English Conversation Questions

Workplace

Questions

1. How would you describe your workplace?
2. What is your favorite thing about your workplace?
3. What do you dislike about your workplace?
4. Would you like to work in an open office? Why/Why not?
5. Do you spend a lot of time with your colleagues?
6. How often do you meet your colleagues outside of work?
7. Do you think you have a good Boss? Why/Why not?
8. How many hours a week do you spend in your workplace?

Videos

Brent is at pains to make the best possible impression on Karen, whom he interviews to be his new secretary. Memorable clip from Series 1 of smash hit sitcom The Office.

Category:  Business & Marketing
Keywords: Job interview | Workplace
Vox
If you work in an office, there’s a good chance it’s an open one. How did we get here? And why is it so bad?
Open offices have been around a surprisingly long time. But they’re relatively misunderstood for their

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role in workplace culture. Where did open offices and cubicles come from, and are they really what we want?

This episode of Overrated explores the history, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Herman Miller, and other key figures in the office design movement. Our workplaces haven’t always been this way — this is how we got here.

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Category:  Art | Business & Marketing
Keywords: Jobs | Workplace

Vocabulary:
cove
secluded
float
shore
anchor
lighthouse
greenhouse
handsaw
hammer
power tool
nail
board (noun)
ton
land sick
biomass
canoe
paddle
real estate
prosper
fulfilled

Expressions:
subsistence living
hon

Vocabulary:
word
word
word
word
word
word
word
word
word

Expressions:
expression
expression
expression
expression

Vocabulary:
prestigious
involuntary
swindler
fraudulence
unwarranted
concern
unfounded
impostor
syndrome
faculty
pervasive
prevalent
disproportionately
underrepresented
downplay
abnormality
self-esteem
spiral
accolade
threshold
susceptible
voice (verb)
peer
dismiss
excel
ease
mentor
competence
banish
frank

Expressions:
nagging doubt
shake a feeling
put something to rest
surefire way

Vocabulary:
filmmaker
principle
handcuff
clown
distill
underdog
aspect
familiar
unfamiliar
chopsticks
keyboard
organic
grounded
clarity
stuntman
steady
gag
perfectionist
rhythm
distinct
continuity
elbow
bunch
flail around
unlike
invincible
impressive
humanize
asset
payoff
relentlessness
finale

Expressions:
kick ass
going above and beyond
get smacked in the face
sell a joke

Vocabulary:
explosion
smoke (noun)
engine
unique
pilot
route
unemotional
terror
instant
reach out (to someone)
postpone
urgency
purpose
regret
humanity
ego
reflect
eliminate
frame (verb)
artistic
talent
bawl
miracle

Expressions:
bucket list
brace for impact
mend fences
make sense
connecting dots