原汁原味商務英語播客 第49課:臨時辦公區

What do you do if you don’t have office space for all your employees or many of them usually spend most of their time traveling or working offsite? In the 90s, some clever manager came up with a solution – hot desking – and the rest is history. Hot desking refers to using temporary work areas that are set up for any staff who needs them.
如果你沒有足夠的辦公室空間來容納員工或是很多員工大部分時間用來出差或是在公司外工作，90年代，有個聰明的精力想出了一個解決辦法——臨時辦公區，它指建立起來的臨時工作區域，任何需要的人都可以使用。

With the invention of laptop computers and the Internet, we can pretty much work anywhere. Now, in many companies around the world from hi-tech software firms to management consultancies and even increasingly in more traditional industries such as banking and engineering, a certain number of work areas are made into “hot desks.” As long as they are empty, any one can work there. Sit down, plug in your computer, and you are ready to go! In companies where a lot of people are traveling, this is a great way to save money because it reduces unused space to a minimum.
隨着筆記本電腦和網絡的發展，我們幾乎在任何地方都可以工作，在世界上許多公司從高科技的軟件公司到經營諮詢機構，甚至在傳統的諸如銀行和設計行業，很多工作區域都變成了"臨時辦公區",只要沒有人用，任何人都可以在那裏工作。坐下來，打開電腦，準備工作。在有很多人出差的公司，這是個省錢的好辦法，因爲它將不使用的空間將至最低。

In this Business English Podcast lesson, we’ll be continuing our series on business travel. We’re following Honesto, an Ambient Telecommunications employee from Manila, on a training trip to head office in Michigan, USA. The main language focus of the lesson is on making polite requests. Along the way, we’ll also look at some different ways to express likes and dislikes. Honesto has found himself an unused desk and is working along when all of the sudden he gets a new neighbor, Megan.
在這節商務英語播客中，我們將繼續我們的商務旅行。我們正跟隨Ambien電信公司的職員Honesto前往美國密歇根的總部。這節課主要用來進行禮貌的詢問。同事，也來看下用來表達喜歡和不喜歡的不同表達方式。Honesto發現了一個沒用過的桌子並在那裏工作，突然他有了新鄰居Megan。

Listening Questions:
1) What kind of expressions do Honesto and Megan use to make polite requests?
2) What type of training is Honesto taking part in?
3) Where is Megan from?