Vocabulary exercises. Word-building:employ V. + er = employer N.

Word-building: employ v. + er = employer n.

act v. + or = actor n.

I. Add the suffix –er (or) to the following stems and translate the words:

aduct, administrate, advertise, babysit, drive, direct, examine, purchase, run, observe, juggle, read, redeem, write, swim, make, narrate.

II. Find in the above text and copy out nouns with the suffix –er (-or) and use them in sentences of your own.

III. Find in the text and copy out sentences in which prepositions in front of and between are used. Translate them.

IV. Choose the correct alternative in each of the following sentences.

1. The supervisor (says/communicates) regularly with employees about what's going on in the workplace. 2. Only (employers/employees) can minimize negative gossiping and rumormonger. 3. Such talk is (considered/conveyed) injurious to morale and productivity and will not be tolerated. 4. Because you actively (listen/hear) to the gossip so you actually support and promote gossiping and are a co-narrator to the gossip. 5. He always tells them not to participate in (discussion/gossiping) and not to tolerate it from others. 6. If you are the (aim/target) of gossip you can confront the source or make a public statement.

V. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Сплетни, к сожалению, являются неотъемлемой частью человеческой жизни, потому что сплетничают все и обо всём. 2. Любая сплетня основана на слухах. 3. Основные причины, которые побуждают здравомыслящего человека сплетничать – это желание развлечься, поддержать разговор и оказаться хоть на время в центре всеобщего внимания. 4. Сплетня не ликвидирует дефицит информации, но может возбудить определённые настроения или поддерживать их. 5. Довольно часто сплетничают неуверенные в себе люди, считающие, что им будет сложно добиться успеха на работе. 6. Она всегда старается реагировать на сплетни спокойно и равнодушно. 7. Не становитесь разносчиком ложной инфор- мации даже за счёт уничтожения чужой репутации.

SPEAKING:

I. Study the following rules of how to get out of the gossip pipeline. Discuss them.

1. Be busy. Gossipmongers want attention. If you're preoccupied with your work, you can't be available to listen to their latest story.

2. Don’t participate. Walk away from the story. Don’t give visual clues that you are interested in listening. If someone passes a juicy story on to you, don't pass it

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any further. Take personal responsibility to act with integrity.

3. Turn it around by saying something positive. It isn't nearly as much fun to spread negative news if it's spoiled by a complimentary phrase about the person being attacked.

4. Avoid the gossiper. If you notice one person who consistently makes trouble, take the necessary actions to have as little interaction with that person as possible. Avoid him/her.

5. Keep your private life private. Don't trust personal information with coworkers. Remember, if they are gossiping about others, they will gossip about you, too. Don't give them ammunition.

6. Choose your friends wisely at work. You spend a good deal of time at work so it's natural for friendships to develop. Share information sparingly until you are sure that you have built up a level of trust.

7. Be direct. If you confront the gossiper and confidently tell him or her that such behavior is making it uncomfortable for you and other coworkers, it's likely to stop.

8. Don't be afraid to go to a superior. Gossiping wastes a lot of company time and hurts morale. A company interested in a healthy work environment will value the opportunity to correct this type of situation.

(https://www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/employeerelations)

II. Do you agree with the following statement?

Gossiping does not improve the individual’s problems, in fact it makes them worse.

III. Discuss the following questions:

1. Have you ever tried going seven days without talking about another person?

2. What if the gossip is about you?

IV. Develop the idea:

A person’s ideas, attitudes, or activities are often inluenced by the time and place, customs, or conditions in which he lives, and by books he reads.