from BBC Learning English.

來自BBC學習英語。

I'm Sam.

我是山姆。

And I'm Neil. Have you seen my pen, Sam?

而我是尼爾。你看到我的筆了嗎，山姆？

It's not on my desk.

它不在我的桌子上。

No, I haven't touched your pen, Neil.

不，我沒有碰過你的筆，尼爾。

... and someone's taken my coffee mug too! Agh, ever

...還有人把我的咖啡杯也拿走了!Agh, ever

since we started

自從我們開始

hot-desking, people in this

無固定辦公桌，人們在這

office think they can do

辦公室認為他們可以做

whatever they like! Neil doesn't like the new

他們喜歡什麼就做什麼!尼爾不喜歡新的

rule about office

辦公室規則

hot-desking, the system

無固定辦公桌，該系統

where workers don't have

其中工人沒有

their own personal desk,

他們自己的個人辦公桌。

but use any available

但使用任何可用的

desk, on a temporary

桌子上，在一個臨時

basis. Maybe he should

基礎。也許他應該

look for another job and

尋找另一份工作和

quit the nine-to-five - a

辭去朝九晚五的工作--A

phrase describing jobs

描寫工作的短語

which start at 9am and

這是在上午9點開始的和

end at 5pm, the normal

下午5點結束，正常

hours that people in

的人的時間。

offices work from

辦公室的工作地點

Monday to Friday.

週一至週五。

Hmm, maybe I should quit.

嗯，也許我應該退出。

I loved working from home

我喜歡在家裡工作

during the pandemic - no early mornings, no

在大流行病期間--沒有清晨，沒有

crowded trains... and

擁擠的火車...和

no-one using my pens!

沒有人使用我的筆!

As the Covid pandemic slows down,

隨著Covid大流行的速度減慢。

more and more people are returning to

越來越多的人正在返回到

work in the office.

在辦公室工作。

In this programme, we take

在這個方案中，我們採取

a look at life in the

看一看生活中的

modern office. And of

現代化的辦公室。而其中

course, we'll learn some

當然，我們將學習一些

useful vocabulary as well.

也是有用的詞彙。

But first I have a question for you, Sam.

但首先我有一個問題要問你，山姆。

As you know, I'm not an

如你所知，我不是一個

office lover. Besides

辦公室愛好者。此外

disappearing pens, workers

消失的鋼筆，工人

have plenty of other

有很多其他

complaints about office

關於辦公室的投訴

life, from co-workers who

生活中，從同事那裡瞭解到

never do the washing up,

從不洗漱。

to fighting over spaces

爭奪空間

in the car park. But

在停車場。但是

according to a 2021 survey

根據2021年的一項調查

by the Metro newspaper,

由《都市報》報道。

what did British workers

英國工人做了什麼

vote the worst thing

投出最差的東西

about working in an office?

關於在辦公室工作？

Was it: a) printers not working?  

它是：a) 打印機不工作？

b) people speaking too

b) 人們也在說話

loudly? or c) co-workers

大聲？ 或c）同事

leaving empty milk cartons

留下空牛奶盒

in the fridge?

在冰箱裡？

Hmm, I see stealing pens isn't on the list, so I'll

嗯，我看到偷筆不在名單上，所以我就

say a) printers not

說："不打印

working. That really

工作。這真是

makes me mad!

讓我很生氣!

OK, Sam. I'll reveal

好吧，山姆。我將揭示

the correct answer later in the

正確的答案在後面。

programme. Nowadays most modern

方案。如今，大多數現代

offices are open-plan,

辦公室是開放式的。

large spaces without internal walls dividing

沒有內牆隔斷的大空間

them up. The idea is to

他們了。這個想法是為了

create a sense of

營造一種感覺

togetherness, but many

團結一致，但許多

employees prefer having

員工喜歡有

their own space, and use

他們自己的空間，並使用

all types of objects to

所有類型的對象，以

mark out their own

標出自己的

personal territory. These

個人領地。這些

could be anything from

可以是任何東西，從

family photos and holiday

家庭照片和假期

souvenirs, to home-made

紀念品，到自制的

cakes and biscuits placed

放置的蛋糕和餅乾

at the end of a desk to

在一張桌子的末端，以

allow people grab a biscuit

讓人搶著吃餅乾

and start a conversation.

並開始對話。

Researcher, Harriet Shortt, travelled around Britain

研究人員哈麗特-肖特在英國各地進行了考察

interviewing office workers

採訪辦公人員

about the types of objects

關於對象的類型

they use to decorate and

他們用來裝飾和

mark out their workspace.

標記出他們的工作空間。

Here she is telling BBC

她在這裡告訴BBC

Radio 4 programme,

第四廣播電臺節目。

Thinking Allowed, about

允許的思考，關於

one young woman who stuck

一位年輕女性堅持

photos and postcards onto

照片和明信片到

strips of cardboard: She had created this sort

紙板的條狀物。她創造了這種

of montage on this strip

本條的蒙太奇

of paper and would roll

的紙張，並將卷

it up daily - she had

她每天都在做這件事--她有

a little plant as

一個小植物作為

well - and she would

好了，她會

take it to whatever desk

拿著它到任何桌子上

she was working at and

她的工作地點和

would pin it up to a

會把它釘在一個

set of low-level desk

一套低級別的辦公桌

divider... and so there's

分隔板......是以，有

that sense of, however

這種感覺，但是

temporarily they might

暫時他們可能

be in a particular space

處在一個特定的空間

in the office, they

在辦公室裡，他們

still... there's still

還是......還是有的

evidence in this research

本研究中的證據

that people want to

人們希望

feel comfort, and

感到舒適，並

settled and have some

安定下來，有一些

sense of familiarity.

熟悉的感覺。

The woman Harriet interviewed used photos

哈里特採訪的這位女士使用了照片

and postcards to create

和明信片來創造

a montage - a piece of

蒙太奇--一片

work made by putting

創作的作品，把

together several different

幾個不同的

items, often in

物品，往往是在

interesting combinations.

有趣的組合。

Her photo montage

她的照片蒙太奇

reminded her of the

讓她想起了

people and places she

的人和地方，她

loved outside of work. For Harriet this shows

工作之外的愛。對哈麗特來說，這表明

that people want

人們希望

workspaces to have a

工作空間要有一個

sense of familiarity - the

熟悉感----。

feeling of knowing

感知

something so well that

好的東西，以至於

you feel comfortable

你感覺很舒服

and relaxed. Harriet also interviewed

和放鬆。哈麗雅特還採訪了

hairdressers working in

工作的美髮師

beauty salons about the

美容院關於

marks and stains found

發現的痕跡和汙點

in their workplace. Here

在他們的工作場所。這裡

she tells BBC Radio 4's,

她告訴英國廣播公司第四臺的。

Thinking Allowed, about

允許的思考，關於

a strangely shaped mark

形狀怪異的標記

on the floor of

的地板上。

one hair salon:

一個髮廊。

A sort of half-moon scuff mark

一種半月形的擦傷痕跡

that goes right round the

圍繞著

back of the chair - so literally,

椅背上--如此的字面意思。

she's worn out the floor. It's exactly

她已經把地板磨破了。這正是

where a hairdresser would

理髮師會在哪裡

tread for many, many hours

踩了很多很多個小時

of the day. And she took

的日子。她還採取了

the photograph, and she

攝的照片，而她

showed it to me, and she

給我看，而她

said, 'This is me. You

說，'這是我。你

want to know about identity.

想知道的身份。

It represents hard graft'. Harriet interviewed a

它代表著艱苦的工作'。哈里特採訪了一位

hairdresser whose salon

美髮師的沙龍

floor had been worn out -

地板已被磨損 -

damaged by continual use,

因持續使用而損壞。

after being walked on

踩踏後

again and again as the

一次又一次地作為

woman cut people's hair.

女人給人剪頭髮。

For her, the worn-out

對她來說，破舊的

floor symbolised hard graft,

地板象徵著艱苦的工作。

or hard work. Whatever your job, we all

或艱苦的工作。無論你的工作是什麼，我們都

spend most of each day

每一天都是如此

at work, so it's

在工作中，所以它是

important to have a

重要的是有一個

workplace that's safe,

工作場所是安全的。

comfortable and familiar...

舒適和熟悉...

where people don't

在人們不

steal your pen! Oh, Neil - you sound like

偷你的筆!哦，尼爾--你聽起來像

the office workers in

的辦公人員。

that newspaper survey. Yes, let's return to my

那份報紙調查。是的，讓我們回到我的

question which was:

問題是。

according to a 2021 Metro

根據2021年地鐵公司的一份報告

newspaper survey, what

報紙調查，什麼

is British workers'

是英國工人的

number one complaint

頭號投訴

about working in an office. I guessed it was the

關於在辦公室工作。我猜這是

printers not working.

打印機不工作。

Was I right? You were wrong, I'm

我是對的嗎？你錯了，我是

afraid! In fact, the

害怕!事實上，在

top complaint was people

抱怨最多的是人

speaking too loudly -

說話太大聲了 -

another of my pet hates! OK, let's recap the

這是我最討厭的另一個問題。好吧，讓我們回顧一下

vocabulary from this

從這個詞彙

programme on the office

關於辦公室的方案

nine-to-five - work which

朝九晚五的工作

happens during normal Monday

發生在正常的星期一

to Friday office hours. Hot-desking is where office

到星期五的辦公時間。熱桌辦公是指辦公室

workers do not have their

工人沒有他們的

own permanent desk but use

自己的永久辦公桌，但使用

a different desk each day.

每天都有不同的桌子。

A montage is made by

蒙太奇的製作方法是

putting together different

將不同的

items in interesting combinations.

在有趣的組合中的項目。

A sense of familiarity is

熟悉的感覺是

a feeling of knowing something

知覺

so well that you feel comfortable and

以至於你感到舒適和

relaxed around it.

圍繞著它放鬆。

When something is worn out

當某樣東西被耗盡時

from overuse, it's so old or damaged.

由於過度使用，它是如此古老或損壞。

And finally, hard graft is a slang phrase

最後，艱苦奮鬥是一個俚語短語

meaning hard work.

意思是努力工作。

Once more our six minutes are up!

我們的六分鐘時間又一次到了!

We hope you'll join us again soon for

我們希望您能很快再次加入我們的行列，參加

more trending topics and

更多趨勢性話題和

useful vocabulary here

這裡的有用詞彙

at 6 Minute English.

在6分鐘英語。

But that's

但那是

goodbye for now!

暫時告別!

Goodbye!

再見!