CET-6 Listening Long Conversation: A Four-Day Work Week

Conversation One.

對話一。

My guest today is Laura Bennett, operations manager at a software company.

今天的來賓是一家軟體公司的營運經理Laura Bennett。

Laura, last year your company moved to a four-day week. Why?

Laura，去年你們公司改成一週工作四天。為什麼呢？

Mainly because we were losing good people.

主要是因為我們一直在流失好人才。

Our staff were tired, and several of our best developers left in one year.

員工都很疲憊，一年內就有好幾位最優秀的工程師離職。

But didn't you worry that less time would mean less work?

可是妳不擔心時間少了，做的事也會跟著變少嗎？

Of course! That was the first thing our board asked.

當然！董事會問的第一個問題就是這個。

So we agreed on a six-month trial, with clear targets for every team.

所以我們決定試行六個月，並為每個團隊訂下明確的目標。

Same pay, same goals, but only four days to reach them.

薪水一樣，目標一樣，但只有四天可以完成。

And what happened?

結果呢？

Honestly, the results surprised all of us!

老實說，結果讓我們每個人都很驚訝！

Productivity stayed the same, and sick days fell by almost half.

生產力維持不變，病假天數少了將近一半。

People cut long meetings and stopped answering emails late at night.

大家減少了冗長的會議，也不再深夜回信。

Were there any problems?

有遇到什麼問題嗎？

Yes. Our customer support team found it much harder.

有。我們的客服團隊覺得困難多了。

Customers still expect help five days a week.

客戶還是希望一週五天都能得到協助。

So that team works in shifts, and each person picks a different day off.

所以那個團隊採輪班制，每個人選不同的一天休假。

Would you advise other companies to try it?

妳會建議其他公司也試試看嗎？

Only if they measure results, not hours.

前提是他們看成果，而不是看工時。

If you still judge people by how long they sit at a desk, it won't work.

如果你還是用坐在辦公桌前多久來評斷一個人，那就行不通。

Laura Bennett, thank you very much.

Laura Bennett，非常謝謝妳。

Questions one to four are based on the conversation you have just heard.

第1題到第4題根據你剛才聽到的對話。

Question one. Why did the company move to a four-day week?

第1題。公司為什麼改成一週工作四天？

Question two. What happened during the six-month trial?

第2題。六個月試行期間發生了什麼事？

Question three. What problem did the customer support team have?

第3題。客服團隊遇到了什麼問題？

Question four. What does the woman advise other companies to do?

第4題。女子建議其他公司怎麼做？

Four days of work, three days of rest.

工作四天，休息三天。

It's not a dream if you plan it well.

只要計畫得好，這就不是夢。