消失的爱人国英双语 时尚双语:五分之二的人经历过办公室恋情

时尚双语:五分之二的人经历过办公室恋情  

【中英对照】
Forty percent of US workers have dated an office colleague
with 31 percent of them going on to marriage
according to a survey released on Tuesday.
本周二公布的一项调查显示，美国40%的职场人士都曾与自己的同事约会过，其中31%的人最终走向了婚姻殿堂。
Ten percent work with someone they would like to date and 18 percent have dated a co-worker ice or more at some time in their careers
the office romance survey for online job website showed.
这项为招聘网站开展的办公室恋情调查显示，10%的人表示自己想与某个同事约会，18%的人称自己在职业生涯中曾与同事约会过两次或两次以上。
Those eyeing a co-worker was skewed beeen the sexes
with 14 percent of men but just 5 percent of women saying they would like to date a colleague.
同时，在这个问题上还存在性别差异，14%的男性表示愿意与同事约会，而仅有5%的女性愿意这么做。
Of those who dated a co-worker in the last year
a third said it was someone with a more senior position in the pany. Of those
42 percent have dated their boss.
在去年与同事约会过的受访者中，三分之一的人称自己的约会对象在公司中的职位比自己高，其中有42%的人与自己的上司约会。
Nearly three-quarters said they did not have to keep their romance a secret but 7 percent said they had left a job due to an office romance.
近四分之三的人称自己的办公室恋情不用保密，而7%的人则因此而离职。
The survey of 8
038 full-time adult employees was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of .
这项在线调查由凯业必达网站委托哈里斯互动调查机构开展，共有8038名全职成年雇员参加。
The overall results have a sampling error of plus or minus 1.09 percentage points
it said. is owned by Gant Co
Tribune Co
The McClatchy Co and Microsoft Corp.
调查结果的误差在正负1.09个百分点之间。凯业必达网站隶属于甘耐特公司、论坛公司、麦克莱奇报业集团和微软集团。
【词汇讲解】
1.co-worker n. 共同工作者，合作者，同事，帮手
When a co-worker pays her a pliment
she feels alive again.
如注意有男同事称赞她，她会觉得精神焕发。
2.skewadj.歪，偏，斜
A particularly large gender gap among African-Americans
who make up about 11 percent of the nation's undergraduate population
also contributes to the skew.
黑人大学生占全国大学生人数的11％，他们中男女生人数上特别大的差距更促进了全国大学生中男女生人数上的倾斜。
3.conduct vt. & vi.控制，管理

And they conduct various campaigns.
此外他们还举办多项宣传活动。
【语法和句型】
1. Nearly three-quarters said they did not have to keep their romance a secret but 7 percent said they had left a job due to an office romance.
近四分之三的人称自己的办公室恋情不用保密，而7%的人则因此而离职。
duo to表示“由于”，例如：
Her absence is due toillness.
她因病缺席。
due to还有“欠下债〔账〕，应给予”的意思，例如：

You have not given what is due tome.
你欠我的钱还没有还。
2. The survey of 8
038 full-time adult employees was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of.
这项在线调查由凯业必达网站委托哈里斯互动调查机构开展，共有8038名全职成年雇员参加。
on behalf of表示“代表……”，例如：
At the airport he read an address of wele on behalf of the association.
在机场上他代表该协会致了欢迎词。
on behalf of还能表示“为了……的利益”，例如：
He spoke on behalf of the plan.
他为这项计划辩护。