Passage Three
【篇章結構】
此篇講的是商務工作中對員工的激勵機制。主要內容為公司對員工的激勵機制并非是人們通常以為的工資或者工作環境,而是工作中的挑戰。
【詞匯點撥】
challenging a. 挑戰性的; ogical a. 合理的; manually ad. 手動地; identify v. 認同; tedious a. 單調的,沉悶的
【話題詞匯】
arbitrarily ad. 專橫地
mechanical a. 機械的
robotics n. 機器人學
by definition 當然
job security 職業安全感
labor relations 勞資關系
【難句解析】
1. It’s logical to suppose that things like good labor relations, good working conditions, good wages and benefits and job security motivate workers, but one expert, Frederick Herzberg argued that such conditions do not
motivate workers.
【解析】此句結構是由轉折連詞but引導的兩個分句。前面一個分句中,it做形式主語,后面的不定式to suppose是真正主語。That引導賓語從句,介詞like以及其引導內容做things的后置定語。后面一個分句中,one expert 與
Frederick Herzberg為同位語,that后引導賓語從句。
2. However, even with the development of computers and robotics, there’re always plenty of boring, repetitive and mechanical jobs and lots of unskilled people who have to do them.
【解析】本句主句為there be 句型,常見的短語with the development of作時間狀語,意為“隨著……的發展”。jobs和people為表語,三個并列形容詞boring, repetitive 和 mechanical一起修飾jobs,who引導的定語從句修飾先行詞
unskilled people