Prezentacja multimedialna
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In this section, you are going to develop your knowledge about working from home. If you want to know what people like or don’t like about it, have a look at the presentation below and find out!
W tej sekcji rozwiniesz swoją wiedzę na temat pracy zdalnej. Jeśli chcesz dowiedzieć się, co ludzie w niej lubią, a co im przeszkadza, zapoznaj się z poniższą prezentacją.

A friendly work environment: can remote work assure that?
Przyjazne środowisko pracy: czy zdalna praca ci to zapewni?
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Exercise 1
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Study the presentation and do the exercises which follow.
Exercise 2
Study the following phrases and match them with the ones which express similar ideas.
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
a) you need to have your own equipment to work on.
b) headphones for making conference calls are a must.
c) you should have comfortably designed gadgets which will make your work efficient.
2. The second speaker mentions
a) she is a digital nomad.
b) her boyfriend works from cafes every day.
c) looking at passers-by makes her boyfriend more creative.
3. The third speaker says
a) the people from her workplace take breaks to carry out friendly conversations.
b) her office is cramped for space.
c) the office sound makes it hard for the people in the office work efficiently.
4. The fourth speaker
a) can easily balance his work life and free time.
b) finds carrying out his tasks quite easy when alone.
c) thinks his social life is satisfying.
5. The fifth speaker
a) often fails to meet deadlines.
b) works fixed-hours.
c) doesn’t remember that there’s life beyond work.
6. The sixth speaker says that
a) the equipment won’t put him out of work.
b) it’s impossible to perform his duties via video calls.
c) thanks to technology his skills aren’t as important as they used to be.
7. The seventh speaker says that
a) remote workers should not use public Wifi hotspots.
b) the way remote work is done may cause failure of the whole company
c) hackers can steal company data, but not from a private PC.
8. The eighth speaker
a) the best way for quick meetings is meeting face to face.
b) finds it difficult to get precise information from remote workers.
c) can easily guess what his remote workers feel even if he doesn't know what they think.
9. The ninth speaker says that
a) it is easier to work at home because it is more peaceful.
b) works usually in an office.
c) your wife or husband can really disturb your work.
10. The tenth speaker says that
a) future workers will be much more skillful in the digital world.
b) all employers are ready to run the whole company in a remote way.
c) the current legal regulations promote work from home.
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Exercise 4
- The company should 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide you with a laptop so that you can carry out your work at home.
- Make sure, the connection to the Internet is 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide, otherwise your computer may stop working fast.
- Working 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide with a computer is impossible even if you are a digital nomad; you need other equipment, too.
- Being a 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide isn’t a dream job if you count on a steady income every month.
- Our office isn’t 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide; we have far too many cubicles in one place.
- You need to wear headphones all the time to block out the 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide sounds.
- Every now and then, I have to 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide video conferences, but I prefer discussing important things face-to-face.
- Many people run the risk of turning into 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide when they work remotely because they don’t need to leave their flat or change into office clothes.
- My friends work 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide, but I appreciate the fact that I work from 9 to 5 and don’t have to worry about my job all the time.
- It’s challenging for managers to 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide work-life balance.
- Thanks to 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide technology, we can perform surgery more efficiently.
- Someone needs to be on the 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide in case of an emergency.
- Sometimes even a small distraction can make you repeat the wole work from 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide.
- Remote workers must be double careful not only about the 1. scratch, 2. solely, 3. freelancer, 4. slobs, 5. attend, 6. maintain, 7. spot, 8. sensitive, 9. cutting edge, 10. ambient, 11. stable, 12. flexi-time, 13. spacious, 14. provide data, but also about the network they currently use.
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Exercise 5
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