英语听力精选进阶版 7166

Background: 在办公室如何着装才是得体的？最新一项调查对来自24个国家，1.2万人进行了采访，可是结果显示大家对这个问题都各执己见。

If you're a T-shirts and jeans kind of a person, then here's some statistics worth knowing.

According to the Reuters poll, you should head to Hungary for a job, given that a mere¹ twelve percent of people there dress smartly for work.

India on the other hand might be a trickier² proposition, with nearly six in ten Indians wearing formal clothes in the office.

As a rule it seems Europeans are scruffier³, whilst workers in South Korea, China, Turkey and Saudi Arabia all tend to make more effort.

If you want to don a pair of shorts in the office, then nearly half of all Australians asked think that's fine.

However a mere tenth of Brazilians would agree.

Russians too would disapprove⁴, although with the heatwave Moscow is experiencing, the temptation must be great.

And what happens if you want climb the corporate⁵ ladder?

Around two thirds of people believe senior managers should be smarter than their minions⁶.

In Sweden you're less likely to be judged on what you wear on your way to the top.

But in France you might find the corridors of power closed to you if you intend to slouch down them wearing whatever you could find that morning.

Glossary⁷ 词汇表

kind of a person 的一种人 

head to 去 

a mere 仅仅 

dress smartly 穿着讲究 

trickier proposition 更为棘手的情况 

formal 正式 

scruffier （和其他国家相比）衣着不整齐 

make more effort 更加注意 

to don 穿上 

heatwave 热浪 

temptation 诱惑 

corporate ladder 公司晋升制度 

minions 下属 

on your way to the top 晋升之路 

the corridors of power 权利走廊（暗中左右和制定重大政策的政府或管理机构的上层权力中心） slouch down 懒散

Questions and Answers

Do most people in Hungary dress smartly for work? 

No. In this survey it found that only 12 percent of people in Hungary dress smartly for work.

True or false? Nearly 50 percent of Australians believe it is fine to wear shorts in the office. 

True nearly half of Australians surveyed thought that wearing shorts in the office was fine.

In which country are you less likely to be judged as you climb the corporate ladder? 

Sweden is the country where you are less likely to be judged on what you wear as you climb your way to the top.

How many people believe that senior managers should dress smarter than those who work beneath them? 

Two thirds of people in this survey believe that senior managers should dress smarter than people who work below them.

1 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

2 trickier   

adj.狡猾的( tricky的比较级 )；（形势、工作等）复杂的；机警的；微妙的

参考例句：

• This is the general rule, but some cases are trickier than others. 以上是一般规则，但某些案例会比别的案例更为棘手。 来自互联网
• The lower the numbers go, the trickier the problems get. 武器的数量越低，问题就越复杂。 来自互联网

3 scruffier   

adj.肮脏的，不整洁的( scruffy的比较级 )

参考例句：

4 disapprove   

v.不赞成，不同意，不批准

参考例句：

• I quite disapprove of his behaviour.我很不赞同他的行为。
• She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove.她想训练自己做戏剧演员，但她的父母不赞成。

5 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

6 minions   

n.奴颜婢膝的仆从( minion的名词复数 )；走狗；宠儿；受人崇拜者

参考例句：

• She delegated the job to one of her minions. 她把这份工作委派给她的一个手下。 来自辞典例句
• I have been a slave to the vicious-those whom I served were his minions. 我当过那帮坏人的奴隶，我伺候的都是他的爪牙。 来自辞典例句

7 glossary   

n.注释词表；术语汇编

参考例句：

• The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
• For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便，我们在附录中也提供了术语表。