Ex.3.16. Use words and phrases from ex.3.14 and 3.15 above to complete these sentences.

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Ex.3.15. Suggest Russian equivalents for the words and phrases in bold type.

Nancy gets to work at about 8.45. She has to clock in and clock out [use an electronic card to record the time she arrives and leaves each day]. She works fixed hours; she has a nine-to-five job. Brett can come in at any time from eight o'clock till ten in the morning; he works flexi-time/ he's on flexi-time, but his core hours are 10.00 to 12.00 and 2.00 to 4.00. Archie doesn't go to the office at all. He works from home with his computer; he's a teleworker. Bert works different times each week; every third week he works nights; he does shift work /he's a shift worker. Mick has his own company; he's self-employed and works from home. His wife works for different companies at different times; she's freelance / she works freelance.

1) I would get bored if I had a nine-________________.

2) When I arrive in the morning and leave the office in the evening I use this cars to ______________ and ______________.

3) I'm very tired; recently I've had a very heavy ______________.

4) I don't want an office job. I don't want to spend all day stuck ______________________________.

5) I can clock in any time between eight and ten and clock out between four and six; I'm on __________________.

6) I'd hate to feel trapped in my job and to be stuck __________________.

7) He's not here this evening, he's working nights; you see, he does _______________________.

8) I work for different companies at different times as it suits me. I'm _______________________.

9) I used to work for someone else, but now I'm my own boss; I'm _______________________.

10) I stopped working in the hamburger restaurant. It was just a dead-_______________________.

11) When I was working in the factory, all I could think of all day was the moment when I could knock ___________________.

12) Being a nurse is a good job, but you can't go out much with friends. The hours are a bit ____________________.