时间:2019-02-21 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


英语课

Lunchtime Botox anyone?


Would $25,000 (164,000 yuan) for IVF treatment be helpful?


How about an on-site nursery place... for your pet?


Fortune Magazine has revealed that top companies offer some pretty fancy perks 1 to attract employees.


Staff sweeteners include a Latin-style dance exercise called Zumba to improve employee well-being 2 and motivation.


Really stressed-out employees may develop frown lines. But at one company staff whose faces are showing the strain can have Botox treatment during their lunch break at the company's own clinic.


Another company offers the corporate 3 jet to bereaved 4 employees, while one employer gives staff who are finding it difficult to get pregnant $25,000 towards IVF treatment.


But for the business commentator 5 Lucy Kellaway, some companies go too far in trying to help employees achieve a good work-life balance.


"Such benefits, even the nice ones, are all pretty creepy" she says. "There ought to exist a boundary between employer and employee - between home and work. And Botox and IVF are a long way on the wrong side of it."


For Ms Kellaway, the real proof of a top employer is not its touchy-feely benefits but whether staff choose to stay put for a long time.


Glossary 词汇表


IVF treatment 人工授精治疗 


fancy perks 花里胡哨的额外福利 


well-being 康乐/幸福 


to be stressed-out 精疲力尽的 


bereaved 刚刚丧失亲人的 


creepy 离奇的 


touchy-feely 过于感情外露夸张的 


an on-site nursery 办公区的幼儿园 


sweeteners 好处,甜头 


motivation 动力 


showing the strain 呈现出压力 


work-life balance 工作与生活的平衡 


a boundary 边界/限度 


to stay put 留守不动



额外津贴,附带福利,外快( perk的名词复数 )
  • Perks offered by the firm include a car and free health insurance. 公司给予的额外待遇包括一辆汽车和免费健康保险。
  • Are there any perks that go with your job? 你的工作有什么津贴吗?
n.安康,安乐,幸福
  • He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
  • My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福,却被误解为多管闲事。
adj.共同的,全体的;公司的,企业的
  • This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
  • His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
adj.刚刚丧失亲人的v.使失去(希望、生命等)( bereave的过去式和过去分词);(尤指死亡)使丧失(亲人、朋友等);使孤寂;抢走(财物)
  • The ceremony was an ordeal for those who had been recently bereaved. 这个仪式对于那些新近丧失亲友的人来说是一种折磨。
  • an organization offering counselling for the bereaved 为死者亲友提供辅导的组织
n.注释者,解说者;实况广播评论员
  • He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛,是个好的解说者。
  • The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。
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