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three days off a week

一周三休

(yīzhōu sānxiū) 

A: For the month of August employees at Microsoft Japan implemented a schedule with three days off a week.  

微软日本的员工今年八月份实现了一周三休呢。

(wēiruǎn rìběn de yuánɡōnɡ jīnnián bāyuèfèn shíxiàn le yīzhōu sānxiū ne.) 

B: Really? How could something so great happen? Did employee productivity increase?

真的？这么棒吗？员工效率有提高吗？

(zhēnde? zhème bànɡ ma? yuánɡōnɡ xiàolǜ yǒu tíɡāo ma?)

A: Yes, it increased by nearly 40 percent. So they have decided to continue this next summer.

有的,提高了近百分之四十。所以他们决定明年夏天也延续这种做法。

(yǒu de, tíɡāo le jìn bǎifēnzhī sìshí. suǒyǐ tāmén juédìnɡ mínɡnián xiàtiān yě yánxù zhèzhǒnɡ zuòfǎ.)

B: I wish our company could learn from them. I haven't had a weekend off for two weeks now. I feel like my life has gotten a lot darker. 

真希望我们公司能学学人家。我已经两周都没过周末了。感觉人生都灰暗了。

(zhēn xīwànɡ wǒmén ɡōnɡsī nénɡ xuéxué rénjiā. wǒ yǐjīnɡ liǎnɡzhōu dōuméi ɡuò zhōumò le. ɡǎnjué rénshēnɡ dōu huīàn le.)

A: I hear you.

我懂。

(wǒ dǒnɡ.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT