C1 Advanced with Get Speaking English

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Reading and Use of English - Part 3 For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: O DESPERATELY Remember, on the REAL exam, the text will be on the left-hand side of the paper, and the words will show up in a column to the right. For the sake of being able to share these exercises on Telegram, I've put the words in brackets next to the spaces. Not sure how to do this exercise? Check out this post here: https://t.me/C1_Advanced/134 Two sleeps per night Sometimes we wake up in the middle of the night and try (0) ________ [DESPAIR] hard to get back to sleep, but instead we spend a really (17) ________ [COMFORT] night tossing and turning until morning. This situation could be (18) ________ [SYMPTOM] of a stressful week, but it could also be because of a sleep pattern we have inherited. Research shows that our ancestors, rather than enjoying an (19)________ [INTERRUPT] period of sleep at night, had two sleeps broken up by some time awake. The eight-hours-a-night pattern that has become almost (20) ________ [ESSENCE] to modern humans has only been (21) ________ [CUSTOM] in industrialised countries since the 19th century. Then (22) ________ [AFFORD] electricity was introduced, which resulted in a division between night and day that became (23) ________ [PROGRESS] blurred. What had until then been daytime activities could now be enjoyed after darkness, and as a result, we went to bed later. We were therefore more tired, and this (24) ________ [ABLE] us to sleep through the night. However, scientists believe that subconsciously, some people may still follow the old patterns and have a lengthy period of wakefulness during the night. Click to reveal the answers below: Part 3 17 uncomfortable 18 symptomatic 19 uninterrupted 20 essential 21 customary 22 affordable 23 progressively 24 enabled #RAUOE #RAUOEPart3

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Get Speaking about What We Eat! B2 First and C1 Advanced - Vocabulary about Food and Speaking Part 3 Tuesday, November 26, 2024 16:00 UTC Where: https://www.facebook.com/GetSpeakingEnglish Join me on Facebook Live for this live lesson in this series about sustainability. During this lesson, we'll review some vocabulary for talking about food. We'll also check out a speaking task similar to one on Part 3 of the speaking paper during the B2 First or C1 Advanced exam. We'll review lots of great vocabulary and phrases for this task, and learn some useful things from one another. This lesson is interactive so you will be able to participate in the chat and contribute to our lesson notes. Both the video and notes will be uploaded to YouTube after so we can all continue to learn from each other! As always, I’ll share the video and notes on YouTube afterwards. Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1522641515049365

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Hi everyone! Here's the video from Monday's Live Lesson: https://youtube.com/live/cis0WRWEZbc In this live lesson, I looked at the article "Eating insects is good for you - and the planet!" and discussed some of the vocabulary that's useful for talking about sustainable food choices. Eating insects is good for you - and the planet! (The Conversation) https://theconversation.com/eating-insects-is-good-for-you-and-the-planet-118675 Lesson notes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gi3IBAzidKsUqhw963TygEFWTfB3rjpO/view?usp=drive_link If you'd like to talk about this article or the topic of sustainability with me, you can do so right now by booking a conversational class! https://getspeakingenglish.as.me/ Be sure to check back for the next few articles in this series. Thanks again and I hope to Get Speaking English with you super soon. - Axl

Did you know that the pronunciation of this word changes depending on how it's used? #pronunciation #grammar

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cont… B Not only do home workers cut down on the need for large offices, they are often vastly more productive. American studies show a 30-40% increase. Noel Hodson, a key proponent of home working, suggests that this is at least partly down to the removal of the daily commute: 'What we found was that most of the time saved went back into work. These workers valued their new lifestyle and to protect it they did more work. Companies that offer flexible working also find it easier to attract staff, and to hang on to them. At British Telecom, at least 97% of women who take maternity leave come back to work afterwards, against a national average of about half that. The downtime, the recruitment, the instruction of each person at a very moderate estimate would be around £10,000. So, not only are they creating a more socially integrated company in line with government guidelines, they're saving £5m-£6m on skill losses. C And there are bonuses for society too. Home working encourages a more diverse labour force, introducing to the world of work, sometimes for the first time, not just carers but disabled people or those who live in remote locations. Then there's the reduction in pollution and greenhouse gases. So if home working is so great, why aren't we all doing it? 'The issues are human, not technological,' says Peter Thomson of the Telework Association. For the past 200 years we have been in an environment where people get together in the same place to work and a manager stands there and watches what they do.' So the last barriers are attitudinal, but it's a myth that someone is in total charge of what people do just because they are all working in the same location. Most managers who are worried about this kind of thing are actually holed up in their offices and rarely interact with their people. Merely turning up is a really poor performance indicator. D Mark Thomas runs a PR consultancy whose employees work at home. 'We've come up with measures of performance that are more to do with what they produce than with desk time. This is the way forward,' he says. Some managers are concerned that their home workers might go shopping during the 'working day'. This goes against the idea of flexible working since hours shouldn't matter so long as the required productivity is there. The concern still remains whether some employees will abuse this, but the same technology that makes it possible to escape the office makes it harder to get away from your boss, which is surely true even if you work in an office. It's well known that some managers insist on interrupting their underlings' evenings and weekends with 'urgent' enquiries that could easily wait. So, many of us are already on call 24/7. However, the great thing about technology is that it has an 'off button'. The best employers will not just expect you to use it, but worry if you don't. Click to reveal the answers below: Part 8 47 C 48 A 49 D 50 B 51 A 52 C 53 A 54 C 55 D 56 B #RAUOE #RAUOEPart8

Reading and Use of English - Part 8 You are going to read an article about employees who do some or all of their work from home. For questions 47-56, choose from the sections (A-D). The sections may be chosen more than once. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Not sure how to do this exercise? Check out this post here: https://t.me/C1_Advanced/148 In which section are the following mentioned? [47]___] the mistaken view that physical proximity at work automatically ensures good supervision [48]___] the fact that the proportion of home workers in the labour force has not matched expectations [49]___] the risk of an employer making unreasonable demands on a home worker [50]___] the fact that staff retention increases in firms that encourage home working [51]___] the duty of firms not to dismiss requests to work at home out of hand [52]___] one of the main obstacles to home working in employers' minds being the fear of loss of direct control [53]___] personal circumstances increasing the likelihood of an individual being allowed to work at home [54]___] the wider benefits that home working brings to the community [55]___] the advisability of ensuring that home workers are not putting in excessive hours [56]___] a reduction in expenditure on premises as a result of home working The Rise of Home Working A Whether you call it working from home, telecommuting or home-working, it's a growing market. Banks, call centres, councils, software companies, law firms, PR agencies: all are increasingly allowing their staff to do it at least part-time. British Telecom, the pioneer of home working in Britain, now has 65,000 flexible workers, of whom 10.000 do not come into the office at all. However, we're still a long way from the dreams of 25 years ago, which imagined offices emptying of everyone who didn't operate a machine or wield a mop. So how do you get on the home-working bandwagon? In some countries, if you have a child under 16, or 18 if they are disabled, in a sense you have a head start. Employers in Britain are legally obliged at least to consider your case if you ask to work flexibly, and that could include working at home for at least part of the week. They must also consider an application if you are caring for a friend or a family member. But even if none of those apply, you are still likely to have a strong case - if you can persuade your company to listen. cont… #RAUOE #RAUOEPart8

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Hi everyone! Just a reminder about my live later. In about two hours, I will be checking out this article here: Eating insects is good for you - and the planet! (The Conversation) https://theconversation.com/eating-insects-is-good-for-you-and-the-planet-118675 Today (Monday, November 18) at 18:00 UTC Get Speaking English Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/GetSpeakingEnglish) Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1235264984420041/ My aim is to let you hear the pronunciation of the words and learn some great vocabulary for talking about sustainable food choices. The video from this class will be available on YouTube after. https://www.facebook.com/GetSpeakingEnglish/live_videos/ Thanks!

Did you know all of these expressions? #vocab #idioms