B1 – Intermediate
A health group in the U.K. workers must take lunch breaks and exercise to stay active at work. A study says that a lot of people continue to work during their lunch breaks. This is not good for our health.
Read about the importance of taking lunch breaks from the link below and be ready to answer the questions that follow.
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1406/140608-lunch-breaks-1.html
Vocabulary Questions:
- What does “to get some air” mean, “They went shopping or got some air.”? Use this expression in a sentence.
- What does “to take time off” mean, “People get sick and take time off work.” Use this expression in a sentence.
- What does “full-time” mean, “A spokeswoman said full-time workers spend a lot of time travelling to and from work.” Use this word in a sentence.
Discussion Questions:
1. What is your opinion on working lunches?
2. Why is taking a break in the middle of the workday important?
3. What do you usually do during your lunch break?
4. Do you agree that we need to find ways to be more active at work?
5. What does your company do or offer to help you stay active?
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Discussion Questions:
1. What is your opinion on working lunches?: There are very important and absolutely necessaries not only for physical reasons but also for mental health.
2. Why is taking a break in the middle of the workday important?: It’s needed to recharge energy for the body and for your brain. To stop doing your job for a while it’s good because allows you to recover energy mentally and physically.
3. What do you usually do during your lunch break?
I went to the Company Restaurant if I worked in my Job’s facilities, and If I worked from home, I went to the gym and then ate something quickly.
4. Do you agree that we need to find ways to be more active at work? Yes, it’s very importan to move from time to time..
5. What does your company do or offer to help you stay active?. We have a lot of perks at the Bank and between them we have a Cantina and a very good gym both for free.
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1. What is your opinion on working lunches?
I think that it is necessary to do lunch breaks during full-time jobs. A lot of people that I know do not take breaks properly. They are too stressed and are work loaded. I believe that if they would use some time for lunch, it might help to reduce the stress and would help them to be more fresh between one task and the next one.
2. Why is taking a break in the middle of the workday important?
Taking a break while working is very important to recharge the batteries and improve your productivity. It is important for your own health also. Moreover, using some time to eat relaxed and, if possible, to spend time with your colleagues, may help you to enjoy more your work environment.
3. What do you usually do during your lunch break?
I work home-based. If I have been not able to cook my lunch the day before, I use my lunch break to prepare some food and to eat it. If happens that my lunch is already prepared, I use the lunch break to eat and take some refreshing walk around my home.
4. Do you agree that we need to find ways to be more active at work?
It would be great to be more active at work, but there are jobs like office jobs, where it is quite difficult to be physically active. There are more healthy conducts that we can implement like using stand up desks or using our breaks to walk a bit. But if it is not possible to be more active during workday, it is crucial to make sure to do some activities before or after work time.
5. What does your company do or offer to help you stay active?
My company offers to workers some activities as stretching classes. They also sponsor workers to participate in charity courses from time to time.
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1. What is your opinion on working lunches?I
I think is very important to stop and recharge your energy.Your body and your mind will be gratefull
2. Why is taking a break in the middle of the workday important?
In my opinion you need to take a break and lunch time is the best moment because you spend 1 hour having fun , forgetting the work and knowing your mates
3. What do you usually do during your lunch break?
I like going out to a restaurants better than buy the food and eat it in the kitchen office
4. Do you agree that we need to find ways to be more active at work?
yes , it is important to use the stairs instead of using the lift
5. What does your company do or offer to help you stay active?
Our company gives us special moments for streching and they advice us to move from our desk from time to time .We work in front of the computer ,so we need to have our eyes rested watching long distance 20 sec
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1. What does “to get some air” mean, “They went shopping or got some air.”? Use this expression in a sentence.
I believe that the expression “got some air” means to breathing refreshing air or doing an outdoor activity in order to feeling better.
“I need get some air in the park after a meeting at the office”
2. What does “to take time off” mean, “People get sick and take time off work.” Use this expression in a sentence.
I think that “to take time off” means a period of time when you don´t work or to do your tasks because you are ill or sick.
“I worked ten hours a day the last weekends. I felt sick and needed took time off work”
3. What does “full-time” mean, “A spokeswoman said full-time workers spend a lot of time travelling to and from work.” Use this word in a sentence.
I believe that the expression “full-time” means to spending all your time in the same task, for example working in the same company all your work time.
“Fort he last two months I worked full time with the new project”
Discussion Questions:
1. What is your opinion on working lunches?
I completely agree with the article/audio because it’s really necessary for workers don´t work in their rest times. When you have a lunch time you should eat or relax, don´t spend time working more.
2. Why is taking a break in the middle of the workday important?
I consider that taking a break can help us to feel relaxed and without anxiety. I understand people that prefer spend their rest times working so as not working overtime.
3. What do you usually do during your lunch break?
My lunch break is during about one hour. I usually eat in fourty-five minutes and walk for a quarter of an hour at the park.
4. Do you agree that we need to find ways to be more active at work?
Yes, I agree too. The crux of matter is that to be mora active at work have many advantages that we should consider as for example: a better lifestyle, to have a optimus balance between body and mind, to avoid illnesses and take pills or painkillers.
5. What does your company do or offer to help you stay active?
My company help us to stay active pay us the gym fee and it has a running company group ir order to running together at the afternoons. Also, we have other alternative outdoor activities at the weekend.
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1. I think that the working lunches are very important but few people do this correctly. The reason can be due to lack of time, a lot of work etc.
2. Taking a break in the middle of the workday is very important because increase the productivity, reduce the stress, increase the relationships with the colleges. I thin the break is healthy.
3. In my case it is different every week as I travel a lot for work. Usually, I am working from home. Sometimes, during my lunch break I go to the gym (during 1 hour).
4. I agree that we need to find ways to be more active at work. If we reduce the stress and increase the health/relax we can increase the productivity.
5. My company offers different activities to help employees stay active. A minimum of 30 minutes is mandatory for the lunch break. This year, the company has implemented the Healthy week with a lot of activities to improve health and the good habits.
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1. time for lunch is much needed. We are at the desk an average of 10 hours per day. If you don’t take a lunch break, at the end of the day your head won’t work.
2. I agree with this, but it is too difficult. Now people work alone at home and it’s easy to get on with homework while eating.
3. During my lunch hour I try to watch TV because I stay home alone and this activity helps me forget about work. I usually don’t get it and put my computer nearby to take calls from the teams.
4. Of course, I agree. In the end, if you don’t move, your body atrophies and feels tired.
5. My company offers many things, but this is not real because the client sends too much work and I don’t have time to do the solutions that my company offers me.
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