职场女性 - 6分钟英语：英语精读讲义

Six Minute English

《6分钟英语》

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Hello,

大家好，

this is Six Minute English

这里是《6分钟英语》，

from BBC Learning English.

选自BBC英语教学。

I'm Neil.

我是尼尔。

And I'm Sam.

我是萨姆。

Sam,

萨姆，

does this situation sound familiar? 短語搭配

这个情况听起来是不是很熟悉？

It's a colleague's birthday next week.

下周是一位同事的生日。

A male boss says to a female employee,

一位男老板对一位女员工说：

"You're great at organizing things. 短語搭配

“你很擅长组织事情。

Would you buy a card and get everyone in the office to sign it? 講解

你能去买张贺卡，并让办公室所有人都在上面签名吗？

Oh,

哦，

and we'll need to order a cake too. 短語搭配

我们还需要订一个蛋糕。

Thanks, you're amazing." 語氣意圖

谢谢，你真是太棒了。”

Yes,

是的，

I have seen that.

我见过这种情况。

A male boss asks a woman to do all the jobs that keep the office running, 短語搭配

男老板让女员工做维持办公室运转的所有杂事，

but do nothing to advance her career or improve her chances of promotion. 短語搭配

但这些事对她的职业发展或提升晋升机会毫无帮助。

That's when someone moves up into a higher, 短語動詞

晋升是指一个人在公司中升至更高的、

better paid position in a company.

薪水更丰厚的职位。

Sadly,

可悲的是，

this happens a lot.

这经常发生。

In many workplaces around the world,

在世界各地的许多工作场所，

it's the men who are considered born leaders 語法

人们认为男性是天生的领导者，

and promoted up the corporate career ladder, 習語

并在公司的职业阶梯上获得晋升，

while the women are given less important roles. 表達脈絡

而女性则被赋予不那么重要的角色。

Even today,

即使在今天，

many working women find themselves at a point in their career 短語搭配

许多职场女性也会发现自己的职业生涯到了某个阶段

beyond which they cannot progress. 語法

就无法再向前发展了。

An invisible barrier to succeed

阻碍成功的无形障碍

referred to as the glass ceiling. 習語

被称为玻璃天花板。

But in this program, 表達脈絡

但在本期节目中，

we'll be meeting the members of the No Club,

我们将见见 The No Club 的成员，

a group of women saying no to the glass ceiling 短語搭配

这是一群向玻璃天花板说不的女性，

by publicly questioning the kinds of jobs

她们公开质疑在工作场所中

men and women are asked to do in the workplace. 語法

要求男性和女性从事的不同工作类型。

And of course,

当然，

we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

我们也会学到一些有用的新词汇。

But first,

但首先，

I have a question for you, Sam.

萨姆，我有个问题要问你。

Despite the glass ceiling, 語法

尽管存在玻璃天花板，

women do make it to the top jobs in many areas of work and business, 短語搭配

女性确实在许多工作和商业领域的最高层任职，

even in the male-dominated world of politics. 用詞

甚至在由男性主导的政治世界中也是如此。

So,

那么，

who was the first woman to become British Prime Minister?

第一位成为英国首相的女性是谁？

Was it A,

是 A：

Theresa May,

特雷莎·梅，

B,

B：

Nicola Sturgeon,

尼古拉·斯特金，

or C,

还是 C：

Margaret Thatcher?

玛格丽特·撒切尔？

Hmm,

嗯，

I know the answer to this one, Neil.

尼尔，我知道这个问题的答案。

It's C,

是 C：

Margaret Thatcher.

玛格丽特·撒切尔。

Okay,

好的，

well,

嗯，

we'll find out later if you're right. 短語動詞

我们稍后会看看你是否答对了。

Professor Vesterlund is one of the four academics

维斯特伦德教授是合著《The No Club》的

who co-wrote The No Club, 文化背景

四名学者之一，

a book discussing how females disproportionately take on the unimportant 講解

这本书探讨了女性如何不成比例地承担工作场所中

less visible tasks at work. 用詞

不重要、较不显眼的任务。

Professor Vesterlund calls these non-promotable tasks, 用詞

维斯特伦德教授称这些为无法晋升的任务，

jobs like taking notes,

例如做笔记、

organizing social events,

组织社交活动，

or chairing meetings. 用詞

或者主持会议等工作。

Jobs that take time and effort, 短語搭配

那些需要耗费时间和精力，

but do little to increase company profits 短語搭配

但对增加公司利润

or to boost your career. 短語搭配

或推动你的职业生涯几乎没有帮助的工作。

Research shows that most of these tasks are done by women. 表達脈絡

研究表明，这些任务大部分由女性完成。

Here is Lise Vesterlund explaining more 表達脈絡

下面是莉丝·维斯特伦德接受

to BBC World Service program Business Daily.

BBC世界频道《Business Daily》节目采访时做的进一步解释。

We've been noticing gender differences in wages, 用詞

我们一直注意到在工资、

in advancement,

晋升、

in negotiation.

谈判方面的性别差异。

Burnout for women is much greater than it is for men. 用詞

女性的职业倦怠感比男性严重得多。

Their dissatisfaction with their work is much greater. 用詞

她们对工作的不满也高得多。

And we've been trying to sort of address all these objectives 語氣意圖

我们一直在尝试用许多不同的方法和技巧

with lots of different methods and techniques.

来努力解决所有这些问题。

And what is interesting about the non-promotable work 語法

而关于无法晋升的工作，有趣的是

is that it sort of in a very structural sense 用詞

它在某种程度上，从非常结构化的意义上来说

contributes to all of those differences. 短語搭配

促成了所有这些差异。

Professor Vesterlund lists some workplace gender imbalances, 用詞

维斯特伦德教授列举了一些工作场所的性别失衡情况，

including job dissatisfaction and burnout.

包括工作不满和职业倦怠。

That's tiredness and exhaustion caused by working too hard. 語法

那就是因工作过度劳累而导致的疲惫和精疲力竭。

Many of these issues are made worse by non-promotable tasks. 短語搭配

其中许多问题因无法晋升的任务而变得更加严重。

Natalie Quayle agrees.

娜塔莉·奎尔同意这一观点。

Natalie started her successful dental cosmetics company,

娜塔莉创办了她成功的牙齿美容公司

Smile Time,

Smile Time，

after winning a business competition

在此之前，她赢得了电视节目

on the TV show Dragons' Den. 文化背景

《Dragons' Den》的一场商业竞赛。

Here she tells BBC World Service's Business Daily

在此，她告诉BBC世界频道《Business Daily》

about her experience of being asked to take on non-promotable tasks 語法

关于她担任实习律师期间

in her work as a trainee solicitor.

被要求承担无法晋升任务的经历。

As a trainee solicitor, 用詞

作为一名实习律师，

pretty much every task that you take on is a non-promotable task. 短語搭配

你接手的几乎每一项任务都是无法晋升的。

Note-taking is one of them in meetings

在会议上做笔记就是其中之一，

where you're kind of told that you can't really speak or say anything. 語氣意圖

在那种场合，你多少被告知不能真正发言或发表任何意见。

I was tasked with being the team party organizer. 用詞

我曾被分配担任团队派对组织者。

So that was my role.

所以这就是我的角色。

It does definitely occur that the women in the team, 語法

毫无疑问确实发生过这种事，在团队中，女性

the level of multitasking they're doing

她们同时处理多项任务的程度

is just far outstrips the men in a lot of cases. 用詞

在很多情况下远远超过男性。

For example,

例如，

you know,

你知道，

a lot of women in the team would also be juggling having kids at home, 習語

团队中的很多女性还需要兼顾在家的孩子，

being a working mom. 用詞

做一个职场妈妈。

Natalie found herself doing non-promotable tasks.

娜塔莉发现自己做着无法晋升的任务。

She thinks many women in the workplace are expected to be good at multitasking, 短語搭配

她认为许多职场女性被期望擅长多任务处理，

doing more than one thing at the same time.

即在同一时间做不止一件事情。

For working moms who are raising a family

对于那些既要抚养家庭

as well as developing careers at work. 短語搭配

又要在工作中发展事业的职场妈妈来说，

This involves some juggling,

这涉及一些兼顾，

trying to manage your life when you're involved in many different activities,

当你参与许多不同活动时，试图管理好你的生活，

which all demand your time. 短語搭配

而这些活动都需要占用你的时间。

In the 40 years since the term glass ceiling was invented, 語法

自从“玻璃天花板”一词被发明以来的40年里，

it seems not much has changed for working women. 短語搭配

职业女性的状况似乎并没有多大改变。

But there is some good news. 表達脈絡

但也有一些好消息。

The number of female managers and women working in jobs traditionally seen as male 用詞

女性管理者的数量以及从事传统上被视为男性工作的女性数量

has increased dramatically.

大幅增加。

And those companies where getting promotion is based on ability, 短語搭配

而且，那些根据能力而不是性别

not gender,

进行晋升的公司

have benefited from talented,

已经从有才华、

hard-working female leaders.

勤奋的女性领导者那里获益良多。

And speaking of female leaders, 表達脈絡

说到女性领导者，

Neil,

尼尔，

what was the answer to your question?

你的问题答案是什么？

You asked me who was the first female British Prime Minister,

你问我第一位英国女首相是谁，

and I said Margaret Thatcher.

我说的是玛格丽特·撒切尔。

Was I right?

我答对了吗？

You were right.

你答对了。

Mrs. Thatcher,

撒切尔夫人，

nicknamed The Iron Lady, 文化背景

被昵称为“铁娘子”，

became Prime Minister in May 1979,

于1979年5月成为首相，

the first woman to break the political glass ceiling 習語

是第一位打破政治界玻璃天花板的女性，

in the UK,

在英国。

an invisible barrier to advancing in your career. 短語搭配

玻璃天花板即阻碍你职业晋升的无形障碍。

Okay,

好的，

let's recap the other vocabulary we've learned, 表達脈絡

让我们回顾一下我们学过的其他词汇，

starting with promotion,

从 promotion 开始，

moving up into a higher,

即在你的公司里升至一个更高的、

more important position in your company.

更重要的职位。

The term non-promotable tasks 表達脈絡

non-promotable tasks（无法晋升的任务）这个词

describes those unimportant jobs which help your organization,

描述了那些有助于你的组织，

but do nothing to advance your career.

但对你的职业发展毫无帮助的不重要工作。

They are often given to women.

它们通常被交给女性。

If you have burnout,

如果你有 burnout（职业倦怠），

you're exhausted from working too hard.

表示你因为工作太努力而精疲力竭。

Multitasking is the ability

multitasking（多任务处理）

to do several things at the same time.

是指同时做几件事情的能力。

And finally,

最后，

juggling involves managing many different activities,

juggling（兼顾）涉及管理许多不同活动，

which all demand your time.

而这些活动都需要占用你的时间。

We've managed our time pretty well so far,

到目前为止，我们把时间管理得相当好，

but now our six minutes are up. 習語

但现在我们的六分钟到了。

Bye for now.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

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