Ⅰ.核心学习：Office Ergonomics 改造办公室工作环境

Michael: Who do you think is taller - you or me?

迈克尔：你觉得谁更高-我还是你?

Billy: I am, of course. I am heaps taller than you.

比利：当然是我了。我比你高多了。

Michael: But I seem to remember that I used to be at least 2 inches taller than you.

迈克尔：不过我好像记得我以前至少比你高两英寸。

Billy: Maybe you are shrinking?

比利：也许你正在萎缩?

Michael: I hope not! If I am, by the time I am 50, I’ll be a dwarf.

迈克尔：我希望不是这样!如果是这样，等我到50岁的时候我就成侏儒了。

Billy: Well, if you are not shrinking, maybe it’s because your posture is poor.

比利：唔，如果你没有萎缩，可能是因为你的姿势不好。

Michael: You think I am slouching when I stand?

迈克尔：你觉得我站的时候站不直?

Billy: I am not an ergonomics expert, but it looks that way to me.

比利：我不是工效学方面的专家，不过我觉得你看起来是那样。

Michael: It’s time for you to give me some lessons in working comfortably I think.

迈克尔：我觉得你该给我上一些有关舒适地工作方面的课程了。

　　Ⅱ.单词简析

1) Heaps: much, a lot

很，非常的：许多，大量的

ex:When I grow up, I want to have heaps of money so I don’t have to worry about anything.

等我长大的时候我想有很多钱，这样我就什么事情都不用担心了。

2) Shrinking: getting smaller

收缩，萎缩，缩水：变小

ex:Either all of my clothes are shrinking when I wash them or I am getting fatter!

要么我洗衣服时我的所有衣服在缩水，要么我在长胖!

3) Dwarf: a person of unusually small stature

侏儒：身材异常小的人

ex:Some people prefer to use the words ’little person’ instead of dwarf, because they think it will cause less offence.

有些人更喜欢用“小个子”一词而不是侏儒，因为他们觉得那样不那么伤人。

4) Ergonomics: science of designing and arranging things so that the people and things interact efficiently and safely

工效学，工作环境改造学：设计与安排事物，使人与物的互动有效、安全的科学