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
For most of us, work is the central, dominating fact of life. We spend more than half our conscious hours at work, preparing for
For most of us, work is the central, dominating fact of life. We spend more than half our conscious hours at work, preparing for
admin
2011-01-10
39
问题
For most of us, work is the central, dominating fact of life. We spend more than half our conscious hours at work, preparing for work, traveling to and from work. What we do there largely determines out standard of living and to a considerable extent the status we are accorded by out fellow citizens as well. It is sometimes said that because leisure has become more important the indignities and injustices of work can be pushed into a comer; that because work is pretty intolerable, the people who do it should compensate for its boredom, frustrations and humiliations by concentrating their hopes on the other parts of their lives. I reject that as a counsel of despair. For the foreseeable future the material and psychological rewards which work can provide, and the conditions in which work is done, will continue to play a vital part in determining the satisfaction that life can offer. Yet only a small minority can control the pace at which they work or the conditions in which their work is done; only for a small minority does work offer scope for creativity, imagination, or initiative.
Inequality at work and in work is still one of the cruelest and most glaring forms of inequality in our society. We cannot hope to solve the more obvious problems of industrial life, many of which arise directly or indirectly from the frustrations created by inequality at work, unless we tackle it head-on. Still less can we hope to create a decent and humane society.
The most glaring inequality is that between managers and the rest. For most managers, work is an opportunity and a challenge. Their jobs engage their interest and allow them to develop their abilities. They are constantly learning, they are able to exercise responsibility, they have a considerable degree of control over their own—and others—working lives. Most important of all, they gave the opportunity to initiate. By contrast, for most manual workers, and for growing numbers of white-collar workers, work is a boring, monotonous, even painful exercise. They spend all their working lives in conditions which would be regarded as intolerable—for themselves—by those who take the decisions which let such conditions continue. The majority have little control over their work; it provides them with no opportunity for personal development. Often production is so designed that workers are simply part of the technology. In offices, many jobs are so routine that workers justifiably feel themselves to be mere cogs in the bureaucratic machine. As a direct consequence of their worker experience, many workers feel alienated from their work and their firm, whether it is in public or in private ownership.
Rising education standards feel rising expectations, yet the mount of control which the worker has over his own work situations does not rise accordingly. In many cases his control has been reduced. Symptoms of protest increase—rising sickness and absenteeism, high turnover of employees, restrictions on output, and strikes, both unofficial and official. There is not much escape out and upwards. As management becomes more professional—in itself a good thing—the opportunity for promotion from the shop floor become less. The only escape is to another equally frustrating manual job; the only compensation is found not in the job but outside it, if there is a rising standard of living.
Why do working conditions generally remain bad?
选项
A、The workers are quite satisfied with them.
B、No one can decide what to do about them.
C、Managers see no need to change them.
D、Office workers want to protect their position.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/r9cO777K
本试题收录于:
NAETI中级口译笔试题库外语翻译证书(NAETI)分类
0
NAETI中级口译笔试
外语翻译证书(NAETI)
相关试题推荐
Ababymightshowfearofanunfamiliaradult,______heislikelytosmileandreachouttoanotherinfant.
"Whatdoesthemiddlemandobutaddtothepriceofgoodsintheshops?"Suchremarksareaimedattheintermediateoperationsb
Isolatedcasesofdisaffection—orharbingersofamasscross-bordermovementthatthreatensEurope’seconomicstability?Theq
Ourneighborsaresoreservedandunfriendlythattheyneverspeaktous.
Ofalltheareasoflearningthemostimportantisthedevelopmentofattitudes.Emotionalreactionsaswellaslogicalthought
Fiftyvolunteerswerealphabeticallydividedintotwoequalgroups,GroupAtoparticipate【C1】______a7-weekexerciseprogram,a
Hispeersadmonishedhimthathehadtoincreasehisstudytimeasthefinalexaminationwasaroundthecorner.
Constructionofthegiganticofficebuildinginthiscitywasforyearsintermittent.
A、Therewerenotenoughroomsfortwentypeople.B、Theywerekeptwaitingoutsidewhiletheroomswerebeingcleaned.C、Oneoft
DreamFunctions Dreamingisacommonphenomenon.Practicallyallpeopledream,althoughwhethertheycan【1】________themisa
随机试题
(2021年济南历下区)小孩子看见穿白大褂的护士就联想起打针,从而表现出恐惧。根据加涅的学习分类理论,这种学习行为属于()
企业确定业务分部时,在结合内部管理要求的基础上,应考虑的因素有()
阅读《战国策·齐策四》中的一段文字,回答下列小题:齐人见田骈①,曰:“闻先生高议②:设为不宦③,而愿为役④。”田骈曰:“子何闻之?”对曰;“臣闻之邻人之女。”田骈曰:“何谓也?”对曰:“臣邻人之女,设为不嫁⑤,行年三十而有七子,不
下列不符合干酪样肺炎的描述是
(2010年)设随机变量(X,Y)服从二维标准正态分布,其概率密度为则E(X2+Y2)等于()。
某施工单位承担了一项传输设备安装工程,共有2个站,合同约定工期为70天。项目部编制了进度计划(见下图),资源配备如下表所示。施工单位项目经理及其他人员的人工成本按平均600元/天计算,本工程单机和系统调试租赁同一仪表,租赁费为2000元/天。工程开始后
从事会计人员继续教育的培训单位,必须向( )申请,经批准取得许可证书后,才能从事该工作。
人都说西湖的神韵在于_________:三面春山如睡,中间盈着一汪湛湛碧水,真有“流出桃花波太软”的娴静;人又说西湖的神韵在于_________,依依可人的苏堤白堤上,烟柳画桥,风帘翠幕,这份景致只有天宫仙境可比;人又说西湖的神韵在于_____,她云山逶迤
根据以下资料,回答问题。与2010年相比,预测中国2020年发电量所占比重增幅最大的是:
Thestudentaskedherprofessorifhewouldhavegoneonthespaceshiphedidknowearlier.
最新回复
(
0
)