TEXT

The average working week in the US has increased by four hours in the last 30 years to over 45 hours. In extreme cases people have died as a result of working too long hours. The Japanese have a special name for it - karoshi. In one recorded case a man did not have one day off work, or even dinner with his family for seventeen months. He only slept between 30 minutes and two-and-a-half hours a night, and by the time he killed himself he was working until 6.30 a.m. once every three days.

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WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

average - vidutinis

increase - padidėti

extreme case - ypatingas atvejis

recorded - įregistruotas

day off work - išeiginė diena

EXERCISE

Choose the preposition that each group of verbs below is used with:
1. for/of        apologize, be late, vote, wait
2. at/in          invest, participate, be interested, be included\
3. of/with           agree, be satisfied, comply
4. from/on           comment, depend, focus, work

ANSWERS

1. for 2. at 3. with 4. on

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. 

 ~Ovid