Pre-reading questions:
I will read each question. Then, please answer them.
講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。
- Do you like working from home?
- Do you like working remotely?
Vocabulary:
I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me.
単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。
- follow /FOL-oh/
- announcement /uh-NOUNS-muhnt/
- employment /em-PLOI-muhnt/
- shift /shift/
- danger /DEYN-jer /
[verb] – to obey someone, or to act according to something
You have to follow her advice.
[nou] – something that someone says officially, giving information about something
An announcement will be made next week.
[noun] – the fact of someone being paid to work for a company or organization
She was unable to find employment.
[noun] – a change in position or direction
There is an unpredictable shift in the weather.
[noun] – he possibility of harm to someone
His first instinct was to run away from danger.
Article reading:
Please read the whole article. Then, I will check your pronunciation and intonation.
記事を音読しましょう。講師はあなたの発音とイントネーションを確認します。
Some CEOs are giving up their offices permanently in an effort to completely embrace remote work and abandon hybrid working setups. Will others follow?
In late June, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman made a historic announcement to the company’s 4,400 employees: by July 29, Yelp had completely abandoned hybrid work environments in favor of remote working. Yelp was keeping its San Francisco and Phoenix offices while transitioning to a “hoteling” business model where desks could be rented out for the day. Stoppelman asserted that hybrid employment will result in the loss of genuine offices in New York City, Chicago, and Washington, DC, calling it the “worst of all worlds” and even “hell.” Similar increases in remote labor are being observed by other businesses.
Making this shift may offer a lot of advantages, such as permanently permitting workers to work from home and resulting in cost savings. Experts warn that there are dangers in relying on remote employment in this way, particularly since no one can predict whether it will be successful or what will happen later.
In late June, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman made a historic announcement to the company’s 4,400 employees: by July 29, Yelp had completely abandoned hybrid work environments in favor of remote working. Yelp was keeping its San Francisco and Phoenix offices while transitioning to a “hoteling” business model where desks could be rented out for the day. Stoppelman asserted that hybrid employment will result in the loss of genuine offices in New York City, Chicago, and Washington, DC, calling it the “worst of all worlds” and even “hell.” Similar increases in remote labor are being observed by other businesses.
Making this shift may offer a lot of advantages, such as permanently permitting workers to work from home and resulting in cost savings. Experts warn that there are dangers in relying on remote employment in this way, particularly since no one can predict whether it will be successful or what will happen later.
True or False:
Read the sentences and identify if they are true or false based on the article.
文章を読んで、記事に基づいて正誤を答えましょう。
- Most CEOs are giving up their offices permanently in an effort to completely embrace remote work.
- Jerry Stoppelman is Yelp’s CEO.
- Stoppelman asserted that hybrid employment will result in the loss of genuine offices in New York City.
- Hybrid work may offer a lot of advantages.
- Experts said that there were dangers to relying on remote employment.
Fill in the blanks:
Choose the correct word from the table then fill in the blanks.
適切な言葉を選んで空欄を埋めましょう。
| follow | announcement | employment | shift | danger |
- Most companies ______ the new trend in technology.
- I cautioned him against the ______.
- The ______ was made at a news conference.
- There will be a ______ of responsibility when she takes on a new position.
- He left his home to look for ______.