Wednesday, February 11, 2015

23.Talking to your Boss

paycheck
break
punctual
(on time)
raise
time clock
overtime
schedule
this/that
these/those
next
vacation
early
lunch
take/ takes  took taking
go/goes went  going
arrive/arrives  arrived  arriving
clock in/out   clocked   clocking



23. Talking to your Boss: Story


Ernest is a rhinoceros. He has a job in a car factory (1) in Detroit, Michigan.

Ernest goes to work at 8:00 am. He’s always punctual—sometimes he’s even (2) early. His schedule is from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm with half an hour for lunch.

When Ernest arrives at work, he clocks in. When he leaves at 4:30 he clocks out.

If the boss asks him to work overtime, Ernest is happy because he likes (3) the extra money.

Ernest never seems to have enough money.(4) He has lots of bills.(5) His paycheck doesn’t go far enough. (6) He decides to ask (7) his boss for a raise.

His boss’ name is Annette. She’s a hard worker and demands (8) a lot from her workers, too. (9) Ernest schedules a time to talk with her.

They will meet (10) during their next break. Ernest is very nervous about talking (11) with her about his work.

When they start talking, Annette tells him (12) that she appreciates (13) his work and his punctuality.

Annette says she has noticed (14) that he does his job efficiently. (15) She tells Ernest she has decided (16) to give him a raise.

He’s going to get $505.42 an hour and he will get an all expense paid vacation. (17) Ernest is thrilled! (18)



1)       fábrica
2)       aun a veces
3)       porque le gusta
4)       nunca parece que tiene dinero suficiente
5)       cuentas
6)       no alcanza
7)       pedirle
8)       buena trabajadora y exige
9)       también
10)   Se juntarán
11)   de hablar
12)   empiezan a hablar, Annette le dice
13)   aprecia
14)   dice que ha notado
15)   eficientemente
16)   ha decidido
17)   recibirá un viaje con todos los gastos pagados
18)   muy emocionado


23. Talking to your Boss: Reading


Ernest is a rhinoceros. He has a job in a car factory (1) in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit is sometimes called (2) "Motor City.”.

Ernest goes to work at 8:00 am. He’s always punctual—sometimes he’s even (3) ten minutes early.

His schedule is from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm with half an hour for lunch. He likes eating lunch with his friends at the factory.

When Ernest arrives at work, he clocks in. When he leaves at 4:30 he goes to the time clock and clocks out.

If the boss asks him to work overtime, he’s happy because he likes (4) the extra money. He receives more money for overtime.(5)

Ernest never seems to have enough money. (6) He has lots of bills.(7) His paycheck doesn’t go far enough (8).

Ernest just bought (9) a car and is making house payments. (10) He decides to ask (11) his boss for a raise.

Ernest’s boss’ name is Annette. She’s a hard worker (12) and demands (13) a lot from her workers, too. (14)

Ernest schedules (15) a time to talk with her. They will meet (16) during their next break. He’s very nervous about talking with her (17) about his work.

When they start talking, (18) Annette asks him if she can call him Ernie. She tells him that she appreciates (19) his work and that he is always punctual.

Annette says she has noticed (20) that he does his job efficiently. (21) Annette tells Ernest she has decided (22) to give him a raise.

He’s going to get $505.42 an hour a vacation—an all expense paid trip (23) to Vail, Colorado.

Ernest is thrilled! (24) He really likes his job at the factory.
1)       fábrica
2)       a veces llamado
3)       aun
4)       porque le gusta
5)       por horas adicionales
6)       nunca parece tener dinero suficiente

7)       cuentas
8)       no alcanza
9)       acaba de comprar
10)   pagos
11)   pedir
12)   buena trabajadora
13)   exige
14)   también
15)   fija
16)   Se juntarán
17)   de hablarle
18)   empiezan a hablar
19)   le dice que aprecia
20)   ha notado
21)   eficientemente
22)   ha decidido
23)   viaje con todos los gastos pagados
24)   muy emocionado





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