荷兰发明防加班办公桌 一到下班点就升空

 Employees at Amsterdam design studio Heldergroen won't be putting in much overtime¹. Not in the office, at any rate.

在荷兰阿姆斯特丹的设计工作室Heldergroen，员工将不会有太多机会加班。就算加班也不是在办公室。

That's because every day at 6 pm, their desks, tables and other work surfaces, with their computers attached, are hauled up to the ceiling by steel cables normally used to move heavy props² in theatrical³ productions. If you leave a half-eaten tuna sandwich on your desk, you're out of luck.

因为一到每天下午6点，员工们的办公桌和其他工作台，将连同电脑一起被剧院升降台用的钢缆吊着向天花板升上去。如果你在桌上放了一个吃了一半的金枪鱼三明治，那你可就不走运了。

荷兰发明防加班办公桌 一到下班点就升空

Once the chairs and other workplace paraphernalia⁴ are cleared away, the space is free for evening and weekend use as "a dance floor, yoga studio … or anything else you can think of—the floor is literally⁵ yours," creative director Sander Veenendaal said.

一旦椅子和办公室的其他设备被清走，这里就变成了一个完全开放的空间，周末可以用作“舞池、瑜伽馆或者其他你能想到的活动室——你想怎么用就怎么用”，创意总监桑德?维恩达尔说。

In a way, the office space itself is working overtime for Heldergroen, generating lots of publicity⁶ and carrying an enlightened message of career-life balance far and wide.

在某种程度上，办公空间在业余时间还在为Heldergroen继续服务，这么做不但让公司的知名度提高了不少，还让工作生活平衡的开明理念广为传播。

"We think that doing activities like this makes it easier for people to work here," says Veenendaal. "You know when it is time to relax or do something else that inspires you."

“我们认为这么做会让人们感觉在这里工作更轻松，”维恩达尔说道，“你知道什么时间该放松，或者去做一些给自己灵感的事情。”

That sounds awesome⁷. There's just one catch. In the morning, the desks reappear and everybody has to go back to work.

这听上去很棒。唯一让人不爽的是，到了早上，办公桌会再度出现，所有人都得回去工作。

1 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

2 props   

小道具； 支柱( prop的名词复数 )； 支持者； 道具； （橄榄球中的）支柱前锋

参考例句：

• Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
• The government props up the prices of farm products to support farmers' incomes. 政府保持农产品价格不变以保障农民们的收入。

3 theatrical   

adj.剧场的，演戏的；做戏似的，做作的

参考例句：

• The final scene was dismayingly lacking in theatrical effect.最后一场缺乏戏剧效果，叫人失望。
• She always makes some theatrical gesture.她老在做些夸张的手势。

4 paraphernalia   

n.装备；随身用品

参考例句：

• Can you move all your paraphernalia out of the way?你可以把所有的随身物品移开吗？
• All my fishing paraphernalia is in the car.我的鱼具都在汽车里。

5 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

6 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

7 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.