英语学习 第39天翻译练习之办公室环境

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Practice 381

研究表明，当员工在自然光照充足的环境里工作时他们会更开心、更健康、工作更有成效。新建筑在设计的时候会考虑到这一点,但老一些的建筑却不会，这导致老建筑主要依靠人工照明。虽然企业不想花钱重新规划一下它们的建筑从而让室内有更多的自然光，但从长远来看，这笔钱花的值，对企业和员工都是如此。

My : Researches manifest that employees are happier, healthier, and more efficiency when they work in an environment that full of sunshine. New buildings will consider this situation, however, old buildings will not. This case results in the dependency of artificial lighting. Although enterprise thinks it is costly to reconfiguring old buildings to increase natural light, the investment has shown to be well worth in the long run -for both employees and employers.

Teacher‘s : Studies have shown that employees are happier, healthier, and more productive. when they work in an environment that affords them adequate amounts of natural light. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run- for both employees and employers.

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Someone or something that is productive produces or does a lot for the amount of resources used

If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.

To reconfigure is to rearrange the elements or settings of (a system, device, computer application, etc

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1. result in, 导致。

2. depend primarily on, 主要依靠…

3. balk at, 反对，阻止；balk at the expense of… 可理解为“不想花…的钱。”

4. investment, 投资，可通俗的理解为“在…方面花的钱”。

5. well worth (money), 花这笔钱很值得。