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ARE YOU A WORKAHOLIC?
Look at each of the following statements and rank yourself on each one according to the following: 1 = Never; 2 = Rarely; 3 = Sometimes; 4 = Often; 5 = Always.
• You keep thinking of how you can free up more time to work.
• You usually spend much more time working than initially intended.
• You work in order to reduce feelings of guilt, anxiety, helplessnessand depression.
• You have been told by others to cut down on work but you do not intend to give up working so hard.
• You become stressed if you are prohibited from working.
• You tend to deprioritize hobbies, leisure activities, and exercise because of your work.
• You will push yourself so hard that you have no time for relaxation.
• You are used to having four or fivehours sleep a night

If you score ‘often (4)’ or ‘always (5)’ on four or more of these seven statements, it ‘may suggest you are a workaholic.’


ARTICLES: 1-Read this magazine article.





A keen worker or a work addict? Workaholism -- an addiction to work -- might sometimes be praised as industriousness, but can also be a real disorder that complicates people's lives. AsBlackBerries and global business mean more and more of us work 'out of hours', addiction to work is becoming more common. Norwegian scientists have designed a 'scale' to separate out people who work hard from those who have a behavioural problem and tend to harm themselves by overwork.

The ‘Bergen Work Addiction Scale’ looks at the kind of behaviour that is displayed by all kinds of addicts, from drugusers to alcoholics, but related to the workplace. In a report to the Journal of Psychology, researcher Doctor Cecilie Schou Andreassen of the Univesity of Bergen, said the Scale was the first of its kind in the world. It was tested on 12,000 workers from 25 different kinds of industry, and reflects what she called the ‘seven core elements of addiction.’ These are salience - noticeability - mood,tolerance, withdrawal, conflict, relapse and problems. The Scale was designed jointly by psychologists from Norway’s University of Bergen with colleagues from Nottingham Trent University. The Bergen scientists believe work addiction is getting worse, not better, because the boundaries between home and office are getting blurred.
Being in constant touch through mobile phones and laptops and tabledcomputers, for instance, means it is harder to ‘switch off’ and easier to work from home. Growing globalisation also means it necessary for some companies to be in touch with colleagues in different time zones, so it will happen outside normal working hours. These factors, and others, contribute to more employees who are ‘driven to work excessively and compulsively’ - the definition of an addict.2-Which of these titles would make you want to read this article?
Are YOU a workaholic? Workaholism Do you work hard?
3-Answer these questions
1- Who can read this article? 2- How does the writer try to interest the reader? 3- How would you describe the style-formal or informal, personal or impersonal, serious or humorous? 4- Does the writer include any personal experience? 5- Does he/sheuse any descriptive language?
Match the modal verbs to the headings below and write some rules for the guidance of workaholics under these headings. may needn´t ought not to need to should must ought to mustn´t shouldn´ t have to
1- What is necessary
2- What is unnecessary
3- What is advisable
4- What is unadvisable5- What is allowed
6- What is forbidden
7- What is compulsory




HOW WOULD YOU persuade, warn, threaten or promise?
1-If you find it difficult to “switch off”,………………………..
2- If you are driven to work excessively and compulsively, ……….
3- If you don´t stop working so hard, ……………….
4- I´ll help you if……………………………………
WHAT DO YOU FIND ANNOYING OF WORKAHOLICS?
They are always...