BBC地道英語口語:Hot Desk 公用辦公桌
Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English. I’m Helen.
Zoë: 大家好，我是劉佳。地道英語和大家一起學習英語中新出現的流行詞彙還有一些新用法。那 Helen, 今天咱們要學的新詞是什麼呢？
Helen: Today’s new word is hot desk. That’s H.O.T. hot and D.E.S.K. desk. Hot desk.
Zoë: Hot desk. 熱的，和桌子加起來指的是什麼呢？
Helen: Well, hot desk is a new expression that means to share a desk or office space. Workers don’t have their own desks, but share them and use them at different times.
Zoë: 說的就是幾個人在不同的時間共用一個桌子，用的人多，桌子可不就熱了嗎，所以是hot desk。
Helen: Yes. It is more common nowadays. You might say 'we have hot-desking at work to save money.'
Zoë: 這的確是個節約開支的辦法，充分發揮了這個桌子的作用。不是單獨屬於誰，而是大家一起在不同的時間公用。
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A: Is this your desk?
B: No – we have hot-desking here. I work at any desk I want. It’s much more efficient.
Helen: Do you have your own desk?
Zoë: Yes, but I wouldn’t mind hot-desking.
Helen: I wouldn’t like hot-desking. I like to have my things around me, and I don’t like other people moving them!
Zoë: I know what you mean. I like having my personal space as well.
Helen: Still I guess hot-desking is a good idea in some offices.
Zoë: Why?
Helen: Maybe some people are not in the office every day, so it would be better to have hot-desking rather than waste money and space on individual desks.
Zoë: So it could save costs for companies.
Helen: Yes. Anyway, to recap hot desk means to share desks.
Zoë: Hot desk 就是公用的辦公桌。That’s it for today.
Helen: Yes, that’s all. You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us again soon for more up-to-the-minute Real English. Bye.
Zoë: See you next time.
