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

Conversation One.

对话一。

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

我今天的嘉宾是一家软件公司的运营经理Laura Bennett。

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

Laura，去年你们公司改成了每周工作四天。为什么？

Mainly because we were losing good people.

主要是因为我们一直在流失优秀的员工。

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

员工都很疲惫，一年之内就有好几位最优秀的开发人员离职了。

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

可是你不担心时间少了，工作量也会跟着减少吗？

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

当然担心！董事会问的第一个问题就是这个。

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

所以我们商定试行六个月，并给每个团队定了明确的目标。

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

工资不变，目标不变，但只有四天时间去完成。

And what happened?

结果怎么样？

Honestly, the results surprised all of us!

说实话，结果让我们所有人都很意外！

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

生产效率保持不变，病假天数减少了将近一半。

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

大家砍掉了冗长的会议，也不再深夜回复邮件了。

Were there any problems?

有没有遇到什么问题？

Yes. Our customer support team found it much harder.

有。我们的客服团队觉得难多了。

Customers still expect help five days a week.

客户还是希望每周五天都能得到帮助。

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

所以那个团队实行轮班，每个人选不同的一天休息。

Would you advise other companies to try it?

你会建议其他公司也试试吗？

Only if they measure results, not hours.

前提是他们看结果，而不是看工作时长。

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

如果你还是看一个人在办公桌前坐多久来评判他，那就行不通。

Laura Bennett, thank you very much.

Laura Bennett，非常感谢。

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

第1题到第4题基于你刚才听到的对话。

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

第1题。公司为什么改为每周工作四天？

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

第2题。六个月试行期间发生了什么？

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

第3题。客服团队遇到了什么问题？

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

第4题。女士建议其他公司怎么做？

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.

只要规划得好，这就不是梦想。