The document discusses the importance of work-life balance and provides examples of employees' experiences with work-life balance. It includes a quiz to assess one's work-life balance and scores that indicate if one needs more balance. It also discusses using collocations when talking about work and activities. Adjectives that describe feelings are listed, and examples are given of how changing current situations could make one feel differently, such as interested, tired, excited, bored, or frightened.

1. WORK-LIFE BALANCE What’s work-life balance? Why should employees care about work-life balance? Is there a long-hour working culture in your country? Now let’see what the experts say No more late night s How do you like Tod’s old job? What about his new one? What does he tell his employees? Do you think he’s right? Could you do the same at your work place ? Why / why not? work-life balance Quiz Write 2 if t he statement is true for you , 1 if it is mostly true, 0 if it is not true. 1.- I have plenty of time for outside interests and hobbies 2.- I occasionally do overtime if it paid 3.- I work flexitime or I am able to organize my work and home life 4.- I leave my “to do” list on my desk and rarely work from home 5.- I regularly relax by doing exercise or socializing with friends 6.- I regularly play sports in order to make useful work contacts 7.- I take all my paid leave every year and go on holiday What your score means