在工作場景中，有許多出現頻率很高的固定搭配。如 flexible working “彈性工作制”，指雇員可以相對自由地選擇工作起止時間的機制。你知道“產假”、“細節微觀管理”等慣用搭配的英文說法嗎？《英語小測驗》幫助你快速掌握一些和工作有關的常用表達。

1. I am much happier now I am a _________. I prefer working for myself rather than a company.

a) volunteer

b) nine-to-fiver

c) employee

d) freelancer

2. I am so busy; I never the leave the office before nine pm. I am completely _________.

a) snowed under with work

b) throwing a spanner in the works

c) going like clockwork

d) working myself into a lather

3. In the UK, new mums usually have the right to take up to 39 weeks of _________.

a) mum time

b) paternity leave

c) maternity leave

d) baby leave

4. A _________ is an informal term for an agreement between an employer and an employee when the working hours are not guaranteed to a fixed amount.

a) part-time job

b) zero-hours contract

c) full-time job

d) freelance contract

5. I hate the way my boss is always checking every little detail of my work. I can't stand to be _________.

a) bullied

b) harrassed

c) micromanaged

d) made redundant

6. I once dated a guy from work, but it didn't work out, so I would avoid _________ in future.

a) an office romance

b) a work love

c) a factory affair

d) a workplace infatuation

答案

1) d, 2) a, 3) c, 4) b, 5) c, 6) a.