Summary vocabulary part 2

Ways of working
English for business

1. Working hours
Note

 You can clock in and clock out
 Bre: flexitime – AmE: flextime

Vocabulary

 I’m an office worker
o Nine-to-five job with regular working hours
o Need my swipe card to get into the office
 System of flexitime
 I work in shifts
o Clock on and off
o Day shift and night shift
 To work overtime = working more hours than usual for more money
 Commute (pendelen) > commuters
 I work from home
o Teleworking or telecommuting

2. Nice work if you can get it
 Used in front of job and work
o Satisfying, stimulating, fascinating, exciting
 Work is interesting and gives you positive feelings
o Dull, boring, uninteresting, unstimulating
 Work is not interesting
o Repetitive, routine
 Work involves doing the same things again and again
o Tiring, tough, hard, demanding
 Work is difficult and makes you tired

3. Nature of work
 My work involves …
o + noun
 Human contact
 Teamwork
 Long hours
 I like/dislike/prefer/enjoy
o + -ing
 Working with figures
 Solving problems
 Dealing with customer