{"id":9506,"date":"2018-12-03T07:09:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T06:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=9506"},"modified":"2023-02-22T07:33:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T06:33:14","slug":"working-many-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2018\/12\/working-many-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Many Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B1 – Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tesla founder Elon Musk believes people should work more than the typical 35-40 hours a week in order to change the world. In fact, many CEOs of multi-billion-dollar companies work about 70 hours per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article and be ready to talk about working very long hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/breakingnewsenglish.com\/1811\/181129-working-week-1.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What does “workaholic<\/strong>” mean? “He is a workaholic<\/span><\/strong> but he loves working.”<\/em> Use this word in your own sentence.<\/li>
  2. What is a “founder<\/strong>“? “He is the founder<\/span><\/strong>, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX.”<\/em> Use this word in your own sentence.<\/li>
  3. What is a “co-founder<\/strong>“? “He is the co-founder<\/span><\/strong> of PayPal.”<\/em> Use this word in your own sentence.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. What is your opinion on Mr. Musk’s idea?<\/li>
    2. What might be the good and bad things about being a workaholic?<\/li>
    3. Talk about your own experience working long hours.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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