The Four-Day Week
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In 2022, about sixty companies in Britain tried something unusual. For six months, their workers did four days a week instead of five, for the same pay. The companies agreed to one condition: the work still had to get done.
1. What was the one condition?
- AWorkers got less pay
- BThe work still had to get done
- CWorkers came in on Saturdays
Ver la respuesta
B. The work still had to get done
The work still had to get done, in four days instead of five.
La prueba en el texto: the work still had to get done
Most of them managed it. Meetings became shorter, and people stopped doing tasks that nobody really needed. Many workers said they slept better and felt less tired. At the end of the trial, most of the companies decided to keep the shorter week.
2. True or false? At the end, most companies went back to five days.
- ATrue (Verdadero)
- BFalse (Falso)
Ver la respuesta
B. False (Falso)
Most of the companies decided to keep the shorter week.
La prueba en el texto: most of the companies decided to keep the shorter week
Not every job fits the plan. A hospital cannot close on Fridays, and a shop needs people on the busiest days. For these places, a four-day week means hiring more staff or sharing the days out, which is harder and more expensive.
3. Why is a four-day week harder for a hospital or a shop?
- ATheir workers do not want it
- BTheir customers complain
- CThey must hire more staff, which costs more
Ver la respuesta
C. They must hire more staff, which costs more
They must hire more staff or share out the days, which costs more.
La prueba en el texto: means hiring more staff or sharing the days out, which is harder and more expensive
Supporters say the old five-day week is not a law of nature. It was chosen about a hundred years ago, when most work was done in factories. They ask why, in a very different world, we still work to a timetable designed for machines.
4. Supporters say the five-day week is 'not a law of nature'. They mean it…
- Awas chosen by people
- Bis against the law
- Ccomes from the seasons
Ver la respuesta
A. was chosen by people
People chose it about a hundred years ago, for factory work.
La prueba en el texto: It was chosen about a hundred years ago, when most work was done in factories
Vocabulario en español
| Inglés | Español | Significado en inglés |
|---|---|---|
| managed | lograron | were able to do something hard |
| trial | prueba | a test to see whether something works |
| staff | personal | the people who work for a company |
| timetable | horario | a plan that shows when things happen |
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