1. Discuss the question. ‘ Why do you think people work?’ Give some reasons.
2. Read the text. Compare your answers to point (1) with what the writer says.
WHAT ARE WE WORKING FOR?
1 Have you ever asked yourself what you are working for? If you have ever had the time to consider this question, or put it to others, you might well have heard some or all of the following. It’s money of course, some say with a smile, as if explaining something to a small child. Or it’s the satisfaction of a job well 5 done, the sense of achievement behind the clinching of an important deal. It’s
the company of other people perhaps, but if that is the case, what about farmers? Is it the conversation in the farmyard that keeps them captivated by the job?
Work is power and a sense of status – say those who have either achieved these elusive goals or feel aggrieved that nobody has recognized their leadership
10 qualities. Most of us work hoping for something to turn up. We’ll win the pools and tell the boss what we really think. We’ll scrape together the money and open that little shop we always dreamed of, or go round the world, or spend more time in the garden. One day we’ll get that promotion we deserve, but until then at 15 least we have something to do. And we are so busy doing it that we don’t have time to wonder why.
Ex.1. Read the text again. Which of these statements are true?
1. People work only because they are interested in money.
2. Work is your status and power.
3. To become rich is the only reason for people to work.
4. Some people go to work because they want the company of other
people, they need communication.
5. We need money for traveling round the world or opening our
business.
6. We have to do something if we want to get something.
7. There are different reasons why people work.
8. People work a lot, and they don’t have any time to stop and thing why
they are doing it
Ex.2 What do these words in the text refer to?
1. it (line 2) 8. that (line 12)
2. others (line 2) 9. that (line 13)
3. it (line 3)
4. that (line 6)
5. that (line 7)
6. those (line 6)
7. these (line 8)
Ex. 3 Do the following words have a positive or a negative meaning?
(they are all from the text).
1. achievement 5. suspect
2. status 6. promotion
3. power 7. dream of
4. aggrieved 8. elusive
Ex. 4 Translate the following word combinations into the Russian language.
1. the satisfaction of a job well done
2. the clinching of an important deal
3. a sense of status
4. the company of other people
5. to feel aggrieved
6. hoping for something to turn up
7. to win the pools
8. to scrape together the money
9. to dream of a new job
10. to get the promotion we deserve
11. to have no time to wonder why.
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