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Learn English with this work English lesson

Date: Jun 16 2021

Themes: Work

Grammar: Modal Verbs

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For some people, the commute to and from the office is the most stressful part of the day. Driving a car, waiting for the train, or taking a bus just to start work can take up lots of time. Working from home avoids that step and sounds very relaxing.

Now that technology enables many people to do their jobs outside the office, more and more people are working from home. But trying to do your job away from the office can pose some problems. Learn work English and hear Sara and Mason discuss the challenges of working from home in this English lesson.

对一些人而言,乘车上下班是一天中最难受的时刻。仅仅是开车、等火车或乘公交车去上班便会占据大量时间。在家工作便避免了这一步骤,而且听起来十分轻松。

由于科技进步,许多人能够在办公室之外完成工作,越来越多的人开始选择在家工作。但离开办公室完成工作可能会引发一些问题。听听萨拉和梅森谈论在家工作的挑战。

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Sara

Sara

Mason

Mason

Sara:  This summer I converted this shed in the back of my house into a home office, so now I can work from home really nicely.

Mason:  Why couldn’t you have done it before you had your shed?

Sara:  I could have done it before I had my shed, it just makes me feel as though I’m going to work even though I’m still at home.

Mason:  Yeah, that’s the problem I have when I’m working from home is that I don’t have that, kind of, separate space, so it just feels so easy to get distracted. It’s generally an excuse to take a day off.

Sara:  Do you find you start procrastinating and that kind of thing?

Mason:  I’m not deliberately putting it off. It’s not so much that I’m procrastinating and more that I’m just getting distracted. I’ll be like, “Oh, hey, I’ll sit down on the couch to work,” but maybe I need a snack and so I’ll walk to the fridge, and then, “Oh hey, maybe I’ll just watch 10 minutes of TV.” But I’m not trying to not do my work, there’s just all these things around for me to pay attention to.

Sara:  So do you prefer to go into the office or that kind of thing?

Mason:  I do because I tend to be really collaborative. I actually think and work better when I’m talking with other people, rather than just sitting and doing something, kind of just staring at my computer or whatever for hours on end. I want to get everybody in a room and talk stuff out.

Sara:  I think that it can start to feel lonely and sort of isolated to work from home. That’s true.

Mason:  That’s what Skype is for, right?

 

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Sara recently converted a shed into an office so she can work from home. It makes her feel like she is separating her time working from her time at home.

Mason doesn’t have a separate work space at his house. He gets distracted by all the other things he can do at home and does not get much work done. Mason prefers to go to an office and work around other people. Sara agrees that it can be lonely to work from home.

Have you ever had a job where you can work from home? Do you get more done in a collaborative environment, or when you are isolated?

 

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yuminaga

yuminagaSuper Member!

China

I haven’t had a job where i can work from home but  the commute to and from the office really gives me headache, taking taxi  ,waiting for bus ,that kink of thing.it must make me lonely when i work from home i guess e.so i dont know how to do !might be   a best way is to quit .Lol

02:21 PM Nov 05 2012 |

kowatch

kowatch

Hungary

I haven’t had job yet. When I have, I will try to not work at home because I think that home is the place where I can relax. You can be motivated to work when you see others work, so I think isolation isn’t good for work-performance.

12:53 PM Nov 05 2012 |

bellaboo2422

Pakistan


i think it doesnot matter at all wheather we work at office or at home if we are honest with our work and task to attempt. nothing can distract us if we are dedicatedly doing our job. it depends some jobs requires collaborative enviorment to work and some isolated space for concentration for work. there are some other aspects whom create dichotomy between two things home or office actuly, like its hard to commute so long for office daily. its some time get painfull and hectic so to avoid daily grind many people prefer to work at home. another thing is if you are a busy house wife and can’t pay much time to office then its a good way to stay home and work with the help of modren technology like skype, vi’fi’ etc. suppose if you are ill or injured and can’t travel its a good way again to work at home. so there are lot of things we can choose according to our required criteria.

 julito

julito

Argentina

I know of people  that make a living  working at home ,mainly buying and selling stuff through internet, the plus side is  that they don´t  have to commute    to work , in big cities the rush hours on the freeway are insane ,so nice to avoid this everyday´s hassle ,but it is also good having to go out in the street  to work outside , you have a new challenge  everyday ,meeting your  co-workers or collegues ,exchanging  thoughts  or opinions  . If you tend to procrastinate is better not to work from home Wink

Moriza

Moriza

Ukraine

I,m convinced that it doesn,t matter what you do or where you work;


the only thing which is important—to be good at it.


To work in a collaborative environment is more interesting,motivating and encouraging as for me.On the other hand, when you are isolated it helps you to work more productive,you can easily concentrate at your aims and goals.


I would like to work a little there (in the office) and a little here (at home).

Englishty

Englishty

Egypt

Actually i have never tried working from home before but i think working from home is a very good, important and easy way to increase your income in addition to your job, for me i agree with Mason, my job where i can interact with others, talk to them, learn things from them or even fight with them that’s how i would gain experiences and at the same time i can work from home in order as i mentioned to increase my income on condition that i would separate myself from any distractions.

mojtaba

mojtaba

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

my opinion it can be good work  or learn  at home for example laerning english at home  is very good for me  

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