时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:一起听英语


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放完长假回来,你是否会适应上班生活呢?很多人都会出现节后综合征,还要处理那么多的邮件,真让人感觉到烦躁.....


Michelle: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning 1 English. I'm


Michelle.


Neil: And I'm Neil.


Michelle: Thanks for joining me Neil. Have you got used to being back in the office after


that lovely long Christmas break?


Neil: Just about I think.


Michelle: It's always difficult coming back to work after a holiday, especially when the first


thing you have to do is spend the morning going through all the work emails that


have built up!


Neil: Yes indeed. Going through old work emails is a bore.


Michelle: Well today we're talking about a company that aims to ban, or to stop, all


internal 2 emails in the workplace.


Neil: It's difficult to imagine office life without internal emails! But before we get on to


that, come on Michelle, it must be time for my first quiz question of the year?


Michelle: OK if you're ready. Today's question is about spam. That's the word for annoying


junk emails. Now we all hate getting spam, but according to a recent report,


which country produces the most spam? Is it:


a) India


b) The United States


c) China 


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Neil: I really have no idea what the answer might be. So I'm going to guess, and for no


particular reason I'm going to say India.


Michelle: OK well we'll find out the answer at the end of the programme. Now, for many


office workers, sending and receiving emails to and from fellow employees is just


part of the job. But now a big IT company called Atos plans to ban all internal


emails by the year 2014.


Neil: Yes, the company has said that employees are wasting too much time dealing 3 with


internal emails, and that this has become the natural, lazy way to communicate.


Michelle: Let's hear from Rob Price, a managing partner at Atos. Here he's speaking on


BBC 5 Live. First he says email has become the definitive 4 thing people use,


meaning something that's fixed 5 or determined 6. But how does he suggest people in


the office could communicate with each other instead?


Rob Price, managing partner of Atos


Email has become the definitive thing that people have used, they naturally use, they lazily use.


Why don't you walk across the office? Or, use Instant Messaging? Or, use a range of kind of


social media? So there's different things that people can do. This is about deciding what's the


most effective way of communication, and adopting and embedding 7 those within the organisation 8.


(OK).


Michelle: So he suggested a couple of alternatives ways to communicate instead of using


emails. Did you catch them Neil?


Neil: Well first there was the good, old fashioned way of communication. Can you


imagine walking across the office to speak to someone?


Michelle: Amazing. That's always a good one isn't it?


Neil: And he also suggested using a range of social media like instant messaging.


Michelle: That's right. And he says that it's about deciding what is the most effective way of


communication and embedding, or implanting it within the organisation. 


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Neil: So let's listen again to that clip 9 once again.


Rob Price, managing partner of Atos


Email has become the definitive thing that people have used, they naturally use, they lazily use.


Why don't you walk across the office? Or, use Instant Messaging? Or, use a range of kind of


social media? So there's different things that people can do. This is about deciding what's the


most effective way of communication, and adopting and embedding those within the organisation.


(OK).


Michelle: So what do you think Neil? Do you think it's a good idea to get rid of work


emails altogether?


Neil: I think it's a good thing to try to do. I'm not sure if it could actually be eliminated 10


completely. But, you know, go and talk to people, it's better!


Michelle: I think so too. But of course internal emailing can be incredibly useful. And for


many employees, it would be difficult to work without it. Especially as emails can


be a good way of keeping records, or keeping evidence of things that happen.


Neil: That's true. But Rob Price from Atos has some more suggestions of the sort of


methods people can use for record-keeping instead of emails. Let's listen to this


rather fast list of ideas.


Rob Price, managing partner of Atos


Video conferencing, file sharing, live meetings, Wikis, collaborations, bases, knowledge


management systems, enterprise 11 social systems. There's lots of different solutions and we need to


be cognisant of how those are used in the light of an organisation.


Michelle: Wow. A couple of things he mentioned there were video conferencing, file


sharing and bases – which is short for data bases. So he's got plenty of ideas for


the modern office! 


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Neil: So Atos is hoping that by adopting some of these alternative types of


communication, employees will communicate better with each other and a lot of


time will be saved.


Michelle: Now time to go back to that quiz question Neil. I asked you which country


produces the most spam? The answers were:


a) India


b) The United States


c) China


And what was your answer?


Neil: I had no idea and had a complete guess at India.


Michelle: OK. Well according to a recent study by security 12 firm Kaspersky, the answer was


indeed a) India. So there you go.


Neil: Well. Lucky me.


Michelle: OK so could you remind us of today's words please Neil?


Neil: Yes here they are:


to ban


internal emails


spam


definitive


embedding


to get rid of


keeping records


adopting 


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Michelle: Thanks Neil. And that's all we've got time for in today's programme. But please do


join us again for more 6 Minute English at our web address


bbclearningenglish.com. Thanks for listening. Bye


Neil: Goodbye 



1 learning
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
2 internal
adj.内的,内部的;国内的,内政的
  • He is talking to Tom on the internal telephone.他正在内线电话上与汤姆交谈。
  • We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。
3 dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
4 definitive
adj.确切的,权威性的;最后的,决定性的
  • This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
  • No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样,还没有人给出明确的答复。
5 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
6 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
7 embedding
把…嵌入,埋入( embed的现在分词 ); 植入; 埋置; 包埋
  • Data embedding in scrambled Digital video complete source code, has been tested. 数据嵌入在炒数字视频完整的源代码,已经过测试。
  • Embedding large portions of C++ code in string literals is very awkward. 将大部分C++代码嵌入到字符串中是非常笨拙的。
8 organisation
n.组织,安排,团体,有机休
  • The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
  • His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。
9 clip
n.夹子,别针,弹夹,片断;vt.夹住,修剪
  • May I clip out the report on my performance?我能把报道我的文章剪下来吗?
  • She fastened the papers together with a paper clip.她用曲别针把文件别在一起。
10 eliminated
v.排除( eliminate的过去式和过去分词 );消除;除掉;干掉
  • He was eliminated in the first round of voting. 他在第一轮投票中被淘汰。
  • Her misspelling of that word eliminated her from the contest. 因为她把那个单词写错了,所以不能参加比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 enterprise
n.企业单位,商业公司,事业,计划
  • They are determined to carry forward the enterprise.他们决心把事业进行下去。
  • The enterprise has excellent prospects.这家企业的远景极其美好。
12 security
n.安全,安全感;防护措施;保证(金),抵押(品);债券,证券
  • A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
  • There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时,机场的保安措施很严密。
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