时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:地道英语在线听


英语课






office desk
Do you think hot-desking is a good idea?





Helen
: Hello, this is Real English from BBC 1 Learning 2 English. I’m Helen.

Zoë: 大家好,我是刘佳。地道英语和大家一起学习英语中新出现的流行词汇还有一些新用法。那 Helen, 今天咱们要学的新词是什么呢?


Helen: Today’s new word is hot desk. That’s H.O.T. hot and D.E.S.K. desk. Hot desk.


Zoë: Hot desk. 热的,和桌子加起来指的是什么呢?


Helen: Well, hot desk is a new expression that means 3 to share a desk or office space. Workers don’t have their own desks, but share them and use them at different times.


Zoë: 说的就是几个人在不同的时间共用一个桌子,用的人多,桌子可不就热了吗,所以是hot desk。


Helen: Yes. It is more common nowadays. You might say 'we have hot-desking at work to save money.'


Zoë: 这的确是个节约开支的办法,充分发挥了这个桌子的作用。不是单独属于谁,而是大家一起在不同的时间公用。


 


Insert 4


A: Is this your desk?


B: No – we have hot-desking here. I work at any desk I want. It’s much more efficient.


Helen: Do you have your own desk?


Zoë: Yes, but I wouldn’t mind hot-desking.


Helen: I wouldn’t like hot-desking. I like to have my things around me, and I don’t like other people moving them!


Zoë: I know what you mean. I like having my personal space as well.


Helen: Still I guess hot-desking is a good idea in some offices.


Zoë: Why?


Helen: Maybe some people are not in the office every day, so it would be better to have hot-desking rather than waste money and space on individual desks.


Zoë: So it could save costs for companies.


Helen: Yes. Anyway, to recap hot desk means to share desks.


Zoë: Hot desk 就是公用的办公桌。That’s it for today.


Helen: Yes, that’s all. You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us again soon for more up-to-the-minute Real English. Bye.


Zoë: See you next time.


 



abbr.(=British Broadcasting Corporation)英国广播公司
  • She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
  • The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
vt.插入,镶补;vi.附着;n.插入,插入物
  • I wish to insert an advertisement in your newspaper.我想在贵报上登一则广告。
  • The newspaper had an insert of pages of pictures.该报带有数页插图。
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