A: You’re a student, I bet you don’t have to spend much time on household chores.
B: What’s that got to do with the price of fish?
A: Well, one major boon to working from home is that I can get housework done during short breaks when I need to get away from the computer and stretch my legs.
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B: I spend more time doing homework than housework, but I also find I can get lots done in the 10-minute break between classes. Technically, at least. At the moment, I spend most breaks lying on my bed and zoning out.
A: 你是學生,我猜你不需要花很多時間做家事。
B: 你這話跟我們討論的主題有什麼關聯啊?
A: 在家上班的一個主要優點是,在我需要離開電腦、舒展筋骨的休息時間,可以用來做家事。
B: 我做功課的時間比做家事還多,可是我也發現在十分鐘的下課時間,可以做好多事。至少就技術上來說是如此啦。不過目前我下課時間多半還是躺在床上放空。
(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱譯)
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