【外刊雙語精讀】經濟雪人-雇我的間諜（2）

【外刊雙語精讀】經濟雪人-雇我的間諜（1）

【外刊雙語精讀】經濟雪人-雇我的間諜（3）

trade-off=exchange

交換

blatant /?ble?t?nt/

(of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly

（惡行）公然的, 恬不知恥的：

blatant lies.

明目張膽的謊言。

completely lacking in subtlety; very obvious

徹底外露的; 直白的; 極明顯的：

forcing herself to resist his blatant charm.

強迫她自己抵擋他徹底外露的魅力。

drill

subject (someone) to military training exercises

使受軍事操練, 訓練：

a sergeant was drilling new recruits.

一個軍士在訓練新兵。

infantry /'?nf(?)ntr?/ n. 步兵；步兵團

assault course

Brit. a course through which the participants must run, negotiating obstacles to be climbed, crawled under, crossed on suspended ropes, etc. , as used for training soldiers

〈英〉軍人越障訓練（包括攀緣、匍匐行進及懸索跨越等越障項目）

machine gun

an automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession for as long as the trigger is pressed 機關槍, 機槍

Any health programme that tries to alter workers’ behaviour at home also raises privacy issues. There is a long tradition of employers taking an overly paternalistic attitude towards their staff. Titus Salt, a Victorian philanthropist, built a model village for his workers but banned alcohol from the village, smoking on the pathways and “loud behaviour”. Henry Ford, the car maker, had a “sociology department” that would make unscheduled calls on workers to monitor their lifestyles; those who failed to make the grade were paid lower wages.

任何試圖改變員工居家行為的健康計劃還會引發隱私問題。長期以來，雇主慣于以過于家長式的態度對待員工。維多利亞時代的慈善家提圖斯·索爾特（Titus Salt）為他的工人們建立了一個示范村，但禁止在村里飲酒、在路上吸煙或“大聲喧嘩”。汽車制造商亨利·福特有一個“社會學部門”，會不定期給員工打電話，監督他們的生活方式，不達標的員工會被降薪。