練習(xí)雙語：新西蘭試行每周四天工作制

1、練習(xí)雙語：新西蘭試行每周四天工作制新西蘭一家公司從三月初開始試行每周四天工作制，結(jié)果怎么樣呢?On the first long weekend of her employers experiment with a four-day working week, Kirsten Taylor freaked out a little bit. Like a housework hurricane, she got through mounds of clothes-washing, weeded the garden, cleaned the windows and mowed the lawn

2、.在公司首次試驗四天工作制的第一個長周末，柯爾斯頓?泰勒感覺有點抓狂。就像經(jīng)歷 了一場家務(wù)颶風(fēng)，她洗了一大堆衣服，除了花園的雜草，擦了窗戶，還修剪了草坪。It had been lovely to spend extra time with her 21-month-old son, but by the end of the third day off she was shattered.能夠和21個月大的兒子共度更多時光本來是件很好的事，但是到第三天快結(jié)束時，她 感覺自己要崩潰了?！癐 actually found that day really hard. I ran myself ra

3、gged/ laughs Taylor, who is a solo mother. a hadnt yet programmed that routine into my life. I thought: I don/t know when the next one of these is coming, I better get everything done. I don/t think I did it well, but heck it was a productive day!”身為單身母親的泰勒大笑著說：事實上，我覺得第三天很難熬。我把自己累壞了。我 還沒有將這種長周末納入常規(guī)生

4、活。我在想，不知道下一個長周末會是什么時候，所以我最 好把一切事情都干完。我覺得自己干得不夠好，但這一天還真是非常高效！Taylor is one of 200 employees at New Zealand trustee company Perpetual Guardian, which is halfway through a six-week long trial which could have profound implications for the future of labour. Staff are working four days a week but getting

5、 paid for five.泰勒是新西蘭信托公司Perpetual Guardian200名員工中的一位。該公司正在試行為期六 周的每周四天工作制，目前正進行到一半。員工每周工作四天，但卻能得到五天的薪水。這 次試驗可能會對勞動力的未來產(chǎn)生深遠影響。The experiment began in early March and will conclude in mid-April, after which productivity data will be collated and analysed. Employees will find out if the new routine wi

6、ll be adopted full-time in July.這次試驗是從三月初開始的，將在四月中旬結(jié)束，之后會整理和分析生產(chǎn)率數(shù)據(jù)。該工 作制是否會長期實施將在7月揭曉。New Zealanders work an average of 1,752 hours a year; making them close to average compared with their OECD peers. Germans spend the least amount of time working annually, closely followed by Denmark, Norway and t

7、he Netherlands, while Mexicans, Koreans and Costa Ricans clock the most.新西蘭人每年平均工作1752個小時，接近經(jīng)濟合作與發(fā)展組織其他成員國的平均水平。 德國人每年的平均工作時間是最短的，其次是丹麥人、挪威人和荷蘭人，而墨西哥人、韓國 人和哥斯達黎加人的工作時間是最長的。Luxembourg is the most productive country in the world, despite its workers toiling away for an average of only 29 hours per wee

8、k.盧森堡是世界上生產(chǎn)率最高的國家,盡管他們的勞動力每周平均工作時間只有29小時。Last year the Autonomy Institute made renewed calls for the implementation of a four-day week, saying it would help even out the unhealthy distribution of work and shift the focus to producing better work in a shorter time.去年，自治學(xué)會再次呼吁實施每周四天工作制，聲稱這將平衡不健康的工作分配，

9、將重 心轉(zhuǎn)移到在更短時間內(nèi)做出更好的業(yè)績。Christine Brotherton, head of people and capability for Perpetual Guardian, said many employees brought a similar level of focus to making the most of the extra day off as they would apply to their work.Perpetual Guardian公司人力部主任克里斯汀布拉澤頓說，許多員工都會將投入到工作 中的同等精力投入到多出的那一天假期，以實現(xiàn)最大化利用?！?/p>

10、People have been thinking quite hard about that third day off and how best to use it so it can change their life. Some people come back to work and are incredibly energised/ says Brotherton.布拉澤頓說：人們努力地思考如何充分利用第三天假期，從而改變自己的生活。有些 人回到公司工作，而且奇跡般地充滿活力?！癙eople have been training for marathons, going to th

11、e dentist, getting their car serviced, or doing the shopping for their elderly parents. All the stuff that has been put on the back burner; but either helps themselves or their family. Life administration.人們進行馬拉松訓(xùn)練、去看牙醫(yī)、把車送去保養(yǎng)，或為年邁的父母購物。去做所有想 做但被擱置的事情，對自己或家人有用的事情。管理自己的生活?！癇ut some people haven/t qui

12、te realised that if we have three days oft the four at the office have to be very productive, and we need to address that/ she adds.她補充說：但是有些人還未完全意識到，如果我們放三天假，那么工作的那四天必須 效率很高，而我們需要解決這個問題。Amazon is reportedly piloting a 30-hour work week for some employees. Whilst workers on the 30-hour work week rec

13、eive the same benefits as full-time employees, they earn 75% of the salary - and results arent in yet on the pilots outcomes. KPMG and Deloitte offer four-day work weeks to some employees (with certain conditions attached), while Google allows some employees full control over 20% of their working we

14、ek, hoping that the creative freedom w川 lead to new ideas and innovations.據(jù)報道，亞馬遜正在一部分員工當(dāng)中試行30小時工作周。每周工作30小時的這些員工 雖然能享受和全日制員工同樣的福利，但是前者的工資是后者的四分之三。目前這個試行項 目還沒有出結(jié)果。畢馬威和德勤的某些員工可以每周工作四天，但是有一定的附加條件。谷 歌則允許一些員工隨心支配工作周中超過20%的時間，希望這種創(chuàng)作自由可以引發(fā)新想法和 創(chuàng)意。Perpetual Guardians CEO, Andrew Barnes, a Briton, says the

15、experiment is generating interesting data, which will be analysed by academics at two leading New Zealand universities before a decision on extending the trial is made.Perpetual Guardian公司的首席執(zhí)行官、英國人安德魯？巴恩斯說，這個試驗正在產(chǎn)生有 趣的數(shù)據(jù)，來自兩所新西蘭一流大學(xué)的學(xué)者們將對這些數(shù)據(jù)進行分析，然后再決定是否延長 試行期。According to Barnes, some employees ha

16、ve found the reduced time to complete their work stressful. People were really positive going in, then a bit negative, then positive again/ says Barnes. z/ln general terms, people are more positive because they are suddenly able to do things that they otherwise couldnt do/巴恩斯說，一些員工因為完成工作的時間變短而感到壓力重重

17、。他說：剛開始人們真 的很積極，然后會有點消極，接著又會變得積極。普遍來說，人們變得更積極了，因為他們突然能夠做那些本來做不了的事了。Supporters of reduced working hours have been cheering on the trial. l dont feel the pressure for it to succeed, but I think my staff do. People are telling me: we have to make this work for New Zealand/ says Barnes.支持縮短工作時間的人一直在為這個試

18、驗歡呼。巴恩斯說：沒有壓力迫使我非把這件 事做成不可，但我認為我的員工有壓力。人們告訴我：為了新西蘭，我們必須讓這個試驗成 功?！癋rom my point of view, its very difficult as an owner of a business to see any way that this is not positive for me at the moment/從我的角度出發(fā)，作為企業(yè)主，我目前還難以看到這種工作制對我有什么不利。But he expressed disappointment at the lack of interest in the trial s

19、hown by the New Zealand government, despite its potential implications for addressing issues from work/life balance and the gender pay gap to the health and mental wellbeing of working New Zealanders.雖然新工作制有望解決工作與生活平衡、男女收入差異以及新西蘭工作者身心健康等方 面的問題，但新西蘭政府對此缺乏興趣，他有些失望。Having survived her day of housework, Kirsten Taylor has now settled into the new routine. She loves spending more time with her son, saving money on childcare and getting through her to-do list. Her personality and head down, bum up work style suit the arrangement perf