英语口语大赢家Topic296:办公室冲突 Office Conflict

办公室工作可能会给员工生活带来麻烦。压力可能积蓄并爆发出问题。这可能严重影响公司的生产力和效率。

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The office can be very demanding on the lives of the workers. Stress can build up and explode into problems. This can seriously influence the productivity and efficiency of a business. The problems that upset an office can vary drastically depending on the nature of the employees or even the employers. Employees may feel that they are being overworked or underpaid. They may also feel that this signals the loss of appreciation¹ on their work, causing increasing tension as they complain about work. They may also have personality differences which can cause conflict. This can be seen in offices where too close relationships develop. People in authority may tend to place more value on these relationships than on the work itself. They may have lost sight of the goal of forwarding the development of the company. Gossiping about co-workers and the company is a frequent example of this. Gossipers undermine the efforts of everyone as they spread discontent. Leaders may also focus too much attention on competition, and not enough on teamwork. If these problems have occurred, then it is the responsibility of everyone to acknowledge them and try to solve them. If this does not happen, then the leadership must take steps to avoid it. This is a part of the process of self-improvement that all companies need to integrate. Frequent evaluations² of leadership skills and teamwork ability would help to limit these problems.

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办公室工作可能会给员工生活带来麻烦。压力可能积蓄并爆发出问题。这可能严重影响公司的生产力和效率。困扰办公室的问题可能大不相同，具体取决于雇员甚至是雇主的特点。员工可能觉得自己工作量大而得到的报酬却很低。他们也可能感觉这表明没有人欣赏他们的工作，而这会在他们抱怨工作时导致更紧张的情绪。他们所具有的个性差异也可能会引起冲突。这可以在有过于私密关系存在的办公室里看到。当权者很可能更倾向于看重这些关系而不是工作本身。他们可能会忽视推动公司发展的目标。对同事和公司说三道四就是常见的例子。说闲话者在传递不满情绪时会破坏每个人的努力。领导也可能过于关注竞争，而不够注重团队协作。如果发生这些问题，每个人都有责任去了解并尝试解决问题。如果没有出现这种情况，领导就应该采取措施避免其发生。这是所有公司都需要整合的自我完善过程的一部分。经常对领导技能和团队协作能力进行评估将有助于避免这些问题发生。

Grammar 语法小结
虚拟语气

在表示一种纯然假象的情况或主观愿望时，动词需要用一种特殊的形式，称为虚拟语气。表示现在或将来的虚拟条件句，从句的谓语动词用过去时，主句的谓语动词用would +动词原形，例如：

If I had that book, I would lend it to you. 如果我有那本书我就借给你。

If you left your bicycle outside, someone would steal it.

如果你把自行车放在外面，有人会偷的。

If I lived near my office, I'd walk to work. 如果我住在办公室附近，我就步行上班。

If I were you, I would do it. 如果我是你我会做。

If he were to resign, who would take his place? 如果他要辞职，谁来接替他？

Do it together 家庭总动员
找出下面句子中的语法错误并改正。

1. If I had that kind of skirt, I could have lend it to you.

2. If he were to ask such question again, I will refuse to answer him.

3. If it were Sunday tomorrow, we won't have an exam.

4. If I were in school again, I will work harder.

5. If I were to do it, I will do it in a different way.

1. 去掉 have

2. will→ would

3. won't→ wouldn't

4. will→ would

5. will→ would

 

1 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

2 evaluations   

估价( evaluation的名词复数 )； 赋值； 估计价值； [医学]诊断

参考例句：

• In fact, our moral evaluations are merely expressions of our desires. 事实上，我们的道德评价只是我们欲望的表达形式。 来自哲学部分
• Properly speaking, however, these evaluations and insights are not within the concept of official notice. 但准确地讲，这些评估和深远见识并未包括在官方通知概念里。