Listen to the talk and fill in the gaps

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SECTION A. LISTENING
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Part 1 (20 points). Listen to the talk and fill in the gaps. Write ONLY ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for
cach answer.
Good afternoon, my name is Dr Charles Butt and I shall be giving you a (1).
productivity and work practices over the coming weeks. There will be ten lectures in the mornings as part of
of lectures on
this course and, in addition there will be three lectures in the evenings from six to eight which will be given
by outside (2)_
I would like first to look at a (3). report on life at work. The report shows that the average
British worker takes less than half an hour for lunch, 27 minutes to be precise, and that sick leave is on the
(4)L The drop in the length of time spent on lunch was nine minutes when compared to last year,
down from (5).
minutes. According to the report, this is the first time that the average lunch break has
fallen bellow half an hour.
As regards sick leave, you can see that the average figure is ten days per year, that up by one day
in 2002 compared to 2001. While physical (6).
was given as the most common reason for absence in
the case of non-manual workers, stress was the most common cause of long-term absence. It's worth
noting here that nine out of ten workers daim that stress is a problem in their organization and that eight out
of ten bosses are feeling more stressed than ever before. I would just like to say here that we will be looking
at the stress in work and study at a later date. And we will be looking particularly at ways of dealing with it in
studying, particularly for exams. You can see from the calendar that Professor Appleyard will be giving a
lectures on this topic the week after (7)
The report also says that just below 50% of workers daim that they were taking less time off for holidays than they
were entiled to. I am not sure that this wil be beleved by the employers. Previous (8) have suggested that about
(9) of days tha have been taken by workers as days off sick were regarded by bosses as not being the result of
genuine ihess. Some more hard (10)
Part 2 (20 points). Listen to the conversation and indicate whether the following statements are
is required to coroborate both these daims.