Research into new types of medicine and treatments are essential for improving health and deal with diseases. Who do you think should fund these researchers: private companies, individuals or governments?

In the reading passage, the author states that

offer

Wrong verb form

offering

show examples

employees

the

option

of working a four-day workweek would benefit both the economy, the individual companies and the

employees

who decided to take the

option

,

while

the listening material totally

disagree

Change the verb form

disagrees

show examples

with

this

statement.

To begin

with, the reading material mentions that the shortened workweek would increase

companies

Change noun form

companies'

company's

show examples

profits.

However

, the

listening

Replace the word

listener

show examples

says that

this

policy may force the company to spend more money. It's costly to provide work training for these four-day working

employees

, and the health benefits they need cost the same as

five-days

Fix the agreement mistake

five-day

show examples

workers

. What's more, companies will definitely need to build more office space for these

employees

and to buy more computers for

workers

to use. These will spend a lot more money.

In addition

, the reading passage states that offering

this

option

will reduce unemployment rates.

However

, the listening refutes it by pointing out that employers will possibly

asked

Change the verb form

ask

be asked

show examples

the

four-days

Correct your spelling

four-day

show examples

workers

to work

over time

Correct your spelling

overtime

show examples

because hiring new

workers

is costly, employers may

also

raise their expectations for

four-days

Fix the agreement mistake

four-day

show examples

workers

and

expecting

Wrong verb form

expect

show examples

them to work as the same amount of

five-days

Correct your spelling

five-day

show examples

workers

.

Furthermore

, the reading points out that the

option

of a

four day

Add a hyphen

four-day

show examples

workweek would be better for individual

employees

,

while

the listening material rejects it by saying that

four-days

Correct your spelling

four-day

show examples

workers

may

have

Unnecessary verb

apply

show examples

risk

to choose

Change the verb form

choosing

show examples

this

condition and ending up reducing their working stability because they have more free time to stay with their family and friends. So that if there is an economic

downturns

Change the noun form

downturn

show examples

, they may lose their jobs easier.

Moreover

, because

Correct your spelling

five-day

show examples

five-days

Correct your spelling

five-day

show examples

workers

have

Correct article usage

apply

show examples

a

Correct article usage

apply

show examples

more constant supervision and can spend more time on some working

Fix the agreement mistake

projects

show examples

project

Fix the agreement mistake

projects

show examples

, they will be more likely to

promote

Wrong verb form

be promoted

show examples

than the

four-days

Fix the agreement mistake

four-day

show examples

workers

.