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公共英語(yǔ)三級(jí)閱讀文章《電子交通》
交通問(wèn)題是現(xiàn)當(dāng)代的一大問(wèn)題,尤其是大城市,交通擁堵時(shí)有發(fā)生。下面,為大家?guī)?lái)一篇與交通有關(guān)的公共英語(yǔ)三級(jí)閱讀文章。
Telecommuting
Telecommuting —— substituting the computer for the trip to the job —— has been hailed as a solution to all kinds of problems related to office work.
For workers it promises freedom from the office, less time wasted in traffic, and help with child-care conflicts. For management, telecommuting helps keep high performers on board, minimizes tardiness and absenteeism by eliminating commutes, allows periods of solitude for high-concentration tasks, and provides scheduling flexibility.
In some areas, such as Southern California and Seattle, Washington, local governments are encouraging companies to start telecommuting programs in order to reduce rush-hour congestion and improve air quality.
But these benefits do not come easily. Making a telecommuting program work requires careful planning and an understanding of the differences between telecommuting realities and popular images.
Many workers are seduced by rosy illusions of life as a telecommuter. A computer programmer from New York City moves to the tranquil Adirondack Mountains and stays in contact with her office via computer. A manager comes in to his office three days a week and works at home the other two. An accountant stays home to care for her sick child; she hooks up her telephone modem connections and does office work between calls to the doctor.
These are powerful images, but they are a limited reflection of reality. Telecommuting workers soon learn that it is almost impossible to concentrate on work and care for a young child at the same time. Before a certain age, young children cannot recognize, much less respect, the necessary boundaries between work and family. Additional child support is necessary if the parent is to get any work done.
Management too must separate the myth from the reality. Although the media has paid a great deal of attention to telecommuting in most cases it is the employee's situation, not the availability of technology that precipitates a telecommuting arrangement.
That is partly why, despite the widespread press coverage, the number of companies with work-at-home programs or policy guidelines remains small.
電子交通
電子交通——用電腦取代上班的往返——作為對(duì)各種各樣的辦公室工作問(wèn)題的解決辦法已受到了歡迎。
對(duì)工作者來(lái)說(shuō),它承諾不受辦公室的約束,更少的時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在交通上和有助于解決照看小孩的矛盾。對(duì)管理者來(lái)說(shuō),電子交通有助于挽留高效率的工作者,通過(guò)省去辦公室與家之間的來(lái)回往返,大大減少工作拖拉和曠工,給予管理者獨(dú)處的時(shí)間來(lái)完成需要高度集中精神的任務(wù),為管理者提供靈活的時(shí)間安排。
在一些地區(qū),如南加利福尼亞和西雅圖、華盛頓,地方政府鼓勵(lì)公司開(kāi)始電子交通計(jì)劃以減少交通高峰時(shí)的塞車(chē)和提高空氣質(zhì)量。
但這些益處也來(lái)之不易。要使電子交通成功需要仔細(xì)的計(jì)劃并且理解電子交通的現(xiàn)實(shí)狀況 和流行的想象之間的區(qū)別。
許多工作者被電子交通的美好幻想所迷惑。一位電腦程序設(shè)計(jì) 員從紐約市搬到了寧?kù)o的阿第倫達(dá)克山,用電腦保持與她辦公室之間的聯(lián)系。一位經(jīng)理一周三天到辦公室,其他兩天在家工作;一位會(huì)計(jì)師在家照顧她生病的孩子,接通電話調(diào)制解調(diào)器的接頭,在同醫(yī)生通話之余完成辦公室工作。
這些是很有震撼力的情景,但也是對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)有限的反映。電子交通者很快發(fā)現(xiàn)在同一時(shí)間專(zhuān)注工作和照看小孩幾乎是不可能的。在某個(gè)年齡之前,小孩子不可能意識(shí)到,更不可能尊重工作與家庭之間的界限。如果家長(zhǎng)要完成工作,就必須另外照看小孩。管理階層必須把現(xiàn)實(shí)同神話分開(kāi)。雖然傳媒對(duì)電子交通投入了極大的關(guān)注,但在很大程度上,是員工的實(shí)際情況而不是技術(shù)的可能性促成電子交通的安排。這就是為什么盡管有廣泛的報(bào)導(dǎo),具有在家工作項(xiàng)目或行動(dòng)綱領(lǐng)的公司數(shù)目依然很少的部分原因。家庭之間的界限。如果家長(zhǎng)要完成工作,就必須另外照看小孩。
管理階層必須把現(xiàn)實(shí)同神話分開(kāi)。雖然傳媒對(duì)電子交通投入了極大的關(guān)注,但在很大程度上,是員工的實(shí)際情況而不是技術(shù)的可能性促成電子交通的安排。
這就是為什么盡管有廣泛的報(bào)導(dǎo),具有在家工作項(xiàng)目或行動(dòng)綱領(lǐng)的公司數(shù)目依然很少的部分原因。
附:公共英語(yǔ)三級(jí)閱讀技巧
1.注意解釋的準(zhǔn)確性
干擾項(xiàng)往往在對(duì)文章事物的解釋中,夾帶"私貨:,加進(jìn)一些詞,夸大了原文的意義,作了不合事實(shí)的引伸。
這就告訴我們,在辨別信息時(shí),對(duì)一些對(duì)原文解釋、歸納的選項(xiàng),要注意其釋義的準(zhǔn)確性。特別要當(dāng)心在解釋時(shí)加進(jìn)一些修飾詞,如mainly,chiefly,whenever,Only等,使原文的意思發(fā)生細(xì)微的變化。因此有這些詞的選項(xiàng),多半是錯(cuò)誤的。
2.注意歸納的準(zhǔn)確性來(lái)源:
考試大多問(wèn)的是事物的主要特點(diǎn)、特征、功能,干擾項(xiàng)卻把次要的、細(xì)節(jié)性的東西,具體事實(shí)混進(jìn)選項(xiàng)。
這告訴我們,在做釋義題,辨別選項(xiàng)時(shí),要注意區(qū)分細(xì)節(jié)和結(jié)論,事實(shí)和觀點(diǎn)。問(wèn)歸納性的結(jié)論,觀點(diǎn)時(shí)不要把具體的細(xì)節(jié),事實(shí)套上去。
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