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
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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