4/26/2025
1. Make sure you know this vocabulary.
salary = plat
negotiation = vyjednávání
to increase = zvýšit
budget = rozpočet
trade union = odbory
strike = stávka
at the same time = zároveň
to earn = vydělat
CEO = generální ředitel
Railway Administration = Správa železnic
meanwhile = mezitím
average salary = průměrný plat
2. Practice the vocabulary here.
3. Listen and click the words that you hear in the listening. They are in chronological order.
| Not in the listening | In the listening |
|---|---|
| workers | |
| firemen | |
| higher | |
| negotiated | |
| negotiations | |
| problem | |
| deficit | |
| impossible | |
| possible | |
| data | |
| public sector | |
| governor | |
| each month | |
| insurance company | |
| state-owned | |
| Forestry | |
| half a million | |
| every month | |
| average |
4. Read the questions in the quiz. Then listen and choose correct answers.
Questions:
1. Which profession was not mentioned?
2. What negotiations are there now?
3. What is the big problem with the state budget?
4. What will the trade unions maybe do if salaries do not increase?
5. What do new data show about managers in the public sector?
6. Who was the best-paid person mentioned?
7. How much did Aleš Michl earn each month?
8. How much did the CEO of the Railway Administration earn?
9. What is the average salary in the Czech Republic?
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5. Read the text and drag missing words into the gaps. Then listen and correct the words.
public
Meanwhile
half
governor
Insurance
data
budget
unions
each
officers
increase
negotiations
Railway
higher
CEOs
Czech public sector salaries in the news again
Many workers, like police , firefighters, soldiers, and teachers, want pay.
Right now, there are about increasing their salaries.
The problem is that the state has a very high deficit.
Trade are warning about possible strikes if salaries do not .
At the same time, new show that some managers in the sector earn very high salaries.
The best-paid person was Aleš Michl, the of the Czech National Bank.
He earned about 746,000 crowns month.
David Kostka, the director of the Interior Ministry’s Health Agency, earned about 666,000 crowns.
The of state-owned companies, like the Administration, Forestry of the Czech Republic, and Budějovický Budvar, also earn more than a million crowns each month.
, the average salary in the Czech Republic is about 46,000 crowns.
6. Read the text and type in missing words. Then listen and correct the words.
Czech public sector salaries in the news again
Many workers, like officers, firefighters, soldiers, and teachers, want higher pay.
Right now, there are negotiations about increasing their .
The problem is that the state budget has a very deficit.
Trade unions are about possible strikes if salaries do not increase.
At the same time, new data that some managers in the public sector earn very high salaries.
The best-paid was Aleš Michl, the governor of the Czech National Bank.
He earned about 746,000 crowns month.
David Kostka, the of the Interior Ministry’s Health Insurance Agency, earned about 666,000 crowns.
The CEOs of state-owned companies, the Railway Administration, Forestry of the Czech Republic, and Budějovický Budvar, also earn more than half a crowns each month.
Meanwhile, the average salary in the Czech Republic is 46,000 crowns.
Right now, there are negotiations about increasing their .
The problem is that the state budget has a very deficit.
Trade unions are about possible strikes if salaries do not increase.
At the same time, new data that some managers in the public sector earn very high salaries.
The best-paid was Aleš Michl, the governor of the Czech National Bank.
He earned about 746,000 crowns month.
David Kostka, the of the Interior Ministry’s Health Insurance Agency, earned about 666,000 crowns.
The CEOs of state-owned companies, the Railway Administration, Forestry of the Czech Republic, and Budějovický Budvar, also earn more than half a crowns each month.
Meanwhile, the average salary in the Czech Republic is 46,000 crowns.