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LISTENING SCRIPTS模块11.1 Working from home (page 8)I=Interviewer M=MichelaI ok，michela。you work from home now。can you tell me about a typical day？M sure，I always get up around seven and the first thing I do is get the kids ready for school .I take them at eight thirty and thin I always start work at nine。I do you ever have a day where you decide to have the morning off and start work later？M No，You cant do that。it s important with home-working to have a time table and stick to it .if you end up watching TV or doing the cleaning then it isn t fo R you。so I have lunch at twelve and finish work at two thirty to get the children。I was that why you gave up your office job？M yes，I wanted to spend more time with the children。it gives me more flexibility。some times I need to work in the evening but usualy it isn t a problem。I so how long have you been doing this kind of work？M for about five years。I ve been with the same company since I left school but with the internet and technology it s easy now to be at home .I So your employer doesnt mind .MNo .it means the company saves money on office space and as long as I get the work done，They re happy . some times I still fo into work to meet clients andfor example，I m going in nearaly every day this week because we have visitors from another company and I can t really invite them over to my hoobesides，The gossip and The news with my colleagues。I miss that side of going into work every day。I Is there anything else you miss？Mmerm.no，not really . and I ll tell you what I really don t miss and that s having to spend two hours commuting on the bus and train every day。1.2 starting a conversion (page11)Conversation 1R=Richard W=Woman M=MarekR Hello？W hello，Richard。Id like to introducte you to Marek .R Oh，yes。Hello，Marek。How do you do？Nice to meet you at last。M hello，richard。pleased to meet you too。w哦，do you two know each other already？mwell，weve spoken on the phone a few times。R but weve never actually met。anyway，take a seat。would you both like a coffee？Conversation 2A Would you like a coffee？B Oh，thanks。牛奶？B yes、please、and a sugar.thanks。A So have you enjoyed this morning？B yes，it was very interesting。the first speaker was particulally good .a is this your first time at one of these events？b是，it is。And you？A no，Ive been coming for years。the company pays and if the location is good then I come。I remember the best year we had was in Monaco.Conversation 3M=Marie W=WomanM May I join you？W Sure。M youre a colleague of Martin o Bach，arent you？w that s right he works in our Barcelona office。how do you know him？m we were both at elco til together . he left about a year before me。w哦，are you Mandy？艾玛丽。W Marie .thats right .sorry，I knew it began with an m. yes，Martin said you were doing this course and that I should say hello.Conversation 4艾威尔，this is nice。B well，it s quite simple but the food is vey tradiitional and it s popular with the locals .on sundays I often bring the family here。A thats nice。how many children do you have？B two.twinks.a boy and a girl。theyve just started school。A Wow.TwinksB And you？A no，not yet。and have you always lived in lille？B yes，most of my life . I worked in Paris for a while and in your country，of course . but all my relatives are here .what about your family？they re spreadout . I see my parents from time but my sis ter lives in Norway with her husband so wedon t get togettogether much . anywayb是。is that something you might be interested in.1.3 Exam spotlight (page 15)E=Examiner C=CandidateE And where do you live exactly？c I m from a small town in northern switzer link and but at the moment I m studening for a business degree so I live in Zurich .e what types of business are most successful in your town？C err，well，I suppose that tourism is quite important to the area and there are many small farms so agriculture also . Zurich，where I studye how is working life changing in your country？C sorry，can you repeat the question，please？E yes，how is working life changing in your country？c I think that more and more people are moving to the cities or they are commuting in every day。in my opinion，The bigest change has from technology-but then that s probaby true everywhere，not just in my country.模块22.1 benefits and incentives(page 16)speaker 1 it s great because usually it means my wife can use the one at home and web even take mine away at weekends。I work for quite a relaxed company And they don t seem to mind how I use it for leisure。speaker 2 I thought it wouldn t change the way I worked after the first six months but as they got older it actually becomame more complicated with gethbut my boss has been really good about it and some days I can do a half a day if I want and then I might work later on other days-or I take work home.speaker 3 it s actually the law now so they had to let me have it .it was only two weeks but at least I had time to help my wife out。mind you，After all the late nights and crying I was really happy to get back to work for a while and have a rest！speaker 4 I ve just been promoted from assistant it technician to chief operational network administrator .