English Unlimited HAK/HUM 2, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

122 People and places 09 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Read what some people say about open-plan offices. Which highlighted expressions show positive, negative or neutral opinions? 45 46 47 Choose one of these topics and complete 1–4 with your opinions. Write a blog entry on the place where you live. You should: Use the highlighted expressions in 45. Write 100–120 words. living in a block of flats living in Austria modern architecture living in a (semi-)detached house describe where you live. explain what type of building it is. discuss the pros and cons of living there. Example: The best thing about blocks of flats is, you get to know many people. Explore writing: Pros and cons “Sir Norman Foster is one of the pioneers of open-plan offices. The trouble is , many people don’t like working in them. Staff blame them for a loss of productivity.” (Daniel Remington, investment banker, London) “ The best thing about this type of office is that it makes team-building easier.” (Sandy Chung, account manager in an advertising company, Hong Kong) “ The thing is , in this kind of office, staff are packed in like battery hens 22 .” (Leslie Harris, journalist, New York) “ The worst thing about open-plan offices is the high noise level and the lack of privacy. I felt very stressed when I first moved to an open-plan office, and I sometimes still find it difficult to concentrate.” (Mark Newman, software engineer, Toronto) 1 The bad /worst thing about is, . 2 The good / best thing about is, . 3 The thing is, . 4 The trouble / problem is, . 22 packed in like battery hens: eingepfercht wie die Legehühner Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv