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How do you like your new flexible work in arrangement? Do you enjoy working from home?
你覺得最近的彈性工作制怎么樣？你喜歡在家工作嗎？
Yes and no, I find an isolation challenging at times, apart from my mother, not too many people I know, have time for phone chat during working hour. I tried the library but found I wasn't really keen on working there.
喜歡也不喜歡。有時(shí)我會覺得隔離很難忍受，除了我母親，我認(rèn)識的人當(dāng)中，工作時(shí)間段還能抽出時(shí)間聊天的人并不多。我試過去圖書館工作，但發(fā)現(xiàn)我并不太喜歡在那里工作。
No, neither would I. I find the library a bit too quiet. I'd lack inspiration or stimulation, which would be counter-productive to getting a lot of work done.
我也不喜歡。我覺得圖書館有點(diǎn)太安靜了。在那樣的環(huán)境下我會缺乏靈感或刺激，這對完成大量工作并不能起到正面作用。
I found the same thing. So, lately, I've been going out to Cafes occasionally, I love the noise, the people, the busyness of a Café, the sense of being out in the world.
我也發(fā)現(xiàn)了。所以，最近，我偶爾會去咖啡廳，我喜歡那里的熱鬧，喜歡那里的人，喜歡咖啡廳忙碌的感覺，也喜歡身在外面的感覺。
Coffee shops seem to have affectively become office spaces for so many people in this digital age. Though I'm not sure how Cafe owners feel about it - having so many people who go to that places to work rather than drink and eat.
在這個(gè)數(shù)字時(shí)代，咖啡廳似乎已經(jīng)成了很多人的辦公室。雖然咖啡廳老板對此怎么想——那么多人去自己店里工作而不是去吃喝——我并不是很清楚。
Yes, some people seem to spend a lot of time there and not order much. The most annoying one for Cafe owners must truly be those, usually only two of them, who occupy a table for six with their laptops and paperwork.
沒錯，貌似有一些人在咖啡廳一坐就坐很久，卻什么都不消費(fèi)。對咖啡廳老板來說，最令人討厭的肯定是那種一般就兩個(gè)人，卻要用筆記本和資料獨(dú)占一張六人桌的顧客。
They should sit at a table for two, not the table for six. Some obviously stay so long, they need to plug the laptops into a power adapter. I nearly tripped over someone's computer electrical lead the other day in my local cafe.
他們應(yīng)該坐兩人桌，而不是六人桌。有些人肯定是坐得太久了，筆記本都需要充電了。前不久在我們當(dāng)?shù)氐囊患铱Х葟d里我就差點(diǎn)被某個(gè)人的筆記本充電線給絆倒了。
It's a double-edged sword, no doubt about that, for a Cafe owner. While remote workers help to keep the café full in quiet times, they can take up valuable table space and busy period.
毫無疑問，這對咖啡廳老板來說也是一把雙刃劍。雖然遠(yuǎn)程辦公的員工確實(shí)能在清靜的時(shí)間段給咖啡廳增添人氣，但他們也確實(shí)占用了寶貴的桌位和繁忙的營業(yè)時(shí)間。
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
請根據(jù)上述對話回答8-11題。
Question8. What does the woman say is the disadvantage of working from home?
問題8：據(jù)這位女士所說，在家工作的缺點(diǎn)是什么？
Question9. What does the man say is counter-productive to getting work done in the library?
問題9：男士說什么問題會讓在圖書館工作適得其反？
Question10. What does the woman like about doing one's work in a cafe?
問題10：女士喜歡在咖啡廳工作的原因？
Question11. What is most annoying for cafe owners according to the woman?
問題11：根據(jù)這位女士的說法，咖啡廳老板最討厭的是什么？
