Reading and Writing 1 Q: Skills for Success

Unit 3 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

The Q Classroom READING 1

Activity A., p. 46 PREVIEW THE READING
Answers may vary. Possible answers: Activity A., p. 49
1. I get vacation twice a year. In the 1. produce
summer, I have vacation for a long 2. rest
time. I think teachers have the most 3. compete
vacation time. I think jobs in the 4. improve
medical field have the least amount 5. employees
of vacation time. 6. policy
2. Yes, this is a vacation I would take. 7. likely
The beach looks relaxing. I like to 8. average
swim. No, this is not a vacation I Activity C., p. 50
would take. I prefer to go on 1. Christine Drake, President
vacation to cold places. 2. Employees of Toys Inc.
Activity B., p. 46 3. Vacation Policy
1. We have more energy when we Activity D., p. 50
come back from vacation. Answers will vary. Possible answer:
2. Because stress is bad for your Some jobs require that their employees go
health. on vacation. Some jobs do not offer paid
3. Because you have more time to vacations. Some companies have “floating”
think about what is important to vacation days.
you.
WORK WITH THE READING
PREVIEW THE UNIT Activity B., p. 52
Activity D., p. 48 1. Policy B
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 2. Policy A
I like beach vacations best because I like to 3. Policy A
swim. I like hiking best. I enjoy the cold. I do 4. Policy B
not like to visit theme parks. I am afraid of Activity C., p. 53
rollercoasters. 1. d.
Activity E., p. 48 2. a.
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 3. c.
1. Two weeks. One month. Three 4. b.
weeks. Activity D., p. 53
2. Two weeks. One month. Three Reasons for Policy A Reasons Against Policy A
weeks. all employees get a difficult to compete with
real vacation other companies
3. Swim. Hike. Bike. Relax.
no one calls into work
4. My family. My friends. By myself. while on vacation

Reasons for Policy B Reasons Against Policy B

flexible vacation time more co-worker stress
several short vacations

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Unit 3 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

READING SKILL 1. a.
Activity A., p. 54 2. a.
1. Vacation Time Employees Use Each 3. b.
Year 4. b.
2. 50% 5. b.
3. 25% 6. a.
Activity B., pp. 55–56 7. b.
1. Vacation Days per Year Activity C., p. 58
2. Brazil and France 1. Dr. Sanders
3. 14 2. Managing Life and Work
4. 10 3. Is a short vacation better than a long
5. 25 one?
6. 25
7. Answers will vary. WORK WITH THE READING
8. Answers will vary. Activity B., p. 59
Activity C., p. 56  Short and long vacations have
1. Reasons Employees Do Not Take different benefits
Vacation Activity C., p. 60
2. It’s too expensive 1. S
3. 1 2. L
4. 40 3. S
4. S
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK 5. S
Activity A., C., p. 57 6. L
Answers will vary. Possible answer: 7. L
1. Toys Inc. Policy A will make the 8. L
employees have vacation by closing Activity D., p. 60
the company. Policy B will make Answers will vary. Possible answers:
people take vacation because I prefer long vacations because they give
otherwise they could have no me more time to make decisions.
vacation days. Two more policies I prefer short vacations because I like to
would be taking two weeks off plan vacations more than I like to take
throughout the year, or having one vacations.
day off each week in the summer.
2. People can relax when they listen to WRITE WHAT YOU THINK
music or do things they like. Proper Activity A., p. 61
sleep, food and exercise can also Answers will vary. Possible answer:
help people relax. 1. a. b. c. I like to explore, relax and
spend time with my family.
READING 2 2. My idea of a great vacation is going
PREVIEW THE READING to the beach every day. I want to go
Activity A., p. 57

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to a tropical island. I want to swim a 6. What is your employer’s vacation

lot and policy?
7. What time do you take your lunch
Activity C., p. 61 break?
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 8. What is your favorite vacation spot?
1. One long vacation is better for
children because it gives them the WRITING SKILL
opportunity to spend time with their Activity A., p. 64
families. 1. TS: Vacations are not the right
It is better for children to have answer to worker stress. SS: First of
several short vacations because they all, one or two vacations a year
won’t forget what they were taught cannot reduce the stress of many
in school. days of long work hours. SS: Also,
2. People should take more vacations vacations can actually be very
because it is important to have time stressful because they are
to do things other than work. expensive. SS: Finally, people lived
People should not take more for thousands of years without
vacations because vacations. CS: Vacations are not
VOCABULARY SKILL necessary.
Activity A., p. 62 2. TS: In many countries, workers don’t
1. life experiences have much vacation time, but in
2. work experience Europe, long summer vacations are
3. relaxation time the law. SS: In Sweden and Finland
4. work time employers must give employees a
5. job stress four-week-long summer vacation.
6. family stress SS: In Norway and Denmark
7. summer vacation employees have 15 to 18 days off at
8. vacation policy a time in the summer. SS: In Greece
9. school year all workers get two complete weeks
10. work schedule off in the summer. CS: In Europe,
11. company president long summer vacations are part of
12. work email the work calendar.
Activity B., p. 63 3. TS: Long vacations are good for my
1. How long is your school year? health, my family, and my work. SS: I
2. How many days of vacation do you can really relax and sleep better
get? because I’m not thinking about
3. What do you do on your summer schedules and work. SS: Also my
vacation? family connects better because we
4. What are your vacation plans this are not busy and worried about
year? what is next. SS: Finally, I come back
5. How often do you check your work to work with better and more
email from home? creative ideas. CS: For these

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reasons, I take long vacations with b. Because some employees have

my family every summer. family needs, they have special
Activity B., pp. 65–66 schedules.
1. 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 5.
2. 1, 4, 2, 5, 3 a. Children had long summer vacations
3. 2, 4, 1, 5, 3 because they worked on farms.
Activity C., p. 66 b. Because children worked on farms,
Answers will vary. Sample answer: they had long summer vacations.
Summer vacation is an opportunity to Activity B., p. 68
learn about the world. First of all, children Answers will vary. Sample answers:
can discover nature by hiking in the 1. I like to go on vacation in the
mountains or going to beaches. Also, they summer because it is warm.
can travel abroad to learn new languages. 2. Today, people have a lot of work
Finally, as they get older, teenagers can get stress because they often do the
work experience in the summer. All these jobs of several people.
experiences are possible on long summer
vacations. UNIT ASSINGMENT
PLAN AND WRITE
GRAMMAR Activity A., p. 69
Activity A., pp. 67-68 Answers will vary.
1. Activity B., p. 69
a. People take vacations because they Answers will vary.
need a break from work.
b. Because people need a break from
work, they take vacations.
2.
a. Truck drivers have a lot of job stress
because they work long hours.
b. Because truck drivers work long
hours, they have a lot of job stress.
3.
a. Some employees don’t take
vacations because they don’t have
paid vacation.
b. Because some employees don’t
have paid vacation, they don’t take
vacations.
4.
a. Some employees have special
schedules because they have family
needs.

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