每日口說挑戰靈活工作 - 6分鐘英語 (Flexible working - 6 Minute English)

靈活工作 - 6分鐘英語 (Flexible working - 6 Minute English)
Video Link: https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/163360

Intro:
Aloha VoiceTubers, that’s hello in Hawaiian, This is your pronunciation challenge host Benson today with a brand new episode. How many people here are working Monday - Friday from 9-5? I'm sure the majority of you are all working full time in the office with long hours. Personally, I find it difficult to sit in the office from 9-5 for 5 days a week. If I have nothing to do in the office, I get extremely bored and I’ll feel very drowsy for some reason. I normally try to go out and buy a coffee if I sit in the office for too long as I need to move around a bit. Maybe it’s because I’m too active, haha. How do you handle long working hours? Wonder how we can manage flexible working hours? Well, let’s get started with the sentence of the day first.

Featured Sentence:
“Please use the right to request flexible working, work flexibly if you can because until men are enabled to be active fathers, we won't get equality at home and we certainly won't get equality in the workplace either.”
[ 請好好利用你申請彈性工作的權利，並盡可能有彈性地工作，因為除非男性也能參與家務，否則我們永遠無法達到家庭內的性別平等，更不可能在職場上達到平等。 ]


Pronunciation tips:

Right to (可以教連音，rai-tu)

Equality (注意和形容詞 equal 不同，’a’ 要發 a 而不是 o 的音 )

Enable (要注意是 en-able 而不是 ena-ble)

Vocabulary:

Flexible (adj.) KK[ˋflɛksəb!] IPA[/ˈflek.sə.bəl/]
able to change or be changed easily according to the situation
可變動的；靈活的；可變通的
My schedule is flexible—could arrange to meet with you any day next week.
我的時間安排很靈活——下周任何一天我都可以安排與你見面。


Enable (v.) KK[ɪnˋeb!] IPA[/ɪˈneɪ.bəl/]
to make someone able to do something, or to make something possible
使能夠；使可能
Computerization should enable us to cut production costs by half.
實現電腦化可以使我們的生産成本減半。

Equality (n.) KK[iˋkwɑlətɪ] IPA[/iˈkwɒl.ə.ti/]
the right of different groups of people to have a similar social position and receive the same treatment
（社會地位、待遇上的）平等；均等
Civil rights include freedom, equality in law and in employment, and the right to vote.
公民權利包括自由、法律和就業平等以及投票權。

Outro:
That’s all for today hope with this episode, you learned how to make your time more flexible. I have some sad news as today is my last day as your pronunciation host. It’s been a pleasure this year being the host for the pronunciation challenge and I’m very happy to provide some helpful tips for you to learn English and I hope y’all will keep on learning English! If you would like to follow me on Instagram, I’m more than welcome to interact with you over there, you can find me as benson2009 on Instagram! Also if you remember me and our previous host Victoria has started our own podcast called “Here2chill”, you can find us on Spotify, kkbox, and apple podcast, follow us on Instagram as well on here2.chill! Well, as usual, I hope you all have a great day, and thanks for listening to the Voicetube pronunciation challenge, peace!

★My Thoughts★
I benefited a lot from you, thanks Benson.
Hope everything goes well with you.
想不到是墨西哥工時最長，我以為是韓國 (⊙﹏⊙✿)

★影片の重點★
According to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development—the OECD—workers from which country work the longest hours?
根據經濟合作暨發展組織 (OECD) 的數據，世界上哪個國家的勞工工時最長？

Is it... a, South Korea, b, Germany, or c, Mexico?
請問是 A）韓國、b) 德國，或 c) 墨西哥？

Flexibility really means having some choice and control over when, where, and how long you work, and agreeing that with your manager.
彈性工作的真正意思是讓員工能對何時、何地工作，以及工作多久能有所選擇和掌控，並理出一套管理階層也同意的方式。

Men, when they do ask, are more likely to be turned down, so there's a real bias there in the system.
當男性要求彈性工作時，他們更有可能被拒絕。這顯示了整個系統中確實有著偏見。

According to the OECD, the average Mexican spends 2,255 hours at work per year—the equivalent of around 43 hours per week.
根據經合組織，墨西哥人每年平均花了 2255 小時在工作上，相當於每星期約 43 小時的工時。

Germans, on the other hand, clock up the fewest hours.
而德國人則是工時最少的。

★影片介紹の單字詞彙★
1. routine(例行公事) : the usual, fixed way of doing things.
2. common sense(常識) : our judgement to make sensible decisions
3. match(匹配) : it has to work equally on both sides.
4. someone is inflexible(某人的思考沒有彈性): they are unwilling to change—sometimes we say they won't budge(讓步).
5. bias(偏見): unfairness—treating one group of people more favourably than another.
6. being active with something(積極參與) : being involved with it

☺Please use the right to request flexible working. Work flexibly if you can because until men are enabled to be active fathers, we won't get equality at home and we certainly won't get equality in the workplace either.
請利用申請彈性工作時間的權利，並盡可能彈性調整工作時間，因為除非男性也能分擔照顧小孩的責任，否則我們永遠無法在家庭裡得到平等待遇，也更不可能在職場上得到平等待遇。
【心得】現在請育嬰假的男性也有變多的趨勢。
■flexible [ˋflɛksəb!] (adj.) 可變動的；靈活的；可通融的；可變通的；易適應的；可彎曲的、易彎曲的；柔韌的；有彈性的；柔順的、溫順的
■enable [ɪnˋeb!] (vt.) 使能夠；使可能；賦予…能力
■equality [iˋkwɑlətɪ] (n.C or U) 相等；平等；均等
(n.U)等式

Please use the right to request flexible working, work flexibly if you can because until men are enabled to be active fathers, we won't get equality at home and we certainly won't get equality in the workplace either.

#古老的廣告詞：「讓爸爸回家吃晚飯。」
Please use the right to request(/rɪˈkwest/請求v.) flexible(/ˈflek.sə.bəl/可變動的) working, work flexibly(/ˈfleksəbli/靈活地adv.) if you can because until(直到...時conj.) men are enabled(/ɪˈneɪ.bəld/賦予…能力的) to be active(有參與的,活躍的) fathers, we won't get equality(/iˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/平等n.) at home and we certainly(/ˈsɝː.tən.li/肯定adv.) won't get equality in the workplace either.
請好好使用你申請彈性工作的權利，並盡可能有彈性地工作，因為除非男性也能參與父職角色，否則無法達到家庭內的平等，更不可能在職場上達到平等。

Aloha VoiceTubers, that’s hello in Hawaiian(/həˈwaɪ.ən/夏威夷語), This is your pronunciation challenge host Benson today with a brand new episode. How many people here are working Monday - Friday from 9 to 5? I'm sure the majority(/məˈdʒɑː.rə.t̬i/大多數n.) of you are all working full time in the office with long hours. Personally, I find it difficult to sit in the office from 9 to 5 for 5 days a week. If I have nothing to do in the office, I get extremely bored and I’ll feel very drowsy(/ˈdraʊ.zi/昏昏欲睡的) for some reason. I normally try to go out and buy a coffee if I sit in the office for too long as I need to move around for a bit. Maybe it’s because I’m too active, haha. How do you handle(處理,應付) long working hours? Wonder how we can manage flexible working hours? Well, let’s get started with the sentence of the day first.

1. flexible (adj.) /ˈflek.sə.bəl/ 可變動的；靈活的；可變通的 able to change or be changed easily according to the situation:
My schedule is flexible—could arrange to meet with you any day next week. 我的時間安排很靈活——下周任何一天我都可以安排與你見面。

2. enable (v.) /ɪˈneɪ.bəl/ 使能夠；使可能 to make someone able to do something, or to make something possible:
Computerization(/kəmˌpjuː.t̬ɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/電腦化n.) should enable us to cut production costs by half. 實現電腦化可以使我們的生産成本減半。

3. equality (n.) /iˈkwɒl.ə.ti/（社會地位、待遇上的）平等；均等 the right of different groups of people to have a similar social position and receive the same treatment:
Civil(國民的) rights include freedom, equality in law and in employment(就業), and the right to vote. 公民權利包括自由、法律和就業平等以及投票權。

That’s all for today hope with this episode, you learned how to make your time more flexible. I have some sad news as today is my last day as your pronunciation host. It’s been a pleasure this year being the host for the pronunciation challenge and I’m very happy to provide some helpful tips for you to learn English and I hope y’all will keep on learning English! If you would like to follow me on Instagram, I’m more than welcome to interact with you over there, you can find me as benson2009 on Instagram! Also if you remember me and our previous(以前的) host Victoria has started our own podcast called “Here2chill”, you can find us on Spotify, kkbox, and Apple podcast, so follow us on Instagram as well on here2.chill! Well, as usual, I hope you all have a great day and thanks for listening to the Voicetube pronunciation challenge, peace!

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Please use the right to request flexible working, work flexibly if you can because until men are enable to be active fathers, we won’t get equality at home and we certainly won’t get equality in the workplace either.

今天開始要在新店鋪上班了 ( ｀・ω・´)ﾉ