Sleeping on the Job

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Are You Allowed To sleep On The Job ?
(YouTube, 2013)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQdOSnR3hHk
I’m Connie Selleca back with more intelligence for your health.
It used to be that falling asleep on the job would get you fired, but according to U.S News and World
Report, now more employers are allowing and even encouraging workers to nap on the clock.
Why? Because napping is so good for your health, mentally and physically.
For example, studies show that naps give your immune system a boost so you’ll use fewer sick days.
Napping can also put you in a better mood at the office and during meetings with clients.
It can also make you more productive.
Another benefit of napping, enhanced brain power. Researchers say that napping can push employees
into their most energetic and creative state of mind.
And studies show that people who take a twenty-minute nap every day are thirty-seven percent less likely
to die of heart disease. That’s why some companies like Nike, Pizza Hut and Google provide special
reclining chairs or designated “renewal” rooms for power naps.
Vocabulary
1. on the job
2. falling asleep
3. get you fired
4. according to
5. to nap
6. on the clock
7. to give … a boost
8. fewer sick days
9. a better mood
10. enhanced brain power
11. state of mind
12. a twenty-minute nap
13. heart disease
14. reclining chairs
15. designated ‘renewal’ rooms
au bureau
s’endormir
vous fera renvoyer / virer
selon
faire une sieste
pendant les heures de travail (l’idée d’avoir badgé)
stimuler
moins de journées d’arrêt maladie
meilleure humeur
puissance cérébrale améliorée = plus alerte
état d’esprit
une sieste de vingt minutes
maladie cardiaque
chaises longues
des pièces destinées aux siestes
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Are You Allowed To sleep On The Job ?
(YouTube, 2013)
Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words
I’m Connie Selleca back with more intelligence for your health.
It used to be that __f______________a_______________ on the job would _________ you ________,
s’endormir
vous fera renvoyer / virer
but _a________________t_______ U.S News and World Report, now more employers are allowing and
selon
even encouraging workers to _n___________ ___o____the_c_______________.
faire une sieste
pendant les heures de travail
Why? Because napping is so good for your health, mentally and physically.
For example, studies show that naps _____________ your immune system _______________ so you’ll
stimulent
…
…
use ______________ _______________________________.
moins de
journées d’arrêt maladie
Napping can also put you in a _______________________ at the office and during meetings with clients.
meilleure humeur
It can also make you more productive.
Another benefit of napping, _e_____________ __b__________p_____________. Researchers say that
puissance cérébrale améliorée (plus alerte)
napping can push employees into their most energetic and creative _s__________of_m______________.
état d’esprit
And studies show that people who take a ____________________________________ every day are
sieste de vingt minutes
thirty-seven percent less likely to die of __h_____________d__________________. That’s why some
maladie cardiaque
companies like Nike, Pizza Hut and Google provide special __________________________________ or
chaises longues
designated “renewal” rooms for power naps.