跟著怡琳看世界 35

Scotland to trial a four-day week
蘇格蘭試行每週工作四天

trial 試用/試驗
wage 工資
make good on 兌現承諾
productivity 生產力
draw on 以此借鑑
think tank 智庫
hospitality 接待服務產業
supposedly 據說

Scotland announced plans to trial a four-day work week, making it the latest nation to join the trend as more others explore the possibility of a permanent switch. Workers will see hours reduced by 20% without any impact to wages, Forbes reported.
蘇格蘭宣布計畫試行每週工作四天，讓蘇格蘭成為最新加入這個趨勢的國家，有越來越多國家在探索永久轉換的可能性。根據富比士報導，在不影響工資下，勞工的工作時間將減少20%。

The Scottish National Party (SNP) is making good on a campaign promise to try and reduce worker hours in a bid to boost productivity and worker happiness. Spain, New Zealand, Japan and Iceland have previously adopted a four-day work week – experience that Scotland will draw on as it implements its own trial.
蘇格蘭民族黨(SNP)正在兌現競選承諾，嘗試減少工時來提高生產力和勞工幸福感。西班牙、紐西蘭、日本和冰島先前都採用每週工作四天-蘇格蘭將在實施自己的實驗時借鑑此一經驗。

A poll conducted by Scottish think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that 83% respondents preferred to work for fewer days than they do now. For employers? It's maybe not so attractive.
蘇格蘭智庫公共政策研究所(IPPR)，進行的一項民意調查發現，83%的受訪者傾向於比現在更少的工作天數。至於雇主呢?可能沒這麼吸引人。

Rachel Statham, senior researcher at IPPR, explained that trials needed to be expanded and held in different sectors such as retail, tech, and hospitality to see how each coped with it. Expansion of the shorter work week should also be studied in different job markets such as the police, health workers, and those running on longer shifts.
IPPR資深研究員Rachel Statham解釋，試驗也要在零售、科技和接待服務產業等不同領域擴大和展開，來了解每個領域如何應對。並且應該就不同的就業市場，如警察、醫療工作者和輪班時間較長的人，研究縮短每週工作時間。

The shift to fewer hours supposedly boasts a number of benefits, including increased productivity, great sense of value and overall better attitude among workers.
減少工作時間據說會帶來許多好處，包含提高生產力、強烈的價值觀和員工整體上更好的態度。

資料來源
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-58403087
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/scotland-four-day-work-week-trial
https://www.dw.com/en/four-day-work-week-a-mixed-success/a-59091672

原來昨天是七夕情人節啊！？
It turned out that yesterday was Chinese Valentine's Day!？

我在工作中渡過這個應該要浪漫的節日...幸好許多人陪我XD
I spent this supposedly romantic festival at work...Fortunately many people are with me🤣

遲來的祝福，祝大家都跟我一樣只有被夕陽閃到~
Late Blessings: Happy Valentine's Day, everyone

#情人節 #大砲岩 #垂降 #輕裝上陣
#愷穹戶外運動工作室 #casualoutdoor

[時事英文]「Not-a-doctor Trump 」再次針對疫情發言: 光與消毒劑
　
他到底在想什麼...
　
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完整逐字稿與影片：https://bit.ly/2S63LGd
　
“A question that probably some of you are thinking of if you’re totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting. So, supposedly we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but you’re going to test it.”
　
1. totally into... 完全迷戀上⋯⋯；很喜歡⋯⋯
2. find to be 發現
3. hit the body with 以⋯⋯擊中身體
4. ultraviolet 紫外線
　
「如果你很喜歡那個世界，你可能會想到一個我覺得頗為有趣的問題。因此，據推測，我們以強光射向人體，無論是紫外線還是威力強大的光，然而我想你說這尚未得到確認，但你將對其進行試驗。」
　
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“And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you’re going to test that too. Sounds interesting, right? ”
　
5. suppose 猜想；假設
6. brought sth inside the body 將⋯⋯帶入體內
7. in some way 某種方式
　
「然後我說，假設你可以把那種光以穿透皮膚或其它的方式帶入體內。而我想你也說過會對其進行測試。這聽起來很有趣，對吧？」
　
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“And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that so that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me. So, we’ll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute. That’s pretty powerful.”
　
8. disinfectant （尤指用於廁所、廚房表面消毒的）消毒劑；除菌劑
9. knock sth out 毀壞；擊倒*
10. injection 注射
11. do a number on sb 傷害某人；打敗某人；使某人難堪
12. a medical doctor 醫學醫生
　
「然後我注意到了消毒劑，它在一分鐘內就能消滅病菌。而是否還有其它方法，我們可以藉由體內注射或近乎體內清掃的方式，因為你看到病毒進入肺部，並傷害肺部，因此測試一下此一方法應該會很有趣，所以你必須有醫生陪同，但這對我來說很有趣。因此，我們將會看到有關光的此一想法，也就是光在一分鐘內殺死病菌的方式。那真是太強大了。」
　
*knock something out：https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/knock+something+out
　
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“Again, I say maybe you can, maybe you can't. I'm not a doctor. But I'm a person that has a good...you know what. Deborah, have you ever heard of that? The heat and the light relative to certain viruses, yes, but relative to this virus? ”
　
13. you know what 你懂的（用於代指對話中對方可意會之事）*
14. relative to 與⋯⋯相關；有關；涉及
　
「再一次，我說也許你可以，也許你不能。我不是醫生。但我這個人就是⋯⋯你懂的。柏克斯，妳聽說過嗎？熱和光與某種病毒相關，是的，但跟這個病毒有關嗎？」
　
*此處之「you know what」可能為「you know what I mean/am talking about」的省略用法。川普可能是想說common sense、intuition、instinct等單詞來稱讚自己，只是臨時想不到要用哪一個單詞。
　
*(you) know what I mean：https://bit.ly/3eOeSgD
you know：https://bit.ly/2YaKwiB
You know what?：https://bit.ly/3aCFnC8
　
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不過隔天川普則表示他當時是在開玩笑：https://youtu.be/djiipDJz8ek
　
Please do NOT take him seriously.
　
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圖片出處： https://bit.ly/3azr5T6
　
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相關報導：
　
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/health/sunlight-coronavirus-trump.html
　
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/trump-disinfectant-bleach-sarcastic
　
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52407177
　
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/494519-trump-says-remarks-about-heat-light-disinfectant-were-sarcastic
　
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trumps-remarks-disinfectants-left-even-close-aides-shocked-n1192031
　
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/24/843571171/under-no-circumstance-lysol-maker-officials-reject-trump-s-disinfectant-idea
　
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