Тема занятия «Дресс-код специалиста»
Task 1. Make up phrases and translate them. Name the jobs where people use these items of clothes..
| Collar | A. | heels |
| Hair | B. | hat |
| Hard | C. | mask |
| High | D. | tie |
| Face | E. | boots |
| High visibility | F. | gloves |
| Bow | G. | suit |
| Wellington | H. | jacket |
| Rubber | I. | and tie |
| Business | J. | net |
Example
A businessman wears a business suit.
Task 2. Answer the questions.
You are going to read a news story with the following headline:
Wear high heels or go home, receptionist told
• In what sort of place do you think the receptionist works?
• Why might her employers want her to wear high-heeled shoes?
• What positive and negative things can you say about high-heels?
Task 3. Read the text Wear high heels or go home, receptionist told
An office worker in London has been sent home from work because she refused to wear high-heeled shoes.
Nicola Thorp, a receptionist at the offices of finance company PwC, arrived for work wearing smart flat shoes.
But her supervisor told her to go out and buy a pair of high-heeled shoes or go home.
Ms Thorp explained that she needed to spend nine hours a day walking around the office and that high-heeled shoes were uncomfortable.
She also pointed out that the dress requirement was unfair as it did not apply to male colleagues. She asked how flat shoes would prevent her from doing her job.
She was given no explanation, and when she refused to buy high-heeled shoes, she was sent home without pay.
PwC later pointed out that the dress code was not theirs.
They said it was set by the agency Portico, who supplied reception staff for their offices.
A spokesperson for Portico said that Ms Thorp had signed their appearance guidelines. However, he said they would review these as a result of what had happened.
According to UK law, employers can demand that staff follow ‘reasonable dress code standards’. They can also set different dress codes for men and women providing there is ‘an equivalent level of smartness’.
Ms Thorp has since set up a petition demanding that the laws be changed. Ten thousand people have signed so far, which means that by law the government must give a response.
Task 4. Put T (True) if the sentence is true or F (False), if it’s false.
Исправьте неправильные предложения.
1. Nicola Thorp was fired for wearing the wrong kind of shoes.
2. She said high-heeled shoes were unsuitable for her work.
3. The company does not have a dress code for men.
4. She was employed by PwC.
5. She knew she had to wear high-heeled shoes when she started the job.
6. Her employer refuses to change the dress code.
7. The dress code was illegal under UK law.
8. She is trying to get the law changed.
Task 5. Answer the questions.
Who do you sympathize with more, Nicola or her employer?
Why do you think the dress code required women to wear high heels?
Is it reasonable for employers to have dress codes or to have different dress codes for men and women?
Would you sign her petition?
What factors are important when setting a dress code?
Task 6. Find in the text the word in italic that means the same idea.
1. someone who is in charge of a group of workers etc.
2. equal to; the same type as another thing
3. a written request to a government etc. that is signed by many people
4. someone who speaks officially for a government or organisation
5. advice or rules about how to do something
Task 7. Fill in the gaps. Use the words from the text.
1. We don’t have any ________ for appearance in my office.
2. My_______ always gives me too much work to do.
3. There are some words in my language with no________ in English.
4. I always sign________ if I agree with them.
Task 8. Who says this? Choose your answer from the given names of jobs.
Receptionist supervisor PwC spokesperson Portico spokesperson
Example
‘Go and buy a pair of high-heeled shoes.’ supervisor
1. ‘High-heeled shoes are uncomfortable.’
2. ‘This dress requirement is unfair as it does not apply to male colleagues.’
3. ‘How will flat shoes prevent me from doing my job?’
4. ‘Sorry, but I’m not buying high-heeled shoes.’
5. ‘The dress code is not ours.’
6. ‘The dress code is set by an agency who supply reception staff for our offices.’
7. ‘She signed our appearance guidelines.’
8. ‘We will review our appearance guidelines as a result of what has happened.’
Homework
Learn new words by heart.
Ответьте на вопросы.
• What sort of clothes do you wear in the place you work or study?
• Is there a dress code (set of rules about clothes) or can you wear what you like?
• Do you think that dress codes are necessary? For what sort of jobs? Why?
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