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Pre-reading questions:
- What is your dream job?
- Is it easy to find a job in your country? Please explain your answer.
Vocabulary:
- lay off [ley awf]
(phrasal verb) to end someone’s employment
They had to lay off the workers one by one. - expense [ik-SPENS]
(noun) an amount of money spent to buy something
Food is my biggest expense. - profit [PROF-it]
(noun) money that remains after paying all expenses
The company gained more profit this year. - factory [FAK-tuh-ree]
(noun) a building where products are made using machines
There is a big car factory in my hometown. - employee [em-PLOI-ee]
(noun) someone who is paid to work for a company
Their employees work ten hours a day.
Kimberly Clark will lay off at least 5,000 employees. They are doing this to lower the company’s expenses. Kimberly Clark will also start closing some of their factories. The closing of the factories is necessary to increase their profit. Kimberly Clark is expecting to save $550 million from the employee and factory cut.
True or False:
- Kimberly Clark will open more factories.
- Kimberly Clark will hire 5,000 employees.
- Kimberly Clark will save $550 million.
- Kimberly Clark will close factories to increase their profit.
- Kimberly Clark will lay off employees to increase their expenses.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| lay off | expense | profit | factory | employee |
- I heard the company hired a new _________.
- The president is happy with the business’ ________.
- There is a chocolate ________ near our house.
- The small business ________ some employees last week.
- My _______ this week are higher than usual.