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INGLÊS INSTRUMENTAL – MÓDULO I – ATIVIDADE I 
 
 
Esta é nossa primeira atividade de leitura. É diagnóstica. Quero saber como cada um se situa 
nesta habilidade linguística. É baseada em conhecimentos prévios e habilidades de leitura que 
servem para qualquer língua, inclusive para o português. 
Evite usar o dicionário para olhar o significado de todas as palavras. Também não use nenhum 
tradutor para fazer a leitura. Qualquer tentativa, nesse sentido, é um ato que lesa a si próprio 
e não a mim. Portanto, seu êxito depende de sua vontade em aceitar as regras do jogo e não 
buscar nenhum atalho. 
Para enviar as respostas, anexe um arquivo para fazê-lo. 
 
Atenciosamente, 
 
Kelly Nunes 
Home comforts at work 
Technological advances have helped us to save time and effort in many areas of 
life. At work we already appreciate such benefits as computerisation and fast 
communication via e-mail and satellites. There is now a growing trend towards 
moving technology into our home and staying there to work. A recent survey in the 
UK reported that one in five of the working population now spends at least part of 
the working week at home, "teleworking". But how attractive and feasible is 
teleworking really? 
 What are the advantages of teleworking? 
British Telecom, an employer who actively encourages its workers to work from 
home, claims that people who work from home are up to 20% more productive 
than those in the office. Having greater control over their working environment 
means that teleworkers are generally less stressed. A report in 1994 found that 
teleworkers were considered to be more productive, reliable and loyal than on-site 
staff. The teleworker saves money on office clothes and on travelling costs (the 
average office-based worker spends 480 hours per year commuting, the equivalent 
of 60 working days). The employer saves money, too; one company, Digital, who 
has one quarter of its workforce teleworking, calculated that the cost of setting up 
an office at home for an employee, approximately £3,500, was recouped within the 
first year. And considering the 19.8 billion gallons of exhaust fumes every day 
produced from commuters' cars, there are also gains for society in general. 
Why is there a trend towards teleworking? 
British industry is changing. For instance, screen-based service industries have 
been replacing the manufacturing industries. There has also been a noticeable shift 
towards self-employment and people working on short-term contracts. A lot of work 
is now contracted out to freelance workers. In the USA, environmental awareness 
has played a role. The US Clean Air Act requires major employers to reduce the 
number of business journeys staff make into the office. As a consequence, giant 
companies such as AT&T and IBM have introduced an element of teleworking. 
INGLÊS INSTRUMENTAL – MÓDULO I – ATIVIDADE I 
 
 
Constantly improving technology supports this trend towards teleworking. Thanks 
to new software coming onto the market, the average PC will be able to automate 
phone dialling and act as an intelligent information centre for voice messages, 
electronic mail and faxes. 
The future 
Even though there are disadvantages, such as teleworkers feeling isolated, lonely 
and frustrated, it seems that teleworking is here to stay. Indeed, it has been 
estimated that by the end of 1997, 2.25 million people in the UK will be working 
from home for at least three days a week. The figure will reach 5 million by the end 
of the century. 
Reading for meaning 
When you read an article, you can often guess the words you do not know from the 
context. 
Find words or expressions in the above article which have the following 
meanings: 
a. Practicable 
b. Dependable 
c. Establishing 
d. Paid back 
e. Significant 
f. move 
 
Disponível em http://www.linguarama.com/ps/technology-themed-english/home-comforts-at-
work. 
2.Que palavras você supõe o significado e lhe dão uma noção sobre o tema tratado no texto? Justifique. 
3. O texto estrutura-se como uma entrevista. As perguntas efetuadas são respondidas coerentemente? 
4. A realidade descrita tem que fatores comuns com a brasileira? Explique.

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