Passage One
段落一
Time, I think a lot about time and not just because it's the name of the news organization I work for.
时间。我对时间的感想很多。这不仅因为它是我工作所在的新闻机构的名字。
Like most working people, I find time or the lack of it a never ending frustration and an unwinable battle.
像大多数工作一族一样，无论我获得时间或缺少时间，都是一件永远令人沮丧的事，也是一场永远赢不了的战斗。
My every day is a race against the clock that I never ever seem to win. This is hardly a lonesome complaint.
我的每一天都在和时钟赛跑，并且看起来我永远无法取胜。这并不是我个人发出的抱怨。
According to the Families and Work Institute's national study of the changing workforce, 55% of the employees say they don't have enough time for themselves, 63% don't have enough time for their spouses or partners, and 67% don't have enough time for their children.
根据家庭工作研究所对流动劳动力的全国性研究，55%的雇员说他们没有足够的时间供自己支配，63%的雇员说他们没有足够时间陪伴配偶或情侣，67%的人说他们没有足够的时间陪伴自己的孩子。
It's also not a new complaint. I bet our ancestors returned home from hunting wild animals and gathering nuts, and complained about how little time they had to paint battle scenes on their cave walls.
这不是一个新近出现的抱怨。我敢打赌我们的祖辈在狩猎或采集果实回家时，也会抱怨他们很少有时间在洞穴的墙上画下为生存而战的画。
The difference is that the boss of animal hunting and the head of nut gathering probably told them to “Shut up!” or “No survival for you!”
区别在于负责狩猎或采果的首领可能会告诉他们闭嘴否则就不让你活着。
Today's workers are still demanding control over their time, the difference is: today's bosses are listening.
现在雇员们也在要求对他们自己的时间得到更多的控制权，区别是现在老板们会倾听。
I've been reading a report issued today called When Work Works, produced jointly by three organizations.
我正在阅读今天刚出版的一篇由三家机构联合发布的题为《When Work Words》的报道。
They set out to find and award the employers who employ the most creative and most effective ways to give their workers flexibility. I found this report worth reading and suggest every boss should read it for ideas.
他们寻找并奖励那些利用最有创造力、最有效的方式给予雇员弹性时间的雇主们。我发现这篇报道很值得一读，并建议每一位老板都应该去读读它以激发自己的灵感。
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
基于你听到的对话，回答问题26至28。
Question 26. What is the speaker complaining about?
问题26. 说话者在抱怨什么？
Question 27. What does the speaker say about our ancestors?
问题27. 说话者说了些关于我们祖先的什么内容？
Question 28. Why does the speaker suggest all bosses read the report by the three organizations?
问题28. 为什么说话者建议所有的老板读这篇由三家机构联合的报道？