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Passage One
短文一
Too many people view their jobs as a five day prison from which they are paroled every Friday, says Joel Goodman, founder of the Humour Project, a humour consulting group in Sara Togher Springs, New York.
紐約薩拉·托格斯普林斯一家幽默咨詢集團(tuán)“幽默項(xiàng)目”的創(chuàng)始人喬爾·古德曼說(shuō)，太多人把自己的工作看成是每周五得到假釋的五天監(jiān)獄。
Humour unlocks the office prison because it lets adults bring some of their childlike spirit to the job.
幽默打開了辦公室的監(jiān)獄，因?yàn)樗尦赡耆税阉麄兒⒆影愕木駧У搅斯ぷ髦小?/p>
According to Howard Pollio, professor of psychology at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, an office with humour breaks is an office with satisfied and productive employees.
田納西大學(xué)諾克斯維爾分校的心理學(xué)教授霍華德·波利奧表示，擁有幽默的休息時(shí)間的辦公室，員工也會(huì)心滿意足、高效工作。
Pollio conducted a study that proved humour can help workers excel at routine production tasks.
波利奧進(jìn)行的一項(xiàng)研究證明，幽默可以幫助工人在日常生產(chǎn)任務(wù)中表現(xiàn)出色。
Employees performed better when they have fun in large corporations with a hierarchy of power.
當(dāng)員工在權(quán)力等級(jí)森嚴(yán)的大公司里過得開心時(shí)，他們的表現(xiàn)會(huì)更好。
There is often no outlet for stress.
壓力往往沒有出口。
Every company needs underground ways of poking fun at the organisation, says Lynn Mark, a speaker on workplace humour for St. Mary's Health Centre in St. Louis.
位于圣路易斯的圣瑪麗健康中心的職場(chǎng)幽默演講家琳恩·馬克表示，每個(gè)公司都需要用秘密方式來(lái)自我娛樂。
Kodak's Rochester, New York, branch discovered a way for its 20000 employees to uncork that bottled up resentments.
柯達(dá)紐約羅徹斯特分公司為其兩萬(wàn)名員工找到了發(fā)泄心中積怨的方法。
There are 1000 square foot humouring features a toy store.
那里有1000平方英尺的幽默特色玩具店。
Among the rooms, many stress reducing gadgets.
房間里有很多減壓的小玩意。
The main attraction is a boss doll with detachable arms and legs.
最吸引人的是一個(gè)胳膊和腿可拆卸的老板娃娃。
Employees can take the doll apart as long as they put its arms and legs back in place.
員工只要把娃娃的胳膊和腿放回原位，就可以把娃娃拆開。
Sandy Cohan, owner of a graphic print production business, created the, quote board to document the bizarre phrase, as people say, when under strict deadlines.
桑迪·科漢是一家平面印刷生產(chǎn)企業(yè)的老板，她創(chuàng)建了一個(gè)“板”來(lái)記錄人們?cè)诰o張的截止日期下所說(shuō)的奇怪話語(yǔ)。
When you're under stress, you say stupid things, says Cohen.
科恩說(shuō)，當(dāng)你處于壓力下的時(shí)候，會(huì)說(shuō)一些愚蠢的話。
Now we just look at each other and say, that's one for the quote board.
我們可以看著對(duì)方說(shuō)，這句話可以寫在“板”上。
9. What does the passage say about humour in the workplace?
9. 關(guān)于職場(chǎng)中的幽默，文章說(shuō)了什么?
10. What does the study by Howard Pollio show?
10. 霍華德·波利奧的研究表明了什么?
11. What can Kodak’s employees do in the Humour Room?
11. 柯達(dá)的員工在幽默室里能做些什么呢?
