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最新一期节目音频已上传至手机app “喜马拉雅”、“荔枝”、“蜻蜓” 搜索关键字“英语曰曰曰” 订阅收听 【编者按】 ①More than half a million people in Tokyo are being asked to work from home as part of a trial scheme aimed at tackling transport congestion ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in the city. ①在东京，有超过五十万人被要求在家工作，作为旨在解决2020年奥运会前交通拥堵问题的试验计划的一部分。 ②Over 20 million people use public transport in the greater Tokyo area every day, and it is feared the arrival of more than 600,000 people visitors to the Olympic and Paralympic Games will overload the city's notoriously strained system. ②每天有超过2000万人在东京首都圈使用公共交通出行，人们担心奥运会和残奥会的60多万游客的到来将超过该市众所周知的不堪重负的交通系统的极限。 ③In a bid to avert travel chaos, the Japanese government has launched its 'Telework' scheme, where an equal number of employees are encouraged to work from home for at least two weeks from July 24. ③为了避免出行的混乱，J国政府推出了“远程工作（Telework）”计划，鼓励同等数量的员工从7月24日起在家工作至少两周。 【BGM】Runaway (by Sasha Sloan) 【句读精讲】 commuter 英 /kə'mjuːtə(r)/ 美 /kə'mjʊtɚ/ n. 通勤者，经常乘公共车辆往返者；[交] 月季票乘客 【英】Someone who travels a long distance to work every day. 上班族 【例】Most of them live in the city. We provide free commuter buses for the workers. 大部分工人住在市里，我们有免费的通勤车接送他们。 avert 英 /ə'vɜːt/ 美 /ə'vɝt/ vt. 避免，防止；转移 【英】If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening. 防止 【例】Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike. 周末与教师工会的会谈避免了一次罢工。 【例】He apologized to avert trouble. 他道歉以避免麻烦。 【原】The report notes that local communities can take steps to help avert drowning deaths. (科学60秒 / 美音) 这份报告称当地社区可以采取措施避免溺水死亡事件的发生。 ①More than half a million people in Tokyo are being asked to work from home as part of a trial scheme aimed at tackling transport congestion ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in the city. ①在东京，有超过五十万人被要求在家工作，作为旨在解决2020年奥运会前交通拥堵问题的试验计划的一部分。 trial 英 /'traɪəl/ 美 /'traɪəl/ n. 试验；审讯；努力；磨炼 adj. 试验的；审讯的 【英】A trial is an experiment in which you test something by using it or doing it for a period of time to see how well it works. If something is on trial, it is being tested in this way. 试验 【例】I took the car out for a trial on the roads. 我把车开出去在公路上试了一下。 【例】Please take it on trial; if you like it, then buy it. 请拿它去试用，如果你喜欢它，那就再买。 congestion 英 /kən'dʒestʃ(ə)n/ 美 /kən'dʒɛstʃən/ n. 拥挤；拥塞；淤血 【英】If there is congestion in a place, the place is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people. 拥塞 【例】The problems of traffic congestion will not disappear in a hurry. 交通堵塞问题不会很快消失。 【例】How to decrease traffic congestion degrees? 如何降低交通拥挤度？ ②Over 20 million people use public transport in the greater Tokyo area every day, and it is feared the arrival of more than 600,000 people visitors to the Olympic and Paralympic Games will overload the city's notoriously strained system. ②每天有超过2000万人在东京首都圈使用公共交通出行，人们担心奥运会和残奥会的60多万游客的到来将超过该市众所周知的不堪重负的交通系统的极限。 paralympic 英 /pærə'lɪmpɪk/ 美 /pærəˈlɪmpɪk/ n. 残奥会 【英】a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors 残奥会；仿照奥运会，仅为残疾的参赛者举办的体育盛典 【例】The 2008 Olympics and Paralympics will be held in Beijing. 2008年奥运会和残奥会即将在北京举办。 notoriously 美 /noˈtɔːriəsli/ adv. 众所周知地；声名狼藉地；恶名昭彰地 【英】to a notorious degree 【例】Could some of the deaths have been prevented in this notoriously high-risk area? 在这个众所周知的高危地区，有些死亡是否可以避免？ 【例】Tourist visas are notoriously difficult to get hold of in this country. 这个国家游客签证的难以获得是臭名远扬的。 【原】Now, what was a notorious, unsafe, underserved community. （TED / 美音） strained 英 /streɪnd/ 美 /strend/ adj. 紧张的；勉强的；牵强附会的；滤过的 v. 使紧张（动词strain的过去式和过去分词） 【英】under great stress 【例】She said that public resources are strained, to take care of themselves is very natural. 她说，在公共资源很紧张的时候，照顾自己是很自然的。 【例】That’s probably why trade relations are so strained between our countries. 这大概就是我们两国之间贸易关系如此紧张的原因吧。 这里曾经是个恶名昭彰、不安全、 得不到充分服务的社区， ③In a bid to avert travel chaos, the Japanese government has launched its 'Telework' scheme, where an equal number of employees are encouraged to work from home for at least two weeks from July 24. ③为了避免出行的混乱，J国政府推出了“远程工作（Telework）”计划，鼓励同等数量的员工从7月24日起在家工作至少两周。 为了…… 【英】in order to 【例】In a bid to form good habits, one needs a strong will and perseverance to resist temptation. 为了养成良好的习惯，人们需要坚定的意志和坚持不懈来抵制诱惑。 telework /'teliwə:k/ n. 远程办公 【英】another term of telecommute 【例】Telework program managers may oversee other programs, too. 远程项目经理可能也会监督其他的项目。 ④J国经济产业省（METI）希望来自3,000家公司的600,000多名工人参加试验。 subsequent
remotely 【结语】 得年初的时候，普华永道会计师事务所（PwC）表示，从2019年2月开始，内陆及澳门正式全面落实“灵活工作”制度。这也就意味着，员工可以在家办公。后来执行得如何我们就不得而知了。 在节目《可口可乐，1万美元悬赏新配方》的最后给大家留下的思考题是：
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