欧美人文风情第241篇:人们整天都在做什么

 What Do People Do All Day? 人们整天在做什么？

A presentation¹ by me. 由我来报告。

Most people go to work, which is less fun than bowling² with your friends. 大部分的人去工作，那比和朋友打保龄球还不好玩。

My dad works³ in business. He says it's just as fun as bowling, but I'm not so sure. 我爸爸是生意人。他说工作就和打保龄球一样好玩，不过我可不太确定。

He says that it's important for people to be engaged⁴ in their work, that it makes them do a good job. 他说人们投入工作是很重要的，那让他们交出好成绩。

My dad says only one in 10 people are engaged. He's so engaged that they've recently gave him an award. 我爸爸说只有十分之一的人积极投入。爸爸非常认真，他们最近才颁给他一个奖。

When people aren't engaged, they get very fidgety and stare out of the window, thinking of all the other things they would rather be doing. 当人们对工作不投入时，他们会变得很坐立难安，然后盯着窗外看，想着所有他们宁可现在在做的其它事情。

My dad says almost half of the people who aren't engaged are already looking for other jobs. 我爸爸说几乎有一半没有投入感的人已经在找其它工作了。

And people who aren't excited about coming to work are 2.5 times more likely to pretend⁵ they have a tummy ache⁶ and stay in bed, 而对去上班不觉得兴奋的人，他们假装肚子痛然后待在床上的可能多出 2.5 倍，

which costs UK businesses over 32 billion pounds a year. 那一年花掉英国企业超过 320 亿英镑。

My dad's boss hired a very clever woman, with shiny⁷ shoes, 我爸爸的老板请了一个很聪明的女人，脚上穿着亮晶晶的鞋子，

who's helped everyone understand their jobs and feel part of a great, big team all playing the same game. 她帮助每个人了解自己的工作，然后觉得自己是全在同一场比赛里出色的大团队的一员。

Dad says when you feel good about your work, you can't wait to get out of bed and try even harder than the day before. 爸爸说当你对自己的工作感觉很好时，你就会等不及要离开床铺然后比昨天更卖力工作。

The very clever woman makes sure that the boss spends time with everyone in the company, to ask them for all their brilliant ideas, 那个很聪明的女人确保老板花时间和公司里的每个人相处、向员工找好点子，

and that everyone has all the information they need to be able to work together to do amazing things. 然后每个人都有他们需要的所有信息，以能一起做了不起的事情。

The very clever woman says that people who are involved in their work are 87 percent more likely to stay in their jobs 很聪明的女人说积极参与工作的人，他们留在岗位上的机率高出百分之八十七，

and 70 percent more likely to be nicer to their customers. 而且会多出百分之七十的机率对客户比较好。

Since that woman arrived, my dad's company has grown three times as fast as the people next door and made 43 percent more profit. 从那个女人来以后，爸爸的公司比隔壁成长快三倍，而且多创造了百分之四十三的利润。

My dad's boss was so pleased he took everyone bowling! 我爸爸的老板高兴到带大家去玩保龄球!

And the very clever woman is always thinking of new ways for people to want to work together in the future. 而那个很聪明的女人一直在思考新方法让人们以后想一起工作。

She will probably be the boss of the company by then, or she might even be the minister of engagement⁸ for the government. 她到时候或许会成为公司的老板，或她甚至可能成为政府的「提升工作投入感部长」。

By then, people from different countries might be able to use their computer phones to understand each other in one special language. 那时候，不同国家的人可能可以用他们的计算机手机以一种特别的语言来理解彼此。

When I grow up, I can go to a holographic meeting or send my avatar to work for me. 我长大后，我可以参加全像投影会议，或派我的虚拟化身去替我工作。

Someday you might even be able to work in your sleep and have the boss sending messages to your brain. 有一天你甚至搞不好可以在睡梦中工作，然后老板传讯息到你的大脑里。

People will work from anywhere. We'll still want to go to the office to have fun and be with people. 人们会从任何地方工作。我们还是会想去办公室度过快乐时光还有和人们聚在一起。

When I start work, I think I'll hold an election⁹ so that everyone can decide who the boss is. 在我开始工作的时候，我想我会办一场选举，让每个人可以决定老板是谁。

Maybe work isn't so bad after all. I think I might even try it one day. But I need to finish primary school first. 或许工作终究没有那么糟糕。我想我搞不好有一天会想试试看呢。不过我得先读完小学。

 

1 presentation   

n.赠与，陈述，介绍；表演，展示

参考例句：

• Last week we went to the presentation of a new play.上星期我们去观看了一场新剧的演出。
• The manner of presentation is highly important.介绍的方式很重要。

2 bowling   

n.保龄球运动

参考例句：

• Bowling is a popular sport with young and old.保龄球是老少都爱的运动。
• Which sport do you 1ike most,golf or bowling?你最喜欢什么运动，高尔夫还是保龄球？

3 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

4 engaged   

a.having agree to get married

参考例句：

• They are engaged in talks with the Irish government. 他们正忙着与爱尔兰政府谈判。
• The old lady engaged herself in making clothes for her children. 这位老太太忙着为孩子们做衣服。

5 pretend   

vt.假装，假托，装扮；vi.假装，装作

参考例句：

• So you don't need to pretend,do you?所以你不必装假了，对吧？
• Many people pretend that they understand modern art.许多人装着自己懂得现代艺术。

6 ache   

n.疼痛；vi.痛，哀怜，渴望

参考例句：

• He has an ache in the back.他的背痛。
• My muscles is going to ache all over tomorrow.明天我全身肌肉都会痛了。

7 shiny   

adj.有光泽的，发光的，辉煌的

参考例句：

• What shiny shoes you're wearing!你穿的鞋子擦得真亮啊！
• All the cups are clean and shiny.所有的杯子都很干净明亮。

8 engagement   

n.订婚，婚约，约定，约会

参考例句：

• I can't see you on Monday because I have a previous engagement.星期一我不能见你，因为我有约在先。
• It was my mother's very own engagement ring.这正是我母亲自己的订婚戒指。

9 election   

n.选举，选择权；当选

参考例句：

• There is no doubt but that he will win the election.毫无疑问，他将在竞选中获胜。
• The government will probably fall at the coming election.在即将到来的大选中，该政府很可能要垮台。