1 "Over the past two decades, the tech industry became famous (or infamous) for its 'perks culture,' a custom of providing employees with fanciful and luxurious amenities."
在過去二十年間,科技產業因其「福利文化」而出名(或惡名昭彰),這是一種為員工提供奢華和奇異設施的習俗。
瑞昇指路:用到的學測 4500 單 (L: level)
- industry (UN) 產業 (L3)
- economic activity concerned with manufacturing or services
- famous (adj) 出名的 (L3)
- widely known or recognized
- custom (CN) 習俗 (L3)
- a traditional way of behaving
- luxurious (adj) 奢華的 (L4)
- extremely comfortable or elegant
2 "But widespread industry layoffs and an expensive pivot to building artificial intelligence led to a decline of perks culture."
然而,廣泛的產業裁員和昂貴的人工智慧轉型,導致了福利文化的衰退。
瑞昇指路:用到的學測 4500 單 (L: level)
- widespread (adj) 廣泛的 (L4)
- found or distributed over a large area
- layoff (CN) 裁員 (L4)
- termination of employment
- pivot (CN) 轉變 (L6)
- a central change or adjustment
3 "Google pioneered the modern tech perks culture during the dot-com boom, when, in 1999, it hired a massage therapist for its 40-person start-up."
Google 在網路泡沫期開創了現代科技福利文化。當時 (1999 年) 為其 40 人的新創公司聘請了一位按摩師。
瑞昇指路:用到的學測 4500 單 (L: level)
- pioneer (vt) 開創 (L4)
- to develop or be the first to use or apply something
- modern (adj) 現代的 (L3)
- relating to the present or recent times
- boom (CN) 繁榮 (L4)
- a period of rapid economic growth
4 "Artisanal chocolate was swapped out for Twix, two current employees said."
手工巧克力被換成了士力架,兩位現任員工表示。
瑞昇指路:用到的學測 4500 單 (L: level)
- artisanal (adj) 手工製作的 (L6)
- made in a traditional, non-mechanized way
- swap (vt) 替換 (L6)
- to exchange or substitute
5 "The tech industry laid off more than 264,000 employees last year, 100,000 more than the year before, according to Layoffs.fyi."
根據 Layoffs.fyi 的數據,去年科技產業裁員超過264,000人,比前一年多了100,000人。
瑞昇指路:用到的學測 4500 單 (L: level)
- lay off sb. (phr.) 裁員 (L4)
make sb. redundant; fire sb.; make sb. jobless
a person employed for wages or salary
source: The New York Times What Is (or Was) ‘Perks Culture’?
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