Comprehension Ex.1 Are the following sentences true or false? Correct the false ones.

1. A new survey found men want to help their colleagues earn more.

2. Traditionally, men have never really been interested in pay.

3. The survey was conducted on 38,000 male workers worldwide.

4. Scientific tests focused on the 'reward centre' in the men’s brain.

5. The scientists now want to do the same tests on women.

6. The survey findings point to clear, new methods to motivate staff.

7. Adopting this research into the workplace may not be so good.

8. A CEO said trying to keep balanced was a real harmony act.

Discussion Ex.1 Answer the following questions.

1. What did you think when you read the headline?

2. What motivates/will motivate you in the workplace?

3. How much of a motivating factor is money for you?

4. Do you care about how much your colleagues are getting?

5. How often do you think about the size of your pay packet and wish it was bigger?

6. What other things concern/will concern you about your peers or colleagues?

7. What does the reward centre in your brain like?

8. How important is it for you to beat your rivals?

9. What things are much more important in life than money?

10. Do you think men and women look at money differently?

11. Which sex is more competitive, men or women?

12. Do you think knowledge of colleagues’ salaries would increase productivity in the workplace?

13. What would the introduction of competition in offices, hospitals and schools do to working relationships?

Ex.2 Would you be motivated by these things in your workplace? Rate them from 10 (= major motivation) to 1 (= couldn’t care less). Justify your choice.

1. money

2. being better than your colleagues

3. pleasing your boss

4. impressing someone you want to date

5. reaching company targets

6. breaking departmental records

7. promotion

8. making a name for yourself in the company

Ex.3 Work in pairs.

Student A is the leader of a country. His/her salary is $100,000 a year.

Student B is a company CEO. His/her salary is $1,000,000 a year.

Is this fair? Make up a dialogue.

Ex.4 Make the summary of the text.

Rules and Freedom Triumph and despair

Jamie Lawrence reveals how being sent to prison for robbery kick-started his football career.

My parents went back to Jamaica when I was seventeen and suddenly I was in the big wide world with nothing. So I went and lived with my sister. Neither of us had much money; the easiest way for me to survive was through crime. Not long afterwards, I was arrested for the first time. A friend and I were caught driving a stolen car. When I was nineteen, I was sent to prison for theft, assault and numerous robberies.

I went to Eltham Young Offenders Institute. Although I was scared, many of my friends were there and that made it easier. I went to the gym every day, I worked out in my cell, I did some courses, and I played football constantly because I still believed I could make it.

I was released a month before my twenty-first birthday and, just six weeks later, I was back in trouble. This was with a guy who was having a go at a friend of mine, so I beat him up, then robbed him. Then the friend who I'd stuck up for did a deal with the police: he agreed to give evidence against me in return for being let off. I went on the run for six weeks, hiding out at my sister's. It wasn't fair on her and when you're in hiding the only way of earning is to commit more crime.

While I was on remand, my mother came over from Jamaica. She visited me and said, 'Son, why are you doing this to me?' She began to cry, which made me cry as well — the only time I cried through all of this.

At the trial, I was sentenced to four years for robbery with violence. Even at this stage, I knew I could make it as a footballer and on Boxing Day 1993, I played for the prison against a semi-professional team, Cowes Sports. I scored two goals and their manager asked the prison governor if I could play for them.

I took it from there. For the first month or so I played against teams on the island and became a bit of a local celebrity. I continued playing well and professional clubs started to watch me. This was my big opportunity, but I was never nervous. Nervous, for me, is standing in a courtroom waiting to be sentenced. I was released in 1993 after twenty-six months inside. I went up to Sunderland for a trial and managed to do well enough to be offered a one-year contract. The following Tuesday, I played in front of eighteen thousand people. When I came off, I received a standing ovation.

Now, ten years later, I've appeared in more than 250 matches, won the Littlewoods Cup with Leicester, and have thirteen caps for Jamaica. If it were not for prison, I would never have made it as a professional footballer.

When my football career is over, I'd like to work in the community with young people. I'd like to use my experience to show them that if you get into trouble as a young person, your life is not necessarily over. You can always fight back and make something of your life.

Notes

to survive	выжить
theft	кража
assault	воруженное нападение
offender	преступник
cell	тюремная камера
to release	освобождать
to have a go at smb	издеваться, цепляться, «наезжать»
to stick up for smb	защищать, поддерживать кого-либо
to give evidence against	свидетельствовать, давать показания против кого-либо
to go on the run	податься в бега
to commit crime	совершить преступление
to be on remand	находиться под следствием
trial	судебный процесс
celebrity	знаменитость