好工作不仅是薪水 1

TOPIC：成功；工作；健康；福利

场景：

平衡工作&家庭生活/健康：留守儿童/空巢老人；

哪些因素界定“好工作”：薪水/工时/机动性/福利等；

技术发展的好处和弊端：人力资源；

人vs. 电脑：技术能代替人吗？

雇主&雇员：吸引人才；竞争&福利；

【口语】【写作】

【大作文+ 小作文】

Digital data management systems are useful for retailers such as Walmart, which this month announced that by 2016 it israising its minimum hourly rate in the US to $10. Sophisticated new software that captures real-time sales patterns and other data means companies can deploy more staff at short notice, or send them home when restaurants or stores are empty. Workers are often sent packing mid-shift or called in early. It saves costs for employers and ultimately shareholders.

沃尔玛(Walmart)上月宣布，到2016年要将其在美国的最低时薪提高至10美元。对沃尔玛这样的零售商来说，电子数据管理系统非常有用。复杂的新软件可以捕捉实时销售模式和其它数据，这意味着企业可以临时调配更多员工，或者在餐馆或者门店空闲的时候让他们下班回家。员工经常上班上到一半被打发回家或者提前被叫来上班。这为雇主，而且归根结底也为股东节省了成本。

【经典句式】

digital data management system电子数据管理系统

retailer零售商

minimum hourly rate 最低时薪

sophisticated复杂的

software软件

capture捕捉

real-time实时的

sales销售

pattern模式；规律

deploy调配

staff员工

at short notice 临时地

shift轮班

ultimately最终地

shareholder股东

【犀利观点】技术发展的好处——节省成本：

Digital data management systems are useful for retailers.

Sophisticated new software that captures real-time sales patterns and other data means companies can deploy more staff at short notice, or send them home when restaurants or stores are empty. It saves costs for employers and ultimately shareholders.

It is also a nightmare for many low-wage workers, among whose ranks I worked for more than a decade, mostly in food service. Software does not take into account the shifting nature of human lives. Nor can it deal with unexpected events such as a sick child.

但这也是很多低薪劳动者的梦魇。我也在这样的低薪岗位上工作了十几年，基本都是在餐饮行业。软件既不会考虑人类生活变化不定的本质，也不会考虑孩子生病等突发状况。

【大作文万用句式】弊端

It is also a nightmarefor …但这也是……的梦魇。

【经典句式】

low-wage worker 低薪劳动者

food service 餐饮行业

take into account 考虑到；计入

shift变化

nature本质

deal with 应对

unexpected event突发状况

【犀利观点】技术发展的弊端——不够人性化/灵活：

It is also a nightmare for many low-wage workers.

Software does not take into account the shiftingnature of humanlives. Nor can it deal with unexpected events such as a sick child.