职场各“族”生存之道_公共英语阅读理解

职场各“族”生存之道

Desk potato is someone who sits at a desk all day long but gets little to nothing done -- usually because of websurfing or playing computer games. The term is derived from couch potato.

Desk potato(桌边神游族)指整天坐在书桌边，却不见有任何事情完成的人，通常都是因为他们成天都在上网闲逛或玩游戏。Desk potato这个说法来源于couch potato(电视迷、成天坐在沙发上无所事事的人)。

For example: Jim has become a real desk potato. Between Mahjong and Minesweeper he manages to squeeze in a few hours on MySpace, and then he plays RPG's(Role-playing game) 'til midnight.

吉姆已经成了不折不扣的"桌边神游族"。除了玩麻将和踩地雷游戏，他还会抽出几小时上MySpace，然后就一直玩角色扮演游戏到半夜。

【职场"掏空族"】

身边有很多人说，大学刚毕业的时候，工作热情极高，从来都是早到晚走，有活儿也是抢着干。可工作几年后，情况就不是这样了。项目策划会基本不发言了，年轻同事在讨论什么也跟不上了。这就是职场的"掏空族(over-drained clan) "。

Over-drained clan refers to employees who find themselves running out of new ideas as well as enthusiasm after spending all their time and energy on day-to-day work. They are usually regarded as spiritual victims of fast-paced jobs which deprive them of learning time.