Stay-at-home Mum Fiona Gilbert is married with three teenage sons. Her husband gets up early every morning and goes to work by train. He works in a bank in the centre of London. The boys leave for school at 8 a.m. and Fiona puts away the breakfast things and turns on the dishwasher. Fiona goes to work at about nine oclock, but she doesnt travel very far. Her office is in the spare bedroom in the house. Thats because Fiona is one of the 3.7 million people in the UK who work but dont go out to work. They are homeworkers. Fiona is a freelance writer and a finance expert. Every week she writes articles for magazines and newspapers. She describes how people can save money. Occasionally, she appears on TV too. Fiona really enjoys her job. She says that the best thing about it is when its warm and sunny. She doesnt stay at her desk. She takes her laptop into the garden and works outside. It isnt all good though. Fiona sends and receives a lot of email every day, but sometimes she doesnt speak to anyone all day. She hates that. Fiona turns off her laptop when the boys come back from school. They sit down together and chat about their day at school. Fiona becomes a mother again then, and starts making dinner for her family. Task 1. Which two topics below arent mentioned in the text? 1. daily routine 2. family 3. favourite food 4. favourite TV programme 5. job 6. likes and dislikes Task 2. Answer the questions. 1. What does Mr Gilbert do? 2. What does Fiona do before she goes to work?___________________________________________________________ 3. How many British people are homeworkers?___________________________________________________________ 4. What does Fiona write about in her articles?___________________________________________________________ 5. Where does she work when the weather is good?___________________________________________________________ 6. How does she usually communicate with people at work?___________________________________________________________ 7. Does Fiona cook?___________________________________________________________ Task 3. Complete the summary of the text with the words below. children home money negative positive woman The text is about a British 1 __________ , Fiona Gilbert, who works from 2 __________ . She knows a lot of things about3 __________ for her job. Fiona is mostly 4 __________ about what she does, but she is 5 __________ about one thing. She stops working in the afternoon to talk to her 6 __________ .