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Lesson 25. Topic: The first day at work.

Task 1. Read and translate the text.
The first day at work.
I could hardly sleep that night and woke up at 4.30. I was worried
because of the first day at work as the head of the operations department. I

doubted if I would be able to make a great first impression. I took a shower
and had a light breakfast. The weather was not good for jogging, so I did
some workout indoors. After that I got dressed. I put on my grey suit, which
gave me a professional look and made me feel confident.
On my way to work I again had uneasy thoughts about meeting my
colleagues. T o reduce tension I tried to focus on the present moment and

made a few business calls. When I almost got to the office building, the
secretary called me and told that my room was being repaired. She said:
"Your office room needed some renovation. It is being redecorated now.
Please, wait a little". I got a bit anxious, but I decided to stay calm and have
some coffee.
After a while the secretary invited me in: "Your room has already been
prepared". It was a bright and spacious room in light colours with all the

necessary equipment. There was a computer with a huge monitor, a Wi-Fi, a
printer, a telephone, and a big chair. It was a dream office!
Then I had to introduce myself to my new team. I felt nervous, I was
afraid that everyone would be whispering and staring at me. But my fears
immediately disappeared with the very first person who came in. It was the
graphic designer Sandy, who started telling me about herself. W e had a

friendly conversation and I found out that we have a lot in common.
Outside of work, she enjoyed doing yoga and jogging and she was surprised
to know that I run 4-5 miles a day too. W e even arranged to have lunch
together. I was quite satisfied on how my first day at work started and was
sure that the rest of it would go smoothly as well.
T ask 2. Write down and learn the new words.
Hardly, almost, to sleep, to take a shower, head of a department, light /

heavy, a workout, indoors / outdoors, a suit, a look, confident, uneasy, a
thought, to think, equipment, to equip, a fear, to fear, tension, to reduce, to
focus, to repair, to redecorate, bright, spacious, necessary, nervous, to be