When Home Became the Office
當家變成辦公室
— English reading, C1
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Rarely has a single event changed our relationship with home as profoundly as the shift to remote work. Kitchens became meeting rooms; bedrooms doubled as offices.
很少有一件事像轉向遠距工作那樣，如此深刻地改變我們與家的關係。廚房變成了會議室，臥室也兼作辦公室。
For some, the change was liberating. Freed from long commutes, they rediscovered their neighborhoods and spent more time with their families.
對某些人來說，這個改變是一種解放。擺脫了漫長的通勤，他們重新發現了自己的社區，也有更多時間陪伴家人。
For others, it blurred the boundary between work and rest to the point where switching off became almost impossible.
對另一些人而言，它模糊了工作與休息的界線，到了幾乎無法放下工作的地步。
What remains unclear is whether we will adapt our homes to work, or reclaim them from it.
仍不清楚的是：我們會讓家去配合工作，還是把家從工作手中奪回來。
生詞
profoundly 深刻地
remote work 遠距工作
double as 兼作
liberating 使人解放的
commute 通勤
blur 使模糊
switch off 放鬆；不再想工作
reclaim 取回