Pre-reading questions:
- Do you trust people easily? Please explain your answer.
- Do you think trust is important? Why?
A recent survey reveals that many workers in Japan don’t trust their CEOs. Even though Japan is a developed nation, only a few percentage of its workers trust their corporate leaders. Meanwhile, other developed countries such as India and China trust their officials. As per Ross Rowbury, Japan’s workers tend to doubt their officials because they don’t always see their presence at work.
Vocabulary:
trust [verb] – believe
official [noun] – a worker with a high rank
CEO [noun] – chief executive officer
doubt [verb]- lack of trust
improvement [noun]- change for the better
True or False:
- A recent survey reveals that many workers in Japan don’t trust their CEOs.
- Most Japanese workers trust their officials at work.
- India and China doubt their officials.
- Japan, China, and India are all developed nations.
- Japan’s workers tend to doubt their officials because they always see their presence at work.