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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2.1 - The company 4 u? for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to someone talking about how companies motivate their staff? How are the pictures (A-D) connected to the ideas?
  2. Listen and check. Which other ideas do they talk about? Which ideas do you think are the best?

Answer

a)

  1. Yahoo employees have a free bus ride to work.
  2. Yahoo employees watch films together once a month.
  3. Pontiflex provides a nap room for its employees.
  4. At one company, the boss writes thank0you notes to employees.

b)

  • At Yahoo there's a dentist and a hairdresser at the office.
  • At Google lunch is free and you can get a cheap massage at the office.
  • At another company the staff does a job swap two days a year.