原版英语小短文 165. The New Office (1)
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：原版英语小短文
They were going to move to a new office. But why? Their current office was in a new building. It was in a nice neighborhood. It was near trains and buses. It was near shops and restaurants. The boss wanted to save money. They moved into their new office on Tuesday. It was in an old building. It was in a poor neighborhood. Buses and trains were blocks away. Shops and restaurants were blocks away. Their new office was on the third floor. It had no partitions 1 or privacy 2. Desks were jammed together. The back of one chair almost touched the back of another chair. The coatroom was a tiny closet. The bathrooms were down the hallway. Both of the tiny elevators broke down on Friday. Everyone had to use the stairs. Everyone complained. The boss said to stop complaining. "Be glad we're not on the fifth floor," he said.
- In banquet halls folding partitions are very popular. 在宴会大厅中可折叠的隔板很普遍。
- Partitions provided a segregation between the smoking and non-smoking areas of the canteen. 隔断把餐厅分成了吸烟区和非吸烟区。