{"id":3702,"date":"2026-04-06T17:39:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/knocker-upper-intermediate\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:39:47","slug":"knocker-upper-intermediate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/cs\/klepadlo-vyssi-stredni\/","title":{"rendered":"Pracovn\u00ed list Knocker-Uppers | \u010cten\u00ed angli\u010dtiny jako druh\u00e9ho jazyka pro st\u0159edn\u011b pokro\u010dil\u00e9 (ESL) v PDF"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Pracovn\u00ed<\/figure>\n

\u010cten\u00ed pas\u00e1\u017ee<\/h2>\n
\ud83d\udcda Pot\u0159ebujete jednodu\u0161\u0161\u00ed verzi?<\/strong> Vyzkou\u0161ejte Element\u00e1rn\u00ed verze (\u00farove\u0148 C)<\/strong><\/a> tohoto pracovn\u00edho listu!<\/div>\n

B\u011bhem pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9 revoluce, p\u0159edt\u00edm, ne\u017e se objevily spolehliv\u00e9 a cenov\u011b dostupn\u00e9<\/strong> Bud\u00edky se roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159ily, jedine\u010dn\u00fd profese<\/strong> se objevil, aby \u0159e\u0161il kritickou spole\u010denskou pot\u0159ebu. Klepadlo slou\u017eilo jako lidsk\u00fd bud\u00edk a zaji\u0161\u0165ovalo, aby tov\u00e1rn\u00ed d\u011bln\u00edci, horn\u00edci a dokov\u00e9 d\u011bln\u00edci v\u010das dorazili na sv\u00e9 rann\u00ed sm\u011bny. Zme\u0161k\u00e1n\u00ed pr\u00e1ce \u010dasto znamenalo ztr\u00e1tu mzdy nebo propu\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed, co\u017e... dochvilnost<\/strong> nezbytn\u00e9 pro udr\u017een\u00ed vlastn\u00edho \u017eivobyt\u00ed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Toto mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u00e9 povol\u00e1n\u00ed vy\u017eadovalo, aby jednotlivci proch\u00e1zeli mezi 3. a 5. hodinou rann\u00ed spo\u0159e osv\u011btlen\u00fdmi ulicemi, vyzbrojeni specializovan\u00fdm vybaven\u00edm. V\u011bt\u0161ina \u201eklepa\u010d\u016f\u201c nosila dlouhou bambusovou ty\u010d, s n\u00ed\u017e rytmicky klepala na okna lo\u017enic v pat\u0159e, zat\u00edmco jin\u00ed d\u00e1vali p\u0159ednost st\u0159elb\u00e1m na hr\u00e1\u0161ek, kter\u00e9 pou\u017e\u00edvali su\u0161en\u00fd hr\u00e1\u0161ek jako jemnou r\u00e1nu. projektily<\/strong> probudit sp\u00edc\u00ed z\u00e1kazn\u00edky. Ka\u017ed\u00fd klient poskytl kompenzace<\/strong> n\u011bkolika penc\u00ed t\u00fddn\u011b, co\u017e vytv\u00e1\u0159elo skromn\u00fd, ale udr\u017eiteln\u00fd zdroj p\u0159\u00edjm\u016f pro ty, kte\u0159\u00ed se t\u00e9to n\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00e9 profese v\u011bnovali.<\/p>\n

Tato role vy\u017eadovala mimo\u0159\u00e1dnou spolehlivost, d\u016fkladnou znalost okol\u00ed a pozoruhodn\u00e9 pam\u011b\u0165ov\u00e9 schopnosti. \u201eKnocker-uppers\u201c si vedli podrobn\u00e9 ment\u00e1ln\u00ed z\u00e1znamy o po\u017eadovan\u00e9m \u010dase probuzen\u00ed ka\u017ed\u00e9ho z\u00e1kazn\u00edka a \u010dasto obsluhovali des\u00edtky dom\u00e1cnost\u00ed po p\u0159edem stanoven\u00fdch tras\u00e1ch. Pracovali za ka\u017ed\u00e9ho po\u010das\u00ed a prokazovali pozoruhodn\u00e9 odhodl\u00e1n\u00ed ke sv\u00e9mu \u00fakolu. klientely<\/strong> profesn\u00ed povinnosti. Toto povol\u00e1n\u00ed p\u0159itahovalo p\u0159ev\u00e1\u017en\u011b star\u0161\u00ed osoby a \u017eeny, kter\u00e9 si nemohly zajistit zam\u011bstn\u00e1n\u00ed ve fyzicky n\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00e9m pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9m sektoru.<\/p>\n

Je pozoruhodn\u00e9, \u017ee si tato profese vytvo\u0159ila vlastn\u00ed hierarchie<\/strong> z\u00e1vislosti \u2013 mnoho \u201eknock-up\u016f\u201c si naj\u00edmalo vlastn\u00ed bud\u00ed\u010dky, aby zajistily v\u010dasn\u00fd za\u010d\u00e1tek obch\u016fzky. Tento jev zd\u016fraz\u0148uje z\u00e1sadn\u00ed v\u00fdznam t\u00e9to slu\u017eby b\u011bhem pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9 expanze Brit\u00e1nie a Irska od 30. do 40. let 19. stolet\u00ed, kdy v\u00fdrobn\u00ed<\/strong> Harmonogramy vy\u017eadovaly od d\u011blnick\u00e9 t\u0159\u00eddy p\u0159esn\u00e9 dodr\u017eov\u00e1n\u00ed \u010dasu.<\/p>\n

Nevyhnuteln\u00fd \u00fapadek t\u00e9to profese za\u010dal s technologick\u00fdm pokrokem a ekonomick\u00fdm p\u0159\u00edstupnost<\/strong>Techniky hromadn\u00e9 v\u00fdroby v\u00fdrazn\u011b sn\u00ed\u017eily n\u00e1klady na v\u00fdrobu bud\u00edk\u016f, zejm\u00e9na po druh\u00e9 sv\u011btov\u00e9 v\u00e1lce. Elektrick\u00e9 hodiny, r\u00e1diobud\u00edky a nakonec i digit\u00e1ln\u00ed hodinky poskytovaly slu\u017eby probuzen\u00ed lid\u00ed. zastaral\u00fd<\/strong>Posledn\u00ed zaznamenan\u00fd \u201eknocker-upper\u201c ukon\u010dil provoz v 70. letech 20. stolet\u00ed, a\u010dkoli jeho odkaz p\u0159etrv\u00e1v\u00e1 v modern\u00edch slu\u017eb\u00e1ch bud\u00ed\u010dku, aplikac\u00edch pro chytr\u00e9 telefony a nab\u00eddk\u00e1ch hotelov\u00fdch concierge.<\/p>\n

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St\u00e1hnout pracovn\u00ed list k tisku v PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u00darove\u0148:<\/strong> \u00darove\u0148 F<\/p>\n

A. P\u00e1rov\u00e1n\u00ed slovn\u00ed z\u00e1soby<\/h2>\n

P\u0159i\u0159a\u010fte ka\u017ed\u00e9 slovo k jeho definici.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. profese<\/p>\n

2. dochvilnost<\/p>\n

3. ob\u017eiva<\/p>\n

4. cenov\u011b dostupn\u00e9<\/p>\n

5. projektily<\/p>\n

6. kompenzace<\/p>\n

7. klientela<\/p>\n

8. hierarchie<\/p>\n

9. v\u00fdroba<\/p>\n

10. zastaral\u00fd<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ab Zam\u011bstn\u00e1n\u00ed nebo kari\u00e9ra, kter\u00e1 vy\u017eaduje speci\u00e1ln\u00ed \u0161kolen\u00ed<\/p>\n

ba Schopnost b\u00fdt dochviln\u00fd<\/p>\n

cj Jak si n\u011bkdo vyd\u011bl\u00e1v\u00e1 pen\u00edze na \u017eivobyt\u00ed<\/p>\n

dg Nen\u00ed drah\u00e9; za rozumnou cenu<\/p>\n

P\u0159edm\u011bty vr\u017een\u00e9 nebo vyst\u0159elen\u00e9 vzduchem<\/p>\n

Platba za pr\u00e1ci nebo slu\u017eby<\/p>\n

gd Z\u00e1kazn\u00edci nebo osoby, kter\u00e9 vyu\u017e\u00edvaj\u00ed slu\u017ebu<\/p>\n

hh Syst\u00e9m, kde n\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed lid\u00e9 maj\u00ed v\u00edce moci ne\u017e jin\u00ed<\/p>\n

Proces v\u00fdroby v\u011bc\u00ed v tov\u00e1rn\u00e1ch<\/p>\n

U\u017e nen\u00ed pot\u0159eba ani u\u017eite\u010dn\u00e1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

B. Pravda nebo nepravda<\/h2>\n

Pro ka\u017ed\u00e9 tvrzen\u00ed napi\u0161te T (Pravda) nebo N (Nepravda).<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Knocker-uppers fungovaly pouze za dobr\u00e9ho po\u010das\u00ed.<\/li>\n
  2. Tato profese byla nejobl\u00edben\u011bj\u0161\u00ed b\u011bhem pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9 revoluce.<\/li>\n
  3. V\u0161ichni, kdo se narozen\u00ed narodili, byli mlad\u00ed, siln\u00ed mu\u017ei.<\/li>\n
  4. Z\u00e1kazn\u00edci za slu\u017ebu platili n\u011bkolik liber t\u00fddn\u011b.<\/li>\n
  5. N\u011bkter\u00e9 \u201eknocker-uppers\u201c vyu\u017e\u00edvaly vlastn\u00ed bud\u00ed\u010dky.<\/li>\n
  6. Pr\u00e1ce vy\u017eadovala vynikaj\u00edc\u00ed pam\u011b\u0165 a znalost okol\u00ed.<\/li>\n
  7. Hromadn\u00e1 v\u00fdroba po druh\u00e9 sv\u011btov\u00e9 v\u00e1lce zdra\u017eila bud\u00edky.<\/li>\n
  8. Posledn\u00ed klepadlo p\u0159estalo fungovat v 50. letech 20. stolet\u00ed.<\/li>\n
  9. Knocker-uppers pou\u017e\u00edvali jako vybaven\u00ed bambusov\u00e9 ty\u010de a st\u0159elce na hr\u00e1\u0161ek.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    C. Dopl\u0148te mezery<\/h2>\n

    Slovn\u00ed z\u00e1soba: propou\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed, \u017eeny, v\u00fdroba, probuzen\u00ed, aplikace, pr\u016fmysl, technologie<\/em><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Absence v pr\u00e1ci \u010dasto znamenala ztr\u00e1tu mzdy nebo \u010delit _____________, tak\u017ee dochvilnost byla nezbytn\u00e1.<\/li>\n
    2. Toto povol\u00e1n\u00ed p\u0159itahovalo p\u0159ev\u00e1\u017en\u011b star\u0161\u00ed osoby a _____________, kte\u0159\u00ed si nemohli zajistit zam\u011bstn\u00e1n\u00ed v tov\u00e1rn\u011b.<\/li>\n
    3. Techniky hromadn\u00e9 v\u00fdroby v\u00fdrazn\u011b sn\u00ed\u017eily n\u00e1klady na bud\u00edky.<\/li>\n
    4. Klopa\u010di si uchov\u00e1vali podrobn\u00e9 ment\u00e1ln\u00ed z\u00e1znamy o tom, kolik \u010dasu ka\u017ed\u00fd z\u00e1kazn\u00edk pot\u0159eboval.<\/li>\n
    5. Jejich odkaz p\u0159etrv\u00e1v\u00e1 v modern\u00edch slu\u017eb\u00e1ch bud\u00ed\u010dk\u016f a chytr\u00fdch telefonech.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      D. Ot\u00e1zky k porozum\u011bn\u00ed textu<\/h2>\n
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      1. Pro\u010d byla dochvilnost v tomto obdob\u00ed pro pr\u016fmyslov\u00e9 d\u011bln\u00edky obzvl\u00e1\u0161t\u011b d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e1?<\/li>\n
      2. Jak\u00e9 konkr\u00e9tn\u00ed vybaven\u00ed a techniky pou\u017e\u00edvali \u201eknocker-uppers\u201c k probuzen\u00ed sv\u00fdch z\u00e1kazn\u00edk\u016f?<\/li>\n
      3. Jak socioekonomick\u00e9 z\u00e1zem\u00ed \u201etwo-uppers\u201c odr\u00e1\u017eelo \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed vzorce zam\u011bstnanosti?<\/li>\n
      4. Jak\u00e9 ekonomick\u00e9 a technologick\u00e9 faktory vedly k \u00fapadku t\u00e9to profese?<\/li>\n
      5. Jak profese vedouc\u00edho pracovn\u00edka demonstruje vztah mezi technologick\u00fdm pokrokem a zam\u011bstnanost\u00ed?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        F. Diskusn\u00ed ot\u00e1zky<\/h2>\n
          \n
        1. Jak by se dala spolehlivost a d\u016fv\u011bra pot\u0159ebn\u00e1 pro profesi vedouc\u00edho pracovn\u00edka srovnat s modern\u00edm sektorem slu\u017eeb?<\/li>\n
        2. Jak\u00e9 ekonomick\u00e9 a soci\u00e1ln\u00ed faktory p\u0159isp\u00edvaj\u00ed ke vzniku a p\u0159\u00edpadn\u00e9mu z\u00e1niku profes\u00ed?<\/li>\n
        3. Jak modern\u00ed technologie probuzen\u00ed odr\u00e1\u017eej\u00ed m\u011bn\u00edc\u00ed se soci\u00e1ln\u00ed struktury ve srovn\u00e1n\u00ed s modelem osobn\u00ed slu\u017eby \u201etlumi\u010d\u016f\u201c?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Kl\u00ed\u010d k odpov\u011bd\u00edm<\/h2>\n

          Ch\u00e1p\u00e1n\u00ed:<\/strong><\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Zme\u0161k\u00e1n\u00ed pr\u00e1ce \u010dasto znamenalo ztr\u00e1tu mzdy nebo propu\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed, tak\u017ee pracovn\u00edci museli dorazit na sm\u011bny v\u010das.<\/li>\n
          2. Pou\u017e\u00edvali dlouh\u00e9 bambusov\u00e9 ty\u010de k \u0165uk\u00e1n\u00ed na okna lo\u017enic nebo st\u0159ely na hr\u00e1\u0161ek se su\u0161en\u00fdm hr\u00e1\u0161kem jako projektily.<\/li>\n
          3. V\u011bt\u0161ina z nich byli star\u0161\u00ed lid\u00e9 nebo \u017eeny, kter\u00e9 nemohly pracovat ve fyzicky n\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00fdch pr\u016fmyslov\u00fdch zam\u011bstn\u00e1n\u00edch, co\u017e ukazuje na omezen\u00e9 mo\u017enosti zam\u011bstn\u00e1n\u00ed pro tyto skupiny.<\/li>\n
          4. Hromadn\u00e1 v\u00fdroba u\u010dinila bud\u00edky cenov\u011b dostupn\u00fdmi, zejm\u00e9na po druh\u00e9 sv\u011btov\u00e9 v\u00e1lce, a elektrick\u00e9 hodiny se roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159ily.<\/li>\n
          5. Ukazuje, jak technologick\u00fd pokrok m\u016f\u017ee u\u010dinit n\u011bkter\u00e1 pracovn\u00ed m\u00edsta zastaral\u00fdmi a z\u00e1rove\u0148 vytvo\u0159it nov\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitosti jinde.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            A. Slovn\u00ed z\u00e1soba:<\/strong> 1-b, 2-a, 3-j, 4-g, 5-c, 6-i, 7-d, 8-h, 9-f, 10-e<\/p>\n

            B. Pravda nebo nepravda:<\/strong> 1-P, 2-T, 3-P, 4-P, 5-T, 6-T, 7-P, 8-P, 9-T<\/p>\n

            C. Dopl\u0148te pr\u00e1zdn\u00e1 m\u00edsta:<\/strong> 1-propu\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed, 2-\u017eeny, 3-v\u00fdroba, 4-probuzen\u00ed, 5-\u017e\u00e1dosti<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Reading Passage 📚 Need an easier version? Try the Elementary (Level C) version of this worksheet! During the Industrial Revolution, before reliable and affordable alarm clocks became widespread, a unique profession emerged to address a critical societal need. The knocker-upper served as a human alarm clock, ensuring that factory workers, miners, and dock workers arrived…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[296,49],"tags":[125,66,92,644,646,652,606,645,67,647,91],"class_list":["post-3702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advanced-worksheets","category-worksheets","tag-english-worksheet","tag-esl-worksheet","tag-free-esl-resources","tag-history-worksheet","tag-jobs-esl-worksheet","tag-knocker-upper","tag-level-f-worksheet","tag-obsolete-jobs","tag-reading-comprehension","tag-social-studies-esl","tag-vocabulary-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}