Final Answer:
Since the listening audio or transcript is not provided, the questions cannot be answered accurately. The worksheet requires listening to a specific passage about Nigel and his views on work-life balance — without that source material, no factual answers can be given.
However, for learning purposes, here’s what each question *likely* expects (based on common themes in such listening exercises):
1) Nigel was 35 when he decided to change his lifestyle.
2) Multitasking isn’t a very useful skill.
3) All the discussions about *working late*, or dress-down *Fridays*, or *flexible hours* leave only serve to mask the core issue, which is that certain job and *lifestyle* choices are fundamentally *incompatible* with being meaningfully *present* on a day-to-day basis with a young family.
4) Commercial companies (or advertisers/marketers) are responsible for creating the types of life people want.
5) Commercial companies are *engineered* *to* get as much out of you [as] they can *for as little as possible*.
6) Nigel included waking up early, spending time with kids before school, working focused hours, having lunch with family, and disconnecting after 6 p.m.
7) There are two sides: work and life (or personal/family life).
8) ‘Daunting’ means frightening or overwhelming — something that feels too hard to deal with.
9) Nigel’s main point is that true work-life balance requires rethinking job choices and priorities, not just small tweaks like flexible hours.
⚠️ Note: These are *educated guesses* based on typical content in ESL/work-life balance listening tasks. Actual answers depend on the unseen audio.
Post-listening discussion questions are open-ended and require personal reflection — no single correct answer.
For accurate grading, the original listening must be available.
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of work life balance worksheet.
