Welcome to the Voice of America's News Words.
欢迎收看美国之音：新闻词汇。
In May, the head of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg,
今年5月，脸书CEO马克·扎克伯格
made an announcement about his workforce.
做了一份关于公司员工的声明。
Remote. COVID has changed a lot about our lives.
远程。新冠病毒很大程度上改变了我们的生活。
At Facebook, about 95% percent of the company or more are working remotely.
在脸书公司，大约95%或更多的员工在远程办公。

And coming out of this period, I expect that remote work is going to be a growing trend.
从这一时期开始，我预计远程工作将成为一种发展趋势。
Remote often describes places that are far from centers of population.
“Remote”通常指远离人口中心的地方。
In this example, it means working someplace other than the usual center of business.
在这个例子中，它的意思是在通常的业务中心以外的地方工作。
For most employees now, the remote workplace is their home.
对现在的大多数员工来说，远程工作场所就是他们的家。