首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
What is the passage mainly about?
What is the passage mainly about?
admin
2018-06-30
63
问题
What is the passage mainly about?
We represent a surprisingly potent threat to our own leisure time. Even the U. S. Travel Association has a vacation problem. In 2013 the company saw just 19% of its employees use all their time off. They joined the millions of American workers with access to paid time off who left 429 million vacation days on the table.
While some employers allow workers to bank their time off from year to year, or to receive payouts for the time off upon termination, a whopping 169 million vacation days came from "use it or lose it" policies and vanished into the ether. Americans essentially did $ 52. 4 billion worth of work that year for free.
We have good excuses. Money is one. In tight times, leisure can be the first thing to go — hence the "staycation" or three-day weekend where once a full week’s trip would have been. A mix of fear and dedication is another excuse. "Too much work to do" was the most popular explanation for not taking all allotted vacation days, cited by 40% of respondents. Some people claim not to want a break: nearly 20% said they just didn’t need the days, and almost as many workers suggested simply, "I enjoy my job. "
选项
A、Bank leisure time off year by year.
B、Get payouts for not taking paid vacation.
C、Let go of vacation without payment.
D、Get lost in the dilemma of work and leisure.
答案
C
解析
这个词组的含义可以通过上下文推断出来。上文指出“came from‘use it or lose it’policies”,通过from可知“要么度假,要么放弃”这种政策是造成假期“vanish into the ether”的原因。下文指出结果,美国人做了很多没有报酬的工作:“Americans essentially did $52.4 billion worth of work that year for free.”分析原因和结果,可知这个词组要表达的含义是“既没有度假,也没得到假期薪酬”,“假期消失在空中”。ether意为“太空”“天空”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/dg0O777K
本试题收录于:
CATTI二级口译综合能力题库翻译专业资格(CATTI)分类
0
CATTI二级口译综合能力
翻译专业资格(CATTI)
相关试题推荐
Solvingaproblemcanbebrokendownintoseveralsteps.First,theproblemmustbeidentifiedcorrectly.Psychologistsrefer(1
Solvingaproblemcanbebrokendownintoseveralsteps.First,theproblemmustbeidentifiedcorrectly.Psychologistsrefer(1
Onlyone-fifthofAmericanssawoilasthechiefreasonthattheU.S.madeawaronIraq,but75percentoftheFrenchandofth
Theadvocates—mainlyfamilytherapydoctors—areapplyinganewapproachtoeverythingfrommarriageconflicttopsychosis.
NextdoortoalunchcounteradvertisingagrilledcheesespecialisagallerywhereVanGogh’s"Irises"sharesthewallswithM
Astechnologicaladvancesputmoreandmoretimebetweenearlyschoollifeandtheyoungperson’sfinalaccesstospecializedwo
Theearth’satmosphererecordedthehugedeclineinthepopulationofthewesternhemisphereinthe150yearsasfollowingthea
InterpretthefollowingpassagesfromChineseintoEnglish.Startinterpretingatthesignalandstopatthesignal.Youmaytak
What’sthemotivationtoknowaboutcoworkers’lives?
WhatmadeCopakeprosperousinthe1950s?
随机试题
药物配伍具有“分经论治”特点的方剂是
提高国民健康素养不可缺少的重要手段是
在薄层鉴别中,鉴别生物碱类成分常用在薄层鉴别中,鉴别氨基酸成分常用
下列除哪项体现阴阳的互根关系
矿产发现权属于()。
压力测试是一种风险管理技术,其功能主要有()。
课外活动的主体是()。
(材料)平均通勤距离超过了4个城市平均值的有:
Theenergycrisis,whichisbeingfeltaroundtheworld,hasdramatizedhowtherecklessdespoiling(掠夺)oftheearth’sresources
Esperantoisanartificiallanguage,designedtoserveinternationallyasan【B1】______meansofcommunicationamongspeakersofd
最新回复
(
0
)