職場女性 - 6分鐘英語：英語精讀講義

Six Minute English

六分鐘英語

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Hello,

大家好，

this is Six Minute English

這裡是《六分鐘英語》

from BBC Learning English.

由 BBC Learning English 製作。

I'm Neil.

我是 Neil。

And I'm Sam.

我是 Sam。

Sam,

Sam，

does this situation sound familiar? 片語搭配

這個情況聽起來耳熟嗎？

It's a colleague's birthday next week.

下週是某位同事的生日。

A male boss says to a female employee,

一位男老闆對一位女員工說，

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

「妳很擅長籌劃事情。

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

妳能去買張卡片並讓辦公室的每個人都簽名嗎？

Oh,

喔，

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

而且我們還需要訂個蛋糕。

Thanks, you're amazing." 語氣意圖

謝謝，妳太棒了。」

Yes,

是的，

I have seen that.

我看過這種情況。

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

男老闆要求女性包辦維持辦公室運作的所有雜事，

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

卻沒有做任何能推動她職涯發展或提升升遷機會的事。

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

升遷指的是某人晉升到公司中更高階、

better paid position in a company.

薪水更好的職位。

Sadly,

遺憾的是，

this happens a lot.

這種情況很常發生。

In many workplaces around the world,

在世界各地的許多職場中，

it's the men who are considered born leaders 文法

被視為天生領導者的往往是男性，

and promoted up the corporate career ladder, 慣用語

而且他們能沿著公司的職涯階梯向上升遷，

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

而女性則被分配到較不重要的角色。

Even today,

即使在今天，

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

許多職場女性在職涯中仍會遇到一個瓶頸，

beyond which they cannot progress. 文法

過了這個點就無法再晉升。

An invisible barrier to succeed

這種阻礙成功的無形障礙

referred to as the glass ceiling. 慣用語

被稱為玻璃天花板。

But in this program, 表達脈絡

但在本集節目中，

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

我們將會見『拒絕俱樂部』(The No Club) 的成員，

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

這是一群向玻璃天花板說『不』的女性，

by publicly questioning the kinds of jobs

她們公開質疑

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

職場中男性和女性被要求從事的工作類型。

And of course,

當然，

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

我們也會學到一些實用的新單字。

But first,

但首先，

I have a question for you, Sam.

我有一個問題要問妳，Sam。

Despite the glass ceiling, 文法

儘管存在玻璃天花板，

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

女性確實在許多工作和商業領域達到了最高職位，

even in the male-dominated world of politics. 用詞

甚至在男性主導的政治領域也是如此。

So,

那麼，

who was the first woman to become British Prime Minister?

誰是第一位成為英國首相的女性？

Was it A,

是 A，

Theresa May,

德蕾莎·梅伊，

B,

B，

Nicola Sturgeon,

妮古拉·史特金，

or C,

還是 C，

Margaret Thatcher?

瑪格麗特·柴契爾？

Hmm,

嗯，

I know the answer to this one, Neil.

Neil，我知道這題的答案。

It's C,

答案是 C，

Margaret Thatcher.

瑪格麗特·柴契爾。

Okay,

好的，

well,

那麼，

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

我們稍後會看看妳是否答對了。

Professor Vesterlund is one of the four academics

Vesterlund 教授是合著《拒絕俱樂部》(The No Club) 的

who co-wrote The No Club, 文化背景

四位學者之一，

a book discussing how females disproportionately take on the unimportant 講解

這本書探討了女性為何不成比例地承擔了工作上不重要、

less visible tasks at work. 用詞

較不顯眼的工作。

Professor Vesterlund calls these non-promotable tasks, 用詞

Vesterlund 教授稱這些為『不可升遷的任務』，

jobs like taking notes,

像是做筆記、

organizing social events,

舉辦社交活動，

or chairing meetings. 用詞

或是主持會議這類工作。

Jobs that take time and effort, 片語搭配

這些工作需要花費時間和精力，

but do little to increase company profits 片語搭配

但對增加公司利潤

or to boost your career. 片語搭配

或推動個人職涯沒什麼幫助。

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

研究顯示，這些任務大部分是由女性完成的。

Here is Lise Vesterlund explaining more 表達脈絡

以下是 Lise Vesterlund

to BBC World Service program Business Daily.

在 BBC 國際頻道節目《Business Daily》中的進一步說明。

We've been noticing gender differences in wages, 用詞

我們一直注意到薪資、

in advancement,

晉升、

in negotiation.

談判上的性別差異。

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

女性的職業倦怠感遠高於男性。

Their dissatisfaction with their work is much greater. 用詞

她們對工作的不滿程度也高得多。

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

我們一直在嘗試用各種不同的方法和技巧

with lots of different methods and techniques.

來解決所有這些目標問題。

And what is interesting about the non-promotable work 文法

而關於不可升遷的工作，有趣的是，

is that it sort of in a very structural sense 用詞

它在某種非常有結構意義上，

contributes to all of those differences. 片語搭配

促成了所有這些差異。

Professor Vesterlund lists some workplace gender imbalances, 用詞

Vesterlund 教授列舉了一些職場性別不平衡的現象，

including job dissatisfaction and burnout.

包括工作不滿和職業倦怠。

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

那是因為工作太過辛苦而導致的疲勞和精疲力竭。

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

許多這些問題會因為不可升遷的任務而變得更糟。

Natalie Quayle agrees.

Natalie Quayle 也同意這一點。

Natalie started her successful dental cosmetics company,

Natalie 創辦了她成功的牙齒美容公司

Smile Time,

Smile Time，

after winning a business competition

在此之前，她曾在電視節目

on the TV show Dragons' Den. 文化背景

《龍穴》(Dragons' Den) 中贏得了一場商業競賽。

Here she tells BBC World Service's Business Daily

在這裡她向 BBC 國際頻道的《Business Daily》講述了

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

她被要求承擔不可升遷任務的經驗

in her work as a trainee solicitor.

當時她還是一名實習律師。

As a trainee solicitor, 用詞

作為一名實習律師，

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

你接手的幾乎每項任務都是不可升遷的任務。

Note-taking is one of them in meetings

在會議中做筆記就是其中之一，

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

在這種情況下，你有點被告知不能發言或說任何話。

I was tasked with being the team party organizer. 用詞

我曾被指派擔任團隊派對的主辦人。

So that was my role.

所以那就是我的角色。

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

不可否認的是，團隊中的女性，

the level of multitasking they're doing

她們在多工處理的程度

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

在很多情況下確實遠超過男性。

For example,

例如，

you know,

你知道，

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

團隊中的許多女性還必須兼顧家裡有小孩的情況，

being a working mom. 用詞

同時做個職業婦女。

Natalie found herself doing non-promotable tasks.

Natalie 發現自己總是在做不可升遷的任務。

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

她認為職場中許多女性被期望要擅長多工處理，

doing more than one thing at the same time.

也就是同時做一件以上的事情。

For working moms who are raising a family

對於既要撫養家庭

as well as developing careers at work. 片語搭配

又要在工作上發展職涯的職業婦女來說，

This involves some juggling,

這牽涉到兼顧多種事務，

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

當妳參與許多不同的活動時試著管理妳的生活，

which all demand your time. 片語搭配

而這些全都需要妳投入時間。

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

自玻璃天花板這個詞被發明以來的 40 年裡，

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

對於職業婦女來說，情況似乎沒有太大的改變。

But there is some good news. 表達脈絡

但還是有一些好消息。

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

女性經理人，以及在傳統上被視為男性領域工作的女性數量

has increased dramatically.

已經大幅增加。

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

而那些升遷看重能力

not gender,

而非性別的公司，

have benefited from talented,

已經從這些才華洋溢、

hard-working female leaders.

努力工作的女性領導者身上受惠。

And speaking of female leaders, 表達脈絡

說到女性領導者，

Neil,

Neil，

what was the answer to your question?

你問的問題的答案是什麼？

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

你問我誰是第一位女性英國首相，

and I said Margaret Thatcher.

我說是瑪格麗特·柴契爾。

Was I right?

我對了嗎？

You were right.

妳答對了。

Mrs. Thatcher,

柴契爾夫人，

nicknamed The Iron Lady, 文化背景

綽號『鐵娘子』，

became Prime Minister in May 1979,

於 1979 年 5 月成為首相，

the first woman to break the political glass ceiling 慣用語

是英國第一位打破政治玻璃天花板的女性，

in the UK,

在英國，

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

這是一種阻礙職涯發展的無形障礙。

Okay,

好的，

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

讓我們來回顧一下我們學到的其他單字，

starting with promotion,

從 promotion 開始，

moving up into a higher,

意思是晉升到更高的、

more important position in your company.

在公司裡更重要的職位。

The term non-promotable tasks 表達脈絡

non-promotable tasks 這個詞

describes those unimportant jobs which help your organization,

描述了那些對組織有幫助但無足輕重的工作，

but do nothing to advance your career.

卻對推動個人職涯毫無幫助。

They are often given to women.

這些工作通常會交給女性。

If you have burnout,

如果你有 burnout，

you're exhausted from working too hard.

表示你因為工作過度而筋疲力盡。

Multitasking is the ability

Multitasking 是一種能力

to do several things at the same time.

能夠同時處理多件事情。

And finally,

最後，

juggling involves managing many different activities,

juggling 包含管理許多不同的活動，

which all demand your time.

這些全都需要耗費你的時間。

We've managed our time pretty well so far,

我們到目前為止把時間管理得相當好，

but now our six minutes are up. 慣用語

但現在我們的六分鐘已經到了。

Bye for now.

先說再見囉。

Bye.

再見。

Six Minute English from the BBC.

來自 BBC 的《六分鐘英語》。