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Brainstorm typical things you can find in an office. Do your students have any unusual items in their offices?

Looking for work? You need to understand the language

Human resources: a new year — a new career?

If you've decided that 2012 is the year you start a career in an English-speaking country, you will need to understand the vocabulary of recruitment. Our test focuses on the language you will need to talk about this topic.

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Men love TEN

US: Laser pistols, snakes, a hero in a high-speed jeep ride — these are the ingredients of a new TV commercial for Dr Pepper TEN, a low-calorie soft drink for men.

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Love it or hate it

EMPLOYMENT: Do you enjoy your job or do you dread going to work every day? Recent surveys have discovered what the ten most hated jobs are, and the ten that make people happiest. The lists may surprise you.

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Sick of it

OFFICE LIFE: When you can no longer tolerate something, you can say you’re “sick and tired” of it. But if you’re “sick and tired” at work, maybe your office is at fault.

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Packing might be the best part of your holiday.

That holiday feeling

NETHERLANDS: It's summer, and everyone is off enjoying their holidays. Right? Well, maybe not. According to a new study, holidays don't make us happy — not for long, anyway.

Business Skills: Gossip at work

Do you like to gossip at work? Most of us do. But if you find out there are rumours going around about you, you probably want to know how to stop it.

Gossip: an important source of information

"Have you heard...?"

COMMUNICATION: Office gossip is common and can even be useful to your career. But listen more than you talk, and be careful not to spread negative or damaging rumours.

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Emails: out-of-office

Whenever you take a break from work there are many things you have to think of, especially during the holidays. One other thing we mustn’t forget before we leave the office is to set up our “out-of-office” emails.

Vocabulary: Office territories

How have you decorated your office? Do you have pictures of your family on your desk? Or do you have funny cartoons taped to your computer monitor? Most of us decorate our workplace – but why? Adrian Furnham, professor of psychology at University
College London, explains.

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