Working from anywhere

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Maya's life on the roadListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9Result or activity?Grammar exercise
10. 10Simple or continuous?Grammar rule
11. 11Maya's message homeGrammar exercise
12. 12Say it naturallySpeaking practice
13. 13The visa interviewSpeaking practice
14. 14Let's discussDiscussion
15. 15Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: simple or continuous?Grammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a post for remote workersDiscussion

Words

• work remotely/ˌwɜːrk rɪˈmoʊtli/

  to do your job from home or another place, not from an office

• base yourself in/ˌbeɪs jərˈself ɪn/

  to choose a place to live and work from, usually for a while

• drawback/ˈdrɔːbæk/

  a disadvantage or problem that makes something less attractive

• freelancer/ˈfriːlænsər/

  a person who sells their work to different clients instead of working for one company

• opt for/ˈɑːpt fər/

  to choose something, especially after thinking about it

• flexibility/ˌfleksəˈbɪləti/

  the freedom to change your plans, hours or place easily

• isolated/ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/

  alone, with little contact with other people

• time zone/ˈtaɪm zoʊn/

  one of the areas of the world that has its own time

• the world is your oyster/ðə ˌwɜːrld ɪz jər ˈɔɪstər/

  you are free to go anywhere and do anything you want

• put down roots/ˌpʊt daʊn ˈruːts/

  to settle in a place and build a life there

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about where and how people work.

1. Where do you usually work or study? Could you do it from somewhere else?
2. What would you miss most if you had to move to a new country for a year?
3. Do you know anyone who works from a different city or country than their company? How does it work for them?

Grammar rule

Simple or continuous?

Present perfect simple: have + past participle	Present perfect continuous: have been + -ing
a result or a number: how many, how much	an activity: how long, what you have been doing
They have written three books.	She has been writing since breakfast.
a finished action: I've painted the bedroom. Come and see!	maybe not finished, or just finished with signs you can see: Your hands are blue! Have you been painting?

Both are fine

With live, work, study and teach + for or since, both forms are correct. The continuous sounds more temporary: He's taught / He's been teaching at this school since 2019.

State verbs

Verbs for states, not actions (know, own, believe, like, want, understand, belong, and be), are not usually continuous: They've owned the café since 2018. (not They've been owning)

How many / how much → simple: How many emails have you answered? · How long + an activity → usually continuous: How long have you been waiting?