
Vocabulary Definition
1. …… work–life balance a. a successful book
2. …… overtime b. giving the right amount of time to work
and to the rest of your life
3. …… a best-selling book
c. an idea
4. …… an advantage
d. working more than your normal work
5. …… a concept
hours
6. …… to fade
e. the ability to work from different places
7. …… freedom
f. a positive thing about something
8. …… mobility
g. to become less clear or visible
h. being free to do what you want
Task 1
Circle the best answer.
1. How popular is Chris Svensson’s book?
a. Not very popular
b. Very popular
c. It’s new. People don’t know it yet.
2. What is the work–life balance like in traditional workplaces?
a. Work lives and private lives are clearly divided.
b. People work too much overtime and so they have no private life.
c. People are free to manage the balance themselves.
3. How often do people do overtime?
a. Often
b. Sometimes
c. They don’t.
4. In traditional workplaces, do people work at weekends or when on holiday?
a. Yes, it’s normal.
b. No, never.
c. Usually, they don’t.
5. How has technology helped people work with more flexibility?
a. They can send and receive emails from their phones from home.
b. Their working hours can be easily tracked.
c. Robots can do their work for them.
6. Traditional divisions between work and life are fading. What does this mean for
employees?
a. Everyone has to do overtime, all the time.
b. People have to work while they’re on holiday.
c. They can be flexible to work when and where it suits them.
Task 2
Write the ideas in the correct group.
1. Possible to work weekends or while on holiday
2. Flexible working hours
3. Hobbies and sports only in the evening or at weekends
4. Fixed working hours
5. Hobbies and sports can be done at other times, also during the day
6. No working at weekends or on holiday
Traditional workplaces Modern workplaces

III. READING (ghi chú thời gian làm bài đọc):


Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.
Preparation task
Match the definitions (a–j) with the vocabulary (1–10).
a. a regular journey between work and home
b. to be allowed to decide what to do by yourself
c. to record the time you begin work
d. a period of time a parent takes off work to take
care of their new child
e. calculated according to how many hours you work
f. to make someone very tired
g. to give or allow something in order to end an
argument or conflict
h. talk that is informal and irrelevant to work
i. a person who sells their services or work by the
hour or day
j. to share ideas with someone in order to get
feedback on them

1. …… idle chit-chat
2. …… parental leave
3. …… to bounce ideas off someone
4. …… to wear someone out
5. …… to clock in
6. …… to make a concession
7. …… paid on a pro-rata basis
8. …… a freelancer
9. …… a commute
10. …… to be left to your own devices
Reading text: Work–life balance
Ronan
I work in a fairly traditional office environment doing a typical nine-to-five job. I like my job,
but it’s annoying that my commute to work takes an hour and a half each way and most of my
work could really be done online from home. But my boss doesn’t seem to trust that we will get
any work done if left to our own devices, and everyone in the company has to clock in and out
every day. It’s frustrating that they feel the need to monitor what we do so closely instead of
judging us based on our task performance, like most companies do these days.

Jo
I used to do a typical five-day week, but after I came out of my parental leave, I decided that I
wanted to spend more time with my children before they start school. After negotiating with my
boss, we decided to cut my working week down to a three-day work week. This of course meant
a significant cut in my pay too, as I’m paid on a pro-rata basis. I’ve since noticed, though, that
my workload hasn’t decreased in the slightest! I’m now doing five days’ worth of
work in three days but getting paid much less for it! I find myself having to take work home just
so that I can meet the deadlines. It’s wearing me out trying to juggle work with looking after my
children and my family, but I don’t dare to bring this up with my boss because I think he feels as
if he’s made a huge concession letting me come in only three days a week.
Marcus
I work for a global IT company, but because their headquarters is in the States, I do all my work
online from home. That means that I don’t waste time commuting or making idle chitchat with
colleagues. I work on a project basis, and this flexibility is very valuable to me because it means
that I can easily take some time off when my children need me to go to their school
performances or if I need to schedule an appointment with the dentist. The downside is that
without clear office hours, I tend to work well into the evening, sometimes skipping dinner to
finish a task. It can also get quite lonely working on my own, and I sometimes miss sharing ideas
with colleagues.
Lily
I’m a freelancer and work for myself. This is great because I am in control of what I do and how
I spend my time. At first, I was working from home, but I found it really hard to concentrate.
There were just too many distractions around: housework that needed doing, another cup of tea,
my family members wanting my attention for various things. So I started to go to a nearby café
to work, but the Wi-Fi connection wasn’t ideal and I found myself drinking too much coffee. In
the end, I decided to rent a desk in a co-working space with five other freelancers like myself. I
liked getting dressed to go to work in the morning and being able to focus in an office
environment. The other freelancers do similar kinds of web-based work to me and so it’s nice to
have workmates to bounce ideas off as well.
Task 1
Circle the best answer.
1. Ronan would prefer it if he …
a. wasn’t left to his own devices.
b. could spend more time commuting and less time in the office.
c. could work from home and be judged based on task performance.
d. could trust his boss more.
2. Jo wanted to reduce her working hours because she …
a. thought she would be more efficient and productive when she was at the office.
b. wanted to bring her work home.
c. wanted to go on parental leave.
d. wanted to spend time with her children.
3. Jo is unhappy with her three-day work week because …
a. she didn’t realise how much the change would affect her economically.
b. she now hast to spend more time looking after her children and her family.
c. she has more deadlines to meet.
d. her workload has remained the same although she’s reduced her hours.
4. In Marcus’s opinion, which of these is a disadvantage of working from home?
a. You spend a lot of time in the house.
b. It’s easy to get distracted by your family.
c. You tend to work later.
d. You end up eating more as you have access to the fridge all day.
5. Why did Lily not like working from home?
a. She found it lonely.
b. Her family didn’t like her working.
c. She didn’t have a good Wi-Fi connection.
d. There were a lot of distractions.
6. What solution did Lily find most suitable for her working needs?
a. Renting an office space to work from.
b. Working from a café.
c. Working for an employer.
d. Working for other freelancers.

Task 2
Are the sentences true or false?
1. Ronan’s boss thinks his employees will not be as productive if they work from home.
2. Ronan thinks that the performance of employees should be judged according to how much
time they spend in the office.
3. Jo is paid the same for a five-day work week as she is on a three-day week.
4. Jo feels exhausted trying to manage both a five-day workload and childcare.
5. Although Marcus sees the benefit in not having idle chit-chat, he misses interacting with his
colleagues.
6. Lily didn’t like working from the café because the coffee wasn’t very good.

IV. WRITING (Ghi chú thời gian viết):


These days, many people have their own computer and telephone, so it is quite easy for them to
do their job at home.
Does working at home have more advantages or more disadvantages?

V. SPEAKING (Viết trước câu trả lời của mình và ghi âm):
Part 1:
1. Do you prefer to work from home or at an office?
2. Why do you think some people prefer to work in an office?
3. Do you think more people will work from home in the future?
Part 2:
Describe your ideal job
You should say
 What the job is
 What skills are necessary to do the job
 Where the job is done
And why you think this job would be interesting to do

Part 3:
1. Many people believe that for companies to improve their carbon footprint they should
allow more employees to work from home. Do you agree?
2. Why do you think some employees resist working from home?
3. How do you predict work will change in the future?

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