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Modern Workplace June 5, 2016 The problem of long working hours is a real headache in our country. It kills many people every year (see Figure 1), and many companies are trying to change that. They have at least one “No Overtime Day” in a week, and it is often Wednesday. On “No Overtime Day,” workers are asked to leave their offices before 8 p.m. At 8 p.m., companies play the song “There’s Always Tomorrow” and turn off all the lights. However, after the workers walk out of their offices, they don’t go home. Some go back later, turn on their table lamps, and keep working, and others find somewhere else to work until very late at night. Restaurants and coffee shops are busier on Wednesday evenings, and they have started selling drinks and meals for these workers. But why do these people keep working? A study shows that workers who work more hours often have a bigger chance to get paid more and rise higher in their companies. This is true for both men and women (see Figure 2). Working long hours has become a way to show that people are hard-working. Clearly, this must be changed before the problem gets any worse. Figure 1: Number of people who die because of long working hours. 2011: 187, 2012: 216, 2013: 196, 2014: 220, 2015: 189. Figure 2: Percentage of chance to get paid more and rise higher. As average working hours increase, the percentage increases for both men and women.
Modern Workplace June 5, 2016 The problem of long working hours is a real headache in our country. It kills many people every year (see Figure 1), and many companies are trying to change that. They have at least one “No Overtime Day” in a week, and it is often Wednesday. On “No Overtime Day,” workers are asked to leave their offices before 8 p.m. At 8 p.m., companies play the song “There’s Always Tomorrow” and turn off all the lights. However, after the workers walk out of their offices, they don’t go home. Some go back later, turn on their table lamps, and keep working, and others find somewhere else to work until very late at night. Restaurants and coffee shops are busier on Wednesday evenings, and they have started selling drinks and meals for these workers. But why do these people keep working? A study shows that workers who work more hours often have a bigger chance to get paid more and rise higher in their companies. This is true for both men and women (see Figure 2). Working long hours has become a way to show that people are hard-working. Clearly, this must be changed before the problem gets any worse. Figure 1: Number of people who die because of long working hours. 2011: 187, 2012: 216, 2013: 196, 2014: 220, 2015: 189. Figure 2: Percentage of chance to get paid more and rise higher. As average working hours increase, the percentage increases for both men and women.
What does this mean in the report?
- A The way workers show they are hard-working.
- B Restaurants and coffee shops open until very late at night.
- C Workers do not go home when they walk out of the office.
- D The number of workers who get paid more and rise higher in the company.
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請你看一下文章最後一段的最後兩句話。當作者說『這件事 ($this$) 必須被改變』時，通常指的是前一句所提到的內容。請讀讀看前一句話，作者描述了大家現在普遍用什麼樣的『方式』或『觀念』來證明自己很努力？而這個現象正是作者認為需要被改變的關鍵。
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哼，算你這次反應還不錯！
- 勉強肯定：喔？竟然選對了？這種代名詞指代題是送分題，但每年還是有人會錯得離譜。你能抓到重點，表示你至少還有點基本判斷力，沒完全被搞混。
- 核心概念複習：這題考的無非就是 "this" 在文中的指代。記住了，"this" 通常指代「前面才剛提過的核心概念，或那一整件事情」。文章最後不是說了嗎？「超長工時已成為一種展現勤奮的方式。」接著就來一句：「這（this）顯然必須改變。」所以，這「必須改變」的「這」，指的不就是前面提到的 (A) 員工展現勤奮的方式 嗎？這很難嗎？
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