Day After Day

Future 1
Unit 7 Reading
Be College and Career Ready

You will learn to:

•  Recognize different text elements.
•  Identify the main idea and key information.
•  Discover the meaning of words.
•  Answer questions about key information and cite evidence from the article.
•  Interpret the information from the article.
•  Summarize the article.

CCR R2 A
BEFORE YOU READ
PREVIEW THE ARTICLE. Look at the article on the next page. Choose the
correct answer.

1. Look at the title and headings. What do you think the article is about?
a. School
b. Time to relax
c. Exercise

2. The person in the photo is .

a. tired
b. relaxed
c. happy

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CCR R2 A
READ
LISTEN AND READ. Then choose the main idea.

Why You Need a Break from Work

Problems Solutions
Too Much Stress Relaxation
57% of American workers today are Workers need breaks to relax. They need to
stressed at work. They work for many spend time with family and friends. They
5 hours. They have busy schedules. They 25 need to do activities they like. Then they are
never have enough free time. not so stressed. They are healthier and
happier. They are better at their jobs.
Stress is not healthy. 34% of American
workers do not sleep enough because of More Time Off
stress. Then they are tired. More than 50% Governments in some countries give workers
10 of workers do not eat lunch. They are too 30 more time off. 90% of workers in Europe
busy. Workers need to sleep and eat to have four weeks of vacation every year.
have energy.
Graph: Vacation Days in
Different Countries
Countries
Brazil 30
China 5
England 29
Caption: Most workers do not sleep enough because of stress. Ghana 15
Mexico 6
Not Enough Time Off
The U.S. government does not give all Pakistan 14
15 workers the same vacation time. Only Russia 28
some jobs give workers vacation time. U.S. 0
Only 37% of workers in the U.S. have four
Vietnam 14
weeks of vacation every year. Most
workers do not have a lot of time off. They Vacation Days
20 always go to work. in a Year

What is the main idea of the article?

a. 34% of American workers do not sleep enough because of stress.
b. Workers are stressed and they need time off to be healthy.
c. Workers in Vietnam have fourteen vacation days every year.

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VOCABULARY 1
Match the words with their opposites. Connect the word on the left with a word that has
a completely different meaning. Write the letter on the line.

1. Tired a. Stressed
2. Relaxed b. Work
3. Vacation c. Energetic

CCR R2 A
READING TIP
A Read the tip.

Key Words
Key words are important words in a sentence. Key words give information. Key words
are in every sentence.
Example:
57% of American workers today are stressed at work. They work for many
hours. They have busy schedules. They never have enough free time.
The key words in these sentences are in bold. Read the sentences again. Read only the
key words. You understand the main idea from only the key words.

B Circle the key words in these sentences.

1. Stress is not healthy. 34% of American workers do not sleep enough because of stress.
2. Only 37% of workers in the U.S. have four weeks of vacation every year. Most workers
do not have a lot of time off.
3. Workers need breaks to relax. They need to spend time with family and friends.

C Read the key words below. Then write complete sentences with them. There is more than
one correct answer.

1. Workers / free time / today

2. Workers / Ghana / 15 vacation days / year

3. Workers / free time / healthy / happy

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CCR R5 A CLOSE READING 1
Read the article again. Answer the questions with details from the article.

1. of American workers have stress Where is this information in the article?

at their jobs.
a. 34% a. Lines 3 – 4
b. 50% b. Lines 7– 9
c. 57% c. Lines 17–18

2. More than 50% of workers . Where is this information in the article?

a. relax with family after work a. Lines 3 – 4
b. do not have time for lunch b. Lines 14 –15
c. ask for more vacation days c. Lines 9 –10

3. 37% of workers in the U.S. have . Where is this information in the article?
a. lunch breaks every day a. Lines 14 –15
b. four weeks off every year b. Lines 17–18
c. seven hours of sleep at night c. Line 23

4. Relaxation makes workers . Where is this information in the article?

a. healthier a. Lines 23 – 24
b. tired b. Lines 15 –16
c. stressed c. Line 26

5. Workers in Pakistan have Where is this information in the article?

vacation days every year.
a. 0 a. The graph
b. 6 b. Lines 14 –15
c. 14 c. Lines 19 – 20

6. Workers in have 29 vacation Where is this information in the article?

days every year.
a. China a. Lines 14 –15
b. England b. Lines 30 – 31
c. Russia c. The graph

CCR R4 A
VOCABULARY 2
Choose the correct answer.

1. (Lines 2 – 6) “Too Much Stress. 57% of American workers today are stressed at work.
They work for many hours. They have busy schedules. They never have enough free
time.” In this heading, too much means stress.
a. a little
b. some
c. a lot of

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 2. (Lines 4 – 6) “They work for many hours. They have busy schedules. They never have
enough free time.” A worker with a busy schedule .
a. eats lunch every day
b. likes his job
c. has a lot to do

3. (Lines 7– 9) “34% of American workers do not sleep enough because of stress. Then
they are tired.” This sentence means that workers sleep.
a. get a lot of
b. need more
c. never get any

4. (Lines 7– 9) “34% of American workers do not sleep enough because of stress. Then they
are tired.” A tired person needs to .
a. sleep more
b. work more
c. eat lunch

5. (Lines 17– 20) “Only 37% of workers in the U.S. have four weeks of vacation every year.
Most workers do not have a lot of time off. They always go to work.” An example of a
vacation is when a worker .
a. takes a lunch break at work
b. goes to sleep early at night
c. goes away with family

6. (Lines 23 – 25) “Workers need breaks to relax. They need to spend time with family and
friends. They need to do activities they like.” One way to relax is to .
a. play soccer with friends
b. work more hours
c. do homework

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CLOSE READING 2
Read the article again. Then choose the correct answer.

1. (Lines 14 –16) “The U.S. government does not give all workers the same vacation time.
Only some jobs give workers vacation time.” This means that in the U.S., the
decides the number of vacation days.
a. worker
b. government
c. supervisor

2. (Lines 29 – 30) “Governments in some countries give workers more time off.” This means
that in some other countries, the decides the number of vacation days.
a. worker
b. government
c. supervisor

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 3. (Lines 23 – 27) “Workers need breaks to relax. They need to spend time with family and
friends. They need to do activities they like. Then they are not so stressed. They are
healthier and happier. They are better at their jobs.” The writer of this article probably
thinks .
a. workers in the U.S. need more time off
b. visiting friends is the best way to relax
c. free time activities can make people stressed

4. (Chart) The country with the most vacation days is .

a. Brazil
b. Mexico
c. Vietnam

5. The big headings in this article are Problems and Solutions. What is the best solution to
the problem of stressed and tired workers?
a. Work schedules need to give workers more hours so they make more money.
b. Workers need to go to sleep earlier and make time to relax with their families.
c. The supervisors need to give workers more breaks and vacation days.

CCR R2 A
SUMMARIZE
Write the words on the correct blanks to summarize the reading.

Brazil  breaks  eat  important  relax  sleep  stressed  the U.S.

Many workers today are . They do not

1. 2.

enough at night and they do not lunch every day. They need more
3.

free time to with family and do activities they like. They also need
4.

more , like vacation days. Many countries give workers vacation

5.

days. gives workers 30 days off every year. But only some workers
6.

in get time off. Time off is .

7. 8.

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 Day After Day
Future 1
Unit 7 Writing
Be College and Career Ready

You will learn to:

• Collect information from interviews with your classmates, the article above and the
article on p. 138 of the Student Book.
•  Compare your job to the information in the article.

CCR W8 A
COLLECT INFORMATION
A Interview your classmates about their time off. Write down how many vacation days you
have and how you relax.

A: How many vacation days do you have?

B: I have seven days off every year.
A: How do you relax?
B: I spend time with my family. We go to the beach.

Name How Many Vacation Days How I Relax

Linda 7 days every year Go to the beach with family

B How do workers relax? Write a list. Use information from the chart, the article above, the
article from p. 138 of the Student Book, and your own ideas.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

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CCR W2 A COMPARE
Write a paragraph about your time off. Read the chart in the article to compare your time
off to another country.

I have days off every year. This is similar to workers in . They have days
off every year. On my days off, I relax with . We .

I have seven days off every year. This is similar to workers in Mexico. They have six days off every
year. On my days off, I relax with my family. We go to the beach.

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