英文原文链接:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/may/26/businesssolutionssupplement3Rising costs of office space, time lost to stressful commuting, and a slow recognition that workers have lives beyond the office - all are strong arguments for letting staff work from home.
For the small business, there are additional benefits too - staff are more productive, and happier, enabling firms to keep their headcounts and their recruitment costs to a minimum. It can also provide competitive advantage, especially when small businesses want to attract new staff but don't have the budget to offer huge salaries.
While company managers have known about the benefits for a long time, many have done little about it, sceptical of whether they could trust their employees to work to full capacity without supervision, or concerned about the additional expenses teleworking policies might incur as staff start charging their home phone bills to the business.
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[词义]
sceptical: tending to disagree with what other people tell you
搭配:sceptical about/of
例句: Envronmental groups are sceptical of the government's claims.
teleworking: working from home, and conmmunicating with the employers, customers etc using a computer, telephone居家办公
incur
if you incur a cost, debt, or a fine, you have to pay money because of something you have done
搭配:incur expenses/costs/losses/debts
If the council loses the appeal, it will incur all the legal costs.
work to full capacity v. 全力以赴
charging their home phone bills to the business由公司支付他们家里的电话费
[结构]
While company managers have known about the benefits for a long time, many have done little about it, [(who are) sceptical of whether they could trust their employees to work to full capacity without supervision], or [(who are) concerned about the additional expenses teleworking policies might incur as staff start charging their home phone bills to the business].
while引导让步状语从句从句,表示尽管。
主干: many (company managers) have done little about it
the additional expenses teleworking policies might incur将the additional expenses宾语前置,顺序:teleworking policies might incur the additional expenses居家办公可能引起额外的花费。
问:莫不是”sceptical of whether their employees will work to full capacity without supervision“
答:句子省略了who are, sceptical of和concerned about的主语是many (company managers),两者为并列关系。可以理解为以下两个句子。
Many are sceptical of whether they could trust their employees to work to full capacity without supervision.
Many are concerned about the additional expenses teleworking policies might incur as staff start charging their home phone bills to the business.
他们怀疑是否能够相信在无人监管的情况下员工能全力以赴地工作
[译文]
尽管公司管理人员很早就知道这个利益,但他们并没有为此采取措施,他们怀疑是否能够相信在无人监管的情况下员工能全力以赴地工作,或者担心居家办公可能引起的额外花费,比如公司要支付员工家里的电话费。