Part 11.

Today many people find that the pressure they have at work makes
their jobs untenable as they have to put their families totally in the (1)________.
So working from home, being more at the (2)________ of your family rather
than your current boss, has great appeal to many as they start up their own
businesses from bedrooms or garages. But don‘t just think about it. Now is the
time to start, so (3)________ while the iron‘s hot. Providing you are disciplined
in what you do, and (4)________ the idea of working mostly alone and without
the team spirit (5)________ by working alongside others, then what‘s stopping
you? You gain far more flexibility as you can choose the working hours that suit
you. You will still have to meet deadlines, but they are ones that you or
customers have (6)________. And if you are at a (7)________ end during quiet
times, you can go out and do things you couldn‘t do before. But don‘t get
(8)________ away with the idea of making millions. You‘ll need to be
determined and work hard to succeed, but it‘ll pay off in the end.

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Part 12. It is said that we never stop learning until the day we die. Broadening
our horizons has never been easier, as the twenty-first century (1)________ ever
more opportunities for learning and developing our skills. And if you don‘t want
to (2)________ out in the job market and (3)________ for a poorly-paid, boring
job, there‘s no (4)________ these days. Thousands of online courses allow you
to work at your own (5)________, while you are doing a full-time job. Although
be careful that you don‘t (6)________ off more than you can chew! Modern-day
society puts a lot of pressure on people, many of whom have had to take out
(7)________ and run up enormous overdrafts, just to survive. The situation they
find themselves in is often not of their own (8)________ but rather that of the
global economy. Facing up to difficult situations by doing something about it
rather than running away and coming up with new ways of solving these
problems is the (9)________ to survival, and ongoing education helps you do
this. Don‘t (10)________ around complaining. Get out there and do something
about it. Remember, actions speak louder than words!

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Part 13. According to some psychologists, we should examine our deeper
(1)________ when we attempt to help others who appear to be in need of our
support. Helping others is clearly a good thing to do, and it can have a
therapeutic effect on both giver and (2)________. If, however, we begin to
focus on what we might (3)________ out of helping someone, rather than how
that person might be helped, we could be in (4)________ of adopting a
somewhat calculating attitude. This would be to lend (5)________ to the ideas
of those psychologists who believe that, ultimately, we only do things for our
own (6)________ that no actions are truly altruistic. And, of course, we can all
think of examples of problems that have been exacerbated by the well-
intentioned, but ill-considered intervention of third (7)________. We should
also (8)________ in mind that doing too much for people and protecting them
from the consequences of their actions can (9)________ their motivation and
even rob them of the resources to (10)________ things out for themselves.
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