2 Complete the text. My sister’s a nurse in our local ► hospital . She only works ____-time-about 15 hours (2) ____ week – and she doesn’t (3) ____ much money. Nurses in our country generally get (4) ____ wages. Her husband is a doctor, and he works very long (5) ____-sometimes 14 hours a (6) ____. He earns about $90,000 a (7) ____ which is a very high (8) ____ in our country.
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- . My sister doesn’t care much about the colour of what she wears, but she is very ______ about the style.
- Andy Olivia Problems: • He is too frightened to 1)________. • His grammar is not very good so he's worried about 2)________. She can't understand 5)________ because they speak too fast and she can't understand their 6)________. Advice: • The first thing Andy should do is to 3)________. • He shouldn't worry about 4)________. • First of all she should practice her 7)________ by listening to English as much as possible. • And another thing she should do is to focus on 8)________ at the same time.
- Mary Sander's new job is very demanding. She regularly works long hours and on the weekends. As a result, Mary has not had much time for her family and friends. This is an example of A: deflation. B: financial opportunity cost. C: personal opportunity cost. D: time value of money. E: inflation.
- He works 50 hours a week and still only earns enough to _______________. A: scrape by B: run errands C: off the grid D: make a racket
- He's a mechanical engineer for an energy company. He works about six hours' drive from where he lives.