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If this regulatory alternative seems far-fetched today, that’s because of how far we’ve come from the regulatory state of the 1930s to the 1970s, to the subsidy state beginning in the 1980s.

如果这种以监管取而代之的方式如今似乎有些难以置信，那是因为我们从20世纪30年代到70年代的监管状态转变为20世纪80年代开始的补贴状态已经过去太久了。

《本期内容》

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“If Your Co-Workers Are ‘Quiet Quitting,’ Here’s What That Means,” read a headline in a Wall Street Journal article on Aug. 12. The Guardian went with: “Quiet Quitting: Why Doing the Bare Minimum at Work Has Gone Global.” The term was defined and redefined. For some, it was mentallychecking outfrom work. For others, it became about not accepting additional work without additional pay.

8月12日，《华尔街日报》发表文章《如果你的同事在‘躺平’，这样做是什么意思》。卫报的标题则是《躺平：为什么以最低限度完成工作成为全球趋势》。这个词被定义、再定义。对一些人来说，这是在精神上退出工作。对于其他人来说，它变成了如果没有额外报酬就不接受额外工作。

Many people feel perplexed: Why do you need a term to describe something as ordinary as going to work and doing your job, even if it’s not well? Some people feel validated for never raising their hands at work, or judged because they actually like beingoverachievers.

很多人感到困惑：为什么要用一个名词来形容上班、做好本职工作这样普通的事情，哪怕这些你做得不好？有些人因此觉得自己在工作中从不出头是对的。而有些人觉得自己的积极进取受到了评判。

Then there are those who are envious: They wish they could quietly quit, but believe they could neverget away withit because of their race or gender. (There are also some professions that make it less easy. Who wants their doctor or child’s teacher to take the easy way out?)

还有一些人表达了羡慕：他们希望自己可以“躺平”，但由于种族或性别的原因，他们认为自己永远无法做到。（也有一些职业不那么容易做到。谁希望自己的医生或孩子的老师选择躺平呢？）

Matt Spielman, a career coach in New York City and author of the book “Inflection Points: How to Work and Live With Purpose,” understands why some people may want toscale backat work. “If somebody really is burnt out or at the end of his or her rope or having personal issues, I think dialing theknobback from 10 to 7 or 6 or 5 makes sense,” he said.

马特·斯皮尔曼是纽约市的一名职业发展指导师，著有《拐点——如何带着目标去工作和生活》，他理解为什么有些人可能希望缩减工作。他说：“如果某人真的感到倦怠、走投无路或有个人问题，我认为把工作时长从10调到7、6或5是合理的。”

He believes the urge is stronger with remote work. “With remote work it is far easier to feel less involved, less part of a team, and it’s easier for managers to break up with employees and vice versa,” he said. “There are fewer boundaries of when work starts and when work stops.” But he worries about people engaging in quiet quitting as a means of getting revenge on a company. “Quiet quitting seems very passive aggressive,” he said. “If somebody is burnt out, there should be acandidconversation about that, and it should be both ways. Just saying, ‘I am going to do the absolute minimum because I am entitled to it or I have issues’ — it doesn’t really help anybody.”

他认为，在远程工作中，这种冲动更加强烈。翻译划线句，长按文末小程序码打卡，答案下期公布~“工作何时开始、何时结束的界限也更少。”但他担心人们会把躺平作为报复公司的手段。“躺平似乎是一种消极的攻击，”他说。“如果有人感到疲惫，就应该坦诚地谈论这个问题，而且应该是双向的。只是说，‘我要做绝对最低限度的工作，因为我有权利这样做，或者我遇到了问题’——这对任何人都没有帮助。”

本文节选自：The New York Times（纽约时报）

发布时间：2022.09.08

作者：ALYSON KRUEGER

原文标题：Who Is Quiet Quitting For?

词汇积累

1.overachiever

英/ ˌəʊvərəˈtʃiːvə(r) /美/ ˌoʊvərəˈtʃiːvər /

n.成绩超过预料的学生；成就比预期更大的人

2.candid

英/ ˈkændɪd /美/ ˈkændɪd /

adj.坦率的，直言不讳的；抓拍的，偷拍的；公正的

3.knob

英/ nɒb /美/ nɑːb /

n.球形把手；旋钮；‹英>小块（黄油等）；球形突出物；‹英，非正式>阴茎；‹美>圆形小山

词组搭配

1.check out 检验；结账离开；通过考核；盖章；登记并借出

2.get away with 侥幸成功，侥幸逃脱

3.scale back 相应缩减；按比例缩减

写作句总结

原句：“With remote work it is far easier to feel less involved, less part of a team, and it’s easier for managers to break up with employees and vice versa,” he said.

结构：With A it is far easier to XX, and it’s easier for XX to XX

例句：With this tool it is far easier to learn online, and it’s easier for teacher to regulate the class.

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