- Part A – While reading, please fill in the blanks with words beginning with the given letter.
A French court ruled that a man w________ died from a
heart attack after having sex with a woman he met on a business trip is a
'victim of a professional accident'.
Xavier X,
w_____ last name has not been d_____________, was an engineer working in the
Loiret département in central France on b___________.of his employer,
TSO, a French railway construction company.
He m___________ a local woman
on a night in February 2013 and .was
found dead from a heart attack shortly after the pair had sex.
French labor uthorities ruled that Xavier X was the victim of an industrial accident and his employer is liable for
damages. Xavier's death should be
classified as an 'accident du travail', which e___________ the victim's family
to be awarded benefits from both the state and employer.
As a result, any partners and
children of Xavier’s will receive a monthly benefit of up to 80 per cent
of his salary u___________.what would have been his retirement age.
Thereafter, TSO will have to
contribute towards Xavier's pension.
Xavier's employer argued a___________ the
decision but lost in every appeal.
TSO, the company, a________ that
it could not be held liable for the
worker's death because his heart attack was unconnected to the job. It
also added that the employee was not in the hotel room paid for by
the company during the liaison and that the encounter was adulterous.
French judges brushed aside
these arguments and claimed that an employee travelling for work remains the
employer's responsibility, r ________ of what the employee does on and
off work hours.
The ruling stretches back ten
years when the French courts declared
that any accident suffered by employees on work trips away f_______ their
work headquarters amounts to an 'accident du travail'.
In 2017, a French company was held liable for a travelling businessman who
injured his hand at a disco in China. The court ruled that it did not m________
if it was 2 AM and the man was off
duty.
- Part B – Ask questions so as to get the underlined answers
1 - Xavier died from a heart attack .
2 - His employer will have to pay his dependents.
3 - Any partners and children of Xavier’s will
receive a monthly benefit of up to 80 per cent of his salary.
4 - No, they didn’t. Xavier's
employer lost in every appeal.
5 - The company argued that his heart attack was
unconnected to the job.
6 - French judges brushed aside these arguments
7 - French judges claimed that an employee travelling for
work remains the employer's responsibility,
8 - The ruling stretches back ten years. The courts
declared that any accident suffered by employees who are away from their work
headquarters amounts to an 'accident du travail'.
9 - The ruling remains in place only when the employer
can prove that the worker intentionally broke from their 'mission' for personal
reasons
10 - In 2017, a French company businessman injured his
hand at a disco in China.
- Part C – Fill in the blanks with the following expressions
As
well as - Due to - Even though –
In spite of
- Otherwise - Since - Therefore - Unless - Whereas
1 - ________ Xavier
X was a 'victim of a professional accident', a French court ruled that the
company will have to pay his dependents.
2 - The company will have to pay Xavier X’s dependents
______________ the French court’s ruling.
3 - French labor courts claimed that Xavier X was
the victim of an industrial accident. . ____________ his employer is liable for
damages
4 - _______________ the employee hurt his hand at a disco
at 2 AM and the man was off duty, the company was liable for his injury.
5 - The employee hurt his hand at a disco at 2 AM and the
man was off duty.. ________________ the company was liable for his injury.
6 -________ the
employer can prove that Xavier intentionally broke from his 'mission' for
personal reasons, the ruling remains in place.
7 - Xavier X died ___________________ the man in China
only injured his hand.
8- Xavier died ____________________ the emergency doctors
immediate assistance
9 - French judges ruled that an employee travelling for
work remains the employer's responsibility during on work hours
___________________ off work hours.
10 -The family sued the company. ______________ they wouldn’t have been granted
the benefits.
