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Robert Tomlin, product manager at (1)_______ design in London, England. I am glad that I have my
own office. My office is very small, but there’s a desk, a chair and a file (2)____ in it. I like my one
person office, it’s (3)_____ here. In an open office there’s always a lot of noise, you can hear everything
when your (4)______ are on the phone and it’s often hectic because people walk about and you can
often waste a lot of time because colleagues want to (5)_____ in my own office. I can keep the window
open all day if I want. I have more freedom in one person.

Lin Yao Chen, IT scientist at Game Z in Osaka, Japan. I work in an open (6)______ office and I really
like it. There are 10 colleagues in my office and it’s so easy to communicate. I can see very (7)______ if
someone is not in the office. I don’t want to be (8)_____ in a small room where there are only four
walls to look at, and there’s no one to talk to. I like to have my colleagues around me and it’s no
problem for me if it’s a bit noisy and (9)______. And open plan office is also much cheaper for the
company because each person only needs a small (10)_______.
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Robert Tomlin, product manager at (1) digital design in London, England. I am glad that I have my own
office. My office is very small, but there’s a desk, a chair and a file (2) cabinet in it. I like my one
person office, it’s (3) quiet here. In an open-office there’s always a lot of noise, you can hear everything
when your (4) colleagues are on the phone and it’s often hectic because people walk about and you can
often waste a lot of time because colleagues want to (5) chat in my own office. I can keep the window
open all day if I want. I have more freedom in one person.

Lin Yao Chen, IT scientist at game Z in Osaka, Japan. I work in an (6) open-plan office and I really like
it. There are 10 colleagues in my office and it’s so easy to communicate. I can see very (7) quickly if
someone is not in the office. I don’t want to be (8) alone in a small room where there are only four walls
to look at, and there’s no one to talk to. I like to have my colleagues around me and it’s no problem for
me if it’s a bit noisy and (9) hectic. And open-plan office is also much cheaper for the company because
each person only needs a small (10) place.