Fiche à imprimer : Work less, live more? La semaine de quatre jours (2nde)

Anglais	Français
a four-day week	une semaine de quatre jours
work-life balance	l'équilibre vie pro / vie perso
productivity	la productivité
burnout	l'épuisement professionnel
Employees were less stressed.	Les salariés étaient moins stressés.
Most companies decided to continue.	La plupart des entreprises ont décidé de continuer.

En 2022, une soixantaine d'entreprises britanniques (environ 2 900 salariés) ont testé la semaine de quatre jours pendant six mois, sans baisse de salaire. Résultat : moins de stress et d'épuisement, des performances stables, et la grande majorité des entreprises ont décidé de continuer. Mais ce modèle n'est pas adapté à tous les métiers (hôpitaux, commerces...). Pour comparer : more productive, less stressed, fewer sick days, as efficient as.

Mise en situation : le podcast

Host : Today's question: would a four-day week make us happier?

La question du jour : la semaine de quatre jours nous rendrait-elle plus heureux ?

Guest : In the 2022 UK trial, about sixty companies tried it for six months, with no loss of pay.

Lors de l'essai britannique de 2022, une soixantaine d'entreprises l'ont testée pendant six mois, sans perte de salaire.

Host : And what were the results?

Et quels ont été les résultats ?

Guest : Employees were less stressed and took fewer sick days. And most companies were just as productive as before.

Les salariés étaient moins stressés et prenaient moins d'arrêts maladie. Et la plupart des entreprises étaient tout aussi productives qu'avant.

Host : So why doesn't everybody do it?

Alors pourquoi tout le monde ne le fait-il pas ?

Guest : It's harder for jobs like nursing or teaching, where someone has to be there every day.

C'est plus difficile pour des métiers comme infirmier ou enseignant, où quelqu'un doit être là tous les jours.

À retenir

a four-day week, a trial, productivity, work-life balance, burnout, sick days, pay, employees, employers.
more / less + adjectif ; fewer + nom pluriel ; as... as ; would make us happier.

Exercice 1 : La semaine de quatre jours : exercice 1 (QCM)

« l'équilibre vie pro / vie perso »
1. work-life balance
2. work-live balance
3. life-work balanced
« l'épuisement professionnel »
1. burnout
2. burn up
3. breakout
« un essai, une expérimentation »
1. a try out of
2. a trial
3. a trail
« moins d'arrêts maladie »
1. fewer sick days
2. less sick days of
3. fewer sickly days
« tout aussi productif qu'avant »
1. just as productive as before
2. just as productive than before
3. just so productive as before
« moins stressé »
1. less stressed
2. lesser stressed
3. fewer stressed
L'essai britannique a eu lieu en...
1. 2022
2. 2002
3. 1992
« sans perte de salaire »
1. with no loss of pay
2. with no lost of pay
3. without lose pay
Fewer s'utilise avec...
1. un nom indénombrable
2. un nom pluriel dénombrable
3. un adjectif
« Ça nous rendrait plus heureux. »
1. It will made us happier.
2. It would make us more happy of.
3. It would make us happier.

Exercice 2 : La semaine de quatre jours : exercice 2 (à compléter)

Employees were .......................... stressed.
They took .......................... sick days.
They were just as productive .......................... before.
Would a four-day week make us .......................... ? (happy)
work-life ..........................
with no loss of ..........................
Most companies decided to .......................... .
It's .......................... for jobs like nursing. (hard)
someone has to be there every ..........................
What were the .......................... ?

Exercice 3 : La semaine de quatre jours : mise en situation

La semaine de quatre jours nous rendrait-elle plus heureux ?
1. Will a four-day week made us happier?
2. Would a four-days week make us happier?
3. Would a four-day week make us happier?
Une soixantaine d'entreprises l'ont testée.
1. About sixty companies tried it.
2. About sixty company tried it.
3. About sixteen companies tried it.
Sans perte de salaire.
1. without to lose pay
2. with no lost of pay
3. with no loss of pay
Quels ont été les résultats ?
1. What was the results?
2. What were the results?
3. What the results were?
Les salariés étaient moins stressés.
1. Employees were fewer stressed.
2. Employees were less stressed.
3. Employers were less stressed.
Ils prenaient moins d'arrêts maladie.
1. They took less sick day.
2. They taked fewer sick days.
3. They took fewer sick days.
Tout aussi productives qu'avant.
1. just as productive than before
2. just as productive as before
3. just as product as before
Pourquoi tout le monde ne le fait pas ?
1. So why doesn't everybody do it?
2. So why don't everybody do it?
3. So why everybody doesn't do it?
C'est plus difficile pour certains métiers.
1. It's more hard for some jobs.
2. It's hardest for some jobs.
3. It's harder for some jobs.
Tu préférerais travailler quatre jours.
1. I'd rather working four days a week.
2. I'd rather to work four days a week.
3. I'd rather work four days a week.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) work-life balance · 2. a) burnout · 3. b) a trial · 4. a) fewer sick days · 5. a) just as productive as before · 6. a) less stressed · 7. a) 2022 · 8. a) with no loss of pay · 9. b) un nom pluriel dénombrable · 10. c) It would make us happier.

Exercice 2

1. less · 2. fewer · 3. as · 4. happier · 5. balance · 6. pay · 7. continue · 8. harder · 9. day · 10. results

Exercice 3

1. c) Would a four-day week make us happier? · 2. a) About sixty companies tried it. · 3. c) with no loss of pay · 4. b) What were the results? · 5. b) Employees were less stressed. · 6. c) They took fewer sick days. · 7. b) just as productive as before · 8. a) So why doesn't everybody do it? · 9. c) It's harder for some jobs. · 10. c) I'd rather work four days a week.