2015年11月27日 每天半小时学英语

中文素材

长时间工作的员工可能会感到疲惫或压力，这不仅会降低他们的生产率，还会增加失误、事故和疾病的几率，给雇主带来损失。

英文原文From Financial Times of London

Employees at work for a long time may experience fatigue or stress that not only reduces their productivity, but also increases the probability of errors,accidents and sickness that impose costs on the employer.

中英转化

1）长时间工作的员工可能会感到疲惫或压力：Employees [后置定语at work for a long time] may experience（经历=感到，后接名词）fatigue（疲倦） or stress
2）这不仅会降低他们的生产率：…fatigue or stress [定从that not only reduces their productivity（生产率）, but also…]
3）还会增加失误、事故和疾病的几率，给雇主带来损失：…, but also increases the probability {后置定语of errors, accidents and sickness [定从that impose costs on（强加费用在…=给…造成损失）the employer

重要语法点

1）后置定语和定语从句：使句子紧凑的“利器”；中文表述松散，英语中通常两句并一句：长时间工作的员工可能会感到疲惫或压力，这不仅会降低他们的生产率– Employees [后置定语at work for a long time] may experience fatigue or stress [定语从句that not only reduces their productivity…]; / …increases the probability [后of errors, accidents and sickness 定that impose costs on the employer]
2）介词的使用：本课中at描述处于一种“状态”，at work, at play; for以表示一段时间for a long time; of表从属关系probability of errors；on表示“…的身上”，impose coats on the employer

好词好句

1）experience stress：感到压力；例句：As the number of population rises, graduates usually experience stress in competing with peers.  
2）increase the probability of：增加…的可能性；例句：A good performance at work increases your probability of promotion.
3）impose costs on：给…增加成本；例句：The rise in oil price imposes costs on all car owners.