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CONTENT
The workplace is where people go to work. But much of the day is increasingly padded out with less productive activities, writes Peter Fleming.
A few years ago a disturbing story appeared in the media that seemed to perfectly capture the contemporary experience of work and its ever increasing grip over our lives: "Man Dies at Office Desk - Nobody Notices for Five Days".
The case was unnerving for one reason mainly. People die all the time, but usually we notice. Are things so bad in the modern workplace that we can no longer tell the difference between the living and the dead?
Of course, the story turned out to be a hoax. An urban myth.
As it happens, each country has its own variation that still fools people when they periodically appear. In the US the dead person is a publisher. In other countries, a management consultant.
KEY POINTS:
pad out 把…垫满或填满; 把…不必要地拉长;
unnerving adj.使人紧张不安的;
hoax n.骗局; 恶作剧; 戏弄;
periodically adv.定期地;周期性地;
A few years ago a disturbing story appeared in the media that seemed to perfectly capture the contemporary experience of work and its ever increasing grip over our lives: "Man Dies at Office Desk - Nobody Notices for Five Days".
本文不是很难理解，不过要注意以下，第二段是一个定语从句，为了保持句子平衡，story的从句“that seemed…” 移到了后面。
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本期节目参考译文：（参考译文由该节目主持人提供，仅供参考，欢迎大家讨论）
参考译文1：
工作场所是人们去工作的地方。但我们的大部分时间却被低效的活动日益塞满，皮特·弗莱明写道。
几年前媒体报道了一个事件，搅得人们心神不安。这个事件似乎牢牢抓住了当代工作经历的本质，折射出工作对我们生命日益蔓延的控制力：“命丧办公桌，五日无人晓”
该事件之所以令人不安主要有一个原因。即人们无时无刻不在经历死亡，但通常我们都是能注意到的。然而在现代的工作场所，我们却无法说出生死之别，这样岂不是糟糕透了？
当然，这个报道只是个噱头，一个都市传说。如果碰巧发生这样的事，每个国家都有自己的版本，且仍然会愚弄定时出现在办公室的人们。在美国，死去的人是出版商，在其他国家，则可能是管理顾问。
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