【商業快訊學英文 ?】\ 連假結束...
【商業快訊學英文 ?】\ 連假結束，來看疫情故事警惕\ 1 確診造成 20 例感染 65 隔離\ \ ? How Coronavirus Swept Through JPMorgan’s Trading Floor\ 冠狀病毒橫掃摩根大通交易室\ \ sweep 橫掃\ trading floor 交
易室\ \ 有人翻成交易大廳，但實際在銀行界工作的朋友都說交易室，英文就是 trading floor，而不用 room\ \ ? Wall Street is used to making tough choices in seconds, but the coronavirus pandemic has added a dimension of life or death. Because home offices lack the multibillion-dollar technology infrastructure of the trading floor, banks are hesitant to allow all of their thousands of traders and salespeople to work from home. \ 華爾街習慣於在幾秒鐘內做出艱難的選擇，但冠狀病毒大流行卻增加了生死攸關的層面。由於在家辦公少了交易室價值數十億美元的交易室基礎建設，因此銀行不願允許交易員和業務員在家中工作\ \ a dimension of life or death 攸關生死的層面\ infrastructure 基礎建設，在此意思該有的軟硬體\ hesitant 猶豫\ \ ? JPMorgan’s coronavirus outbreak is concentrated on the fifth floor of the bank’s Madison Avenue headquarters, a tight web of desks for those who buy and sell stocks and pitch clients on trades.\ 摩根大通的冠狀病毒爆發，主要集中在該銀行麥迪遜大道總部的五樓，這裡是由股票交易和業務員辦公桌組成的密集網\ \ pitch clients 對客戶提案、銷售商品\ \ ? The floor’s troubles started with a managing director who came into the office on March 9. He began to feel ill as the day progressed, and was coughing at his fifth-floor desk.\ 交易室的狀況始於 3 月 9 日進入辦公室的一位董事總經理。隨時間過去，他開始感到不適，並在辦公桌前咳嗽\ \ progress 進展\ cough 咳嗽\ \ ? He stayed home the next day and tested positive for the virus later that week. Top brass kept the news tight for a few days. Then that Friday, a longtime executive broke the news to a group of fifth floor traders.\ 第二天他待在家裡，並在當週篩檢呈現陽性。高層封鎖了幾天的消息。週五，資深幹部告知了一群五樓的交易員\ \ test positive 篩檢呈陽性，英文直接用主動式 test + negative 或 positive 即可\ top brass 不是頂級黃銅，而是高層\ break the news to 告知消息\ \ ? Later, the bank told the rest of the trading staff on other floors. Employees questioned why it had taken several days to spread the word.\ 後來，銀行告訴其他樓層的交易人員。員工質疑為何遲了好幾天時間才公佈消息\ \ question 質疑\ spread the word 擴散消息\ \ 看完以上故事，可以看出一個人可能對別人帶來的巨大潛在影響！不要覺得自己不可能，真的是寧可謹慎，也不要遺憾，繼續盡量宅好宅滿\ \ #Quiz: \ The potentially infected guy later _______ for the virus. Mask up and be safe!\ 那位潛在案例後來確診了。戴好口罩，自保安全！\ A. tested negative\ B. tested positive\ C. test to be\ D. testing, testing, hello?\ \ ?♀️?♂️?♀️?♂\ \ 今天英文再度來自 #華爾街日報\ 喜歡讀的話，不妨訂閱\ 輸入浩爾專屬優惠碼「HOWSJ」\ ☞ 每天11元，最好的投資\ 月底前訂閱還能進入獨家 Line 群組\ 一天一篇精選導讀與交流討論 ?\ 這裡訂閱最划算\ ➡️ https://events.storm.mg/member/HOWSJ/\ \ 想增進商業聽力和口說？\ 每週二晚間持續舉辦 #線上商英讀書會 ?\ 由浩爾帶領導讀，最衛生便利又實際的英文進步方式\ 比起線上家教便宜又有效\ 現在就填表獲得最新通知\ ➡️ https://forms.gle/wHNspct959ikwg9t9