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2. People choose to work long hours because
there’s a social as well as an economic value to work.
Research suggests that people do not necessarily
want to spend less time at work and more time with
their families.
REPORTING
Les étudiants seront encouragés à poser la question
à leurs proches à la maison et en classe et à établir
des statistiques qui seront présentées et étudiées
en classe. Les résultats seront notés au tableau, puis
dans les cahiers, afin d’en préparer une synthèse individuelle
soit en travail à la maison soit en évaluation
en classe.
gerry’s working day (pp. 22-23)
Cette activité de compréhension de l’écrit pourra être
préparée individuellement à la maison et reprise en
classe.
FIRST STEPS
1. Les étudiants décrivent le dessin afin d’anticiper le
thème du texte.
In the picture, we can see a man wearing a white
shirt and a red tie trying to keep his balance on
a plank rolling on a cylinder while carrying his
wife and their baby on his shoulders. He seems
overworked and under pressure. They are juggling
with a calendar, a handset, a suitcase, a tennis racket
and an alarm clock.
It shows that he has no time for anything and must
try to juggle all his activities at the same time:
work, family life and leisure time. He is the typical
breadwinner.
So the article must be about somebody who has a
very busy working life.
2. First name: Gerry,
Surname: Wilkinson,
Age: 53,
Place of residence: Rhayader, Wales,
Job: hotelier, he owns and runs a hotel,
Hobbies; spending time with his grandchildren,
walking in the countryside, watching TV,
Marital status: married,
Wife’s job: she does the accounts.
MOVING ON
Les activités proposées mènent progressivement de la
compréhension globale à la reformulation de l’implicite.
1. Gerry is a dedicated hotel owner, who spends
all his time working. He is available 24 hours a day
seven days a week and does menial tasks around
the hotel that keep him constantly busy. What is
so stressful for him is being available 100% of the
time.
2. a. “Grab a bite” means eating some food
quickly.
b. “I’m on my feet” means standing.
c. “On the fly” means quickly.
d. “Pull back” means withdraw or retreat.
e. “I’m always on call” means I’m always available
when called.
f. “Unwind” means relax.
3. Ginger Cockerham must be a kind of psychologist
who helps stressed business people reorganize their
lives.
Ginger Cockerham is the vice-president of the
International Coaching Federation and one
of America’s top practitioner who coaches to
overworked employees. Now 65, Ginger was once
a farmer’s wife in Arkansas. When farming went into
recession she worked as an English teacher and later
ran a property tax consultancy while raising four
children. In the early 1990s, inspired by a business
seminar, she enrolled in a coaching course and
became a protégée of Thomas Leonard, the man
credited with founding the coaching phenomenon
in the States. She says coaching is about listening to
someone “not just for what they say, but for what
they don’t say. It’s not telling someone how to run
their business or do their job, but giving them clarity
so that they can find their own way forward.“
4. Gerry says the process of mapping out how he
spends each day has been a real wake-up call for
him. It has given him clarity about what is not
working in his life – such as being available 24 hours
a day seven days a week, and keeping constantly
busy. It is being available almost 100 per cent of the
time that is so stressful to him.
5. Gerry committed to scheduling a day to spend
time with his grandchildren without interruption.
Also, he put on his calendar a day away with his
wife without any mention of their business to enjoy
being together.
He also committed to saying “no” to three things
that he was doing at the hotel.
6. Gerry should say “no” to doing what the staff
should do – laying the tables, cleaning the bar,
etc. Gerry should say “no” to running the morning
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