工作

我们汇总了几个常见的理由：

❶ 有些同事合不来 disagreeable colleagues
❷ 占用假期，形同加班 days off occupied
❸ 酒文化，劝酒难挡 being urged to drink
❹ 换个地方开会 just another form of meetings
❺ 强制性，不参加扣工资 compulsory and pay cuts apply on absence

无论团建讨喜与否，双语君都提醒大家，疫情期间，应当适当减少聚众活动哦。

省下来的时间，来学习下这些团建活动的英文表达。

周末静修
Weekend retreats

Weekend retreats include yoga, massage, and meditation workshops.
周末的静修活动包括瑜伽、按摩、以及冥想工作坊。

坐地起身
Partner standing challenges

Pairs sit back-to-back, arms linked and have to stand up together.
两个人背靠背坐着，手臂从背后挽住，需要一起站起来。

信任后倒
Trust falls
In a trust fall, a person deliberately falls backwards, trusting the members of a group to catch them, and in doing so, increasing trust.
一个人需要故意往后倒，相信后面的组员会接住这个人，这么做会增加信任感。

攀岩
Rock climbing

Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls.
参加攀岩活动的人在自然岩石或者人工岩墙上上下爬行或者横着爬行。

彩弹射击（真人CS）
Paintballing

Paintballing is a competitive team shooting sport in which players eliminate opponents from play by hitting them with spherical dye-filled gelatin capsules called paintballs that break upon impact. Paintballs are usually shot using low-energy air weapons called paintball markers that are powered by compressed air (nitrogen) or carbon dioxide and were originally designed for remotely marking trees and cattle.
彩弹射击是一项竞技性团体射击运动，玩家们用一种被称为彩弹的球形染色明胶胶囊击打对手，以此在比赛中淘汰对手。玩家通常使用被称为彩弹标记器的低能气枪来射击，这种气枪由压缩空气（氮气）或二氧化碳为其提供动力，最初设计用于远程标记树木和牛。

剧本杀
Jubensha – Script murder

A jubensha is a role-playing murder mystery activity that has become highly popular among young urban Chinese.
剧本杀是一项凶案角色扮演游戏，在城市年轻人群中十分流行。

Sessions of script murder, which take place in specialist escape room-style venues, cost up to 300 yuan per person and take over four hours. Players are each given a character with a complex backstory and costume, and are then thrown into an immersive environment to rummage around for clues and interact with other characters as they attempt to solve a crime.
剧本杀的场地是专门的密室逃脱风格，每人需要花最多300块以及四小时才能玩一局。玩家们每人都会分配到一个有复杂背景故事和服装的角色，接着就会进入到一个沉浸式的环境中，需要搜寻线索以及与其他角色互动来破解案件。

我从未……过
Never have I ever

"Never Have I Ever" is a drinking game in which players take turns telling things they have not done. Other players who have done this thing respond by taking a drink.
“我从未……过”是一个喝酒游戏。玩家需要轮流说出自己从来没干过的事情，在座的玩家要是有谁干过这件事就需要喝酒。

除了上面那些常见的团建活动和游戏，有些公司玩儿起团建来，是舍得下本钱的。出国旅游已经不新鲜，自己设计游戏或者真人荒岛求生也能整出来。

Just one in five workers use their lunch break to actually eat every day — with most using the time to catch up on personal errands and browse social media instead.

只有五分之一的职员每天在午休时间吃饭，大多数人都是在午休时间打理私事或刷社交媒体。

A study of 2,000 UK professionals found 79% will tuck into their food as they work, so they can use their "lunch break" to do other things.

一项对2000名英国职场人士的研究发现，79%的人会一边工作一边吃东西，这样他们就可以利用午休时间来做其他事情。

Watching YouTube videos, walking the dog and playing with apps on their phones are also among some of the ways people spend their lunch break.

看看油管视频，遛遛狗，玩玩手机应用也是人们度过午休时间的其中几种方式。

The study, commissioned by Samsung KX, is designed to inspire people to reclaim their lunch breaks.

三星KX委托开展的这项研究旨在启发人们重拾午休时间。

Kiss your sharply-tailored menswear, your sheath dresses and high heels goodbye.

和贴身剪裁的男装、紧身连衣裙和高跟鞋说再见吧。

sheath dresses: 紧身连衣裙

The new work-from-home reality has rapidly recalibrated the fashion code for professional wear, and that spells trouble for the retailers who sell formal office clothing.

在家工作的新现实已经迅速对职业装的时尚密码进行了重新调整，而这对于出售办公室正装的零售企业则意味着麻烦。

recalibrate [rɪ'kælɪbreɪt]: vt. 重新校准，再校准；重校准

On July 8, Brooks Brothers, the 202-year-old menswear retailer that has dressed 40 US presidents and is synonymous with the classic Wall Street banker look, filed for bankruptcy as demand for suits plummeted amid the pandemic.

疫情期间随着西装需求量剧减，7月8日拥有202年历史的男装零售企业布鲁克斯兄弟申请破产。布鲁克斯兄弟曾经为40位美国总统提供服装，是华尔街银行家经典装扮的代名词。

Meanwhile, Ascena Retail Group, which owns Ann Taylor and Lane Bryant apparel chains, told Bloomberg it's weighing all options to stay afloat after its business was hit hard by a pullback in clothing purchases, including officewear. Ascena is reportedly planning to shut at least 1,200 stores. It has 2,800 locations in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

与此同时，拥有安·泰勒和莱恩·布赖恩特连锁服饰品牌的Ascena零售集团告诉彭博社说，在包括办公装在内的服装销售遭遇需求量减少的冲击后，集团正在权衡能免于亏损的所有选项。据称Ascena正计划关闭至少1200家门店。该集团在美国、加拿大和波多黎各有2800家门店。

pullback [ˈpʊlbæk]: n.（需求）减少

Offices are probably going to look very different as workers return after working remotely during the coronavirus. Open floor plans, shared snacks, and even places for napping or hanging out were once markers of trendy places to work, but now safety is a concern as well.

在疫情期间远程办公的上班族返岗后的办公室很可能会和之前大不一样。开放式办公空间、零食共享区还有休憩区或聚会区曾经都是时尚办公场所的标志，但现在安全也是必须要考虑的因素。