老外来了：在家办公|“这份英文表达指南请收好！”

一席出品： 主播：Mary | 翩翩  歌曲：Maybe Something's Wrong -Sara Jackson-Holman小伙伴们都已经back to your work(复工）了，那今天就来聊一聊——在家办公。2020 is an interesting year so far.* 在英语中，“interesting”的含义是“有意思”，可以是褒义，也可以是贬义，要看语气。* 语气不太积极时，可理解成“呵呵”在家办公：Working at home Working from home? 远程办公：Working remotelyWorking from home often gives us really lofty images “在家办公”四个字看起来很“高大上”* lofty 高大上的* images： 图片In An Ideal World 完美世界里的“在家办公”： * wake up feeling refreshed 精神抖擞地醒来* catch a bus （不用）赶公交* beat traffic （不用）应付堵车* the hustle and bustle of the city 城市的喧嚣。* be isolated from the hustle and bustle 远离喧嚣* It’s freeing 时间自由* tidy your home 打扫房间* a home-brewed iced Americano 捧一杯自制的冰美式咖啡* send out some emails 然后再发几封邮件 aspire to “be your own boss.”  渴望自己做自己的老板* Aspire  立志 渴望* Be your own boss 自己做老板Many of us have this experience now现在我们都有这样的体验了。So那么，--- did your expectations meet reality? 现实满足你的期望了吗？*  expectation 期望* reality 现实* meet 达到 满足In The Real World 现实世界里的“在家办公”：Is it as freeing as you thought? 像你想的那样自由了吗？Are you as independent as you thought?   像想象中那样无拘无束吗？Are you more efficient? 效率更高了吗？一步到岗： being a step away from the workplace* A step away 一步远* workplace 工作位睁眼到岗： open your eyes and find yourself bombarded with work* bombard 轰炸* assignment 任务所有的时间都是工作时间: all your time is spent working连白开水都来不及喝： leaving no time to even drink your waterLeave no time : 留不下时间更不用说读书了： let alone finish a book. * Let alone 更不用说从大家的996到一个人的007：* 996工作模式:   the 996 style of working * 007 工作模式：working constantly for 24 hours, seven days a week.所谓的“躺着挣钱”，只是玩笑。就是Jack Ma(马云）也是working really hard!!* 躺着挣钱 千万不要翻译成： make money lying down (会给人不好的联想）* weird looks 怪异的眼神* “躺赚”可以这样说： make money without getting out of bed.还有一种情况就是：躺着躺着，结果公司没了。* the grave reality: 严峻的现实* many businesses cannot operate in this way 很多行业没法这样操作* The company goes bankrupt.  公司破产了你的在家时光是什么样子的？* Couch potato （沙发上的土豆）：电视迷* give yourself a break: 让自己休息一下* Aimless: 没目标的* tunnel vision 隧道视野当人只关注一件事情的时候，就会容易变成tunnel（隧道）vision（视野）所以还是要尽力自律：* Be positive 积极一些* Change your focus 换换注意力* 考虑一下 How do you spend a productive day indoors 如何在家提高生产力所以，请留言告诉我们：你喜欢在家办公吗？ Do you like working from home? And why? 为什么呢？

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