原版英语小短文 165. The New Office (1)

　　They were going to move to a new office. But why? Their current office was in a new building. It was in a nice neighborhood. It was near trains and buses. It was near shops and restaurants. The boss wanted to save money. They moved into their new office on Tuesday. It was in an old building. It was in a poor neighborhood. Buses and trains were blocks away. Shops and restaurants were blocks away. Their new office was on the third floor. It had no partitions¹ or privacy². Desks were jammed together. The back of one chair almost touched the back of another chair. The coatroom was a tiny closet. The bathrooms were down the hallway. Both of the tiny elevators broke down on Friday. Everyone had to use the stairs. Everyone complained. The boss said to stop complaining. "Be glad we're not on the fifth floor," he said.

1 partitions   

分开( partition的名词复数 )； 分割； 分割物； 隔墙

参考例句：

• In banquet halls folding partitions are very popular. 在宴会大厅中可折叠的隔板很普遍。
• Partitions provided a segregation between the smoking and non-smoking areas of the canteen. 隔断把餐厅分成了吸烟区和非吸烟区。

2 privacy   

n.私人权利，个人自由，隐私权

参考例句：

• In such matters,privacy is impossible.在这类事情中，保密是不可能的。
• She wept in the privacy of her own room.她在自己房内暗暗落泪。