BEC商務(wù)英語活學(xué)活用：職業(yè)健康和安全
Steve: You haven't moved from your desk for about five hours Mike.
史蒂夫：你在桌子旁邊差不多五個小時都沒動了邁克。
Mike: Tell me about it! I have two submissions due by 4PM today and I am way behind.
邁克：你說我該怎么辦!四點之前我要交兩個報告，我要趕不及了。
Steve: I know that the reports are vital, but so is your health.
史蒂夫：我知道報告很重要，可你的健康也一樣重要。
Mike: My health is fine - I haven't had the flu at all this year.
邁克：我的健康很好，這一年我都沒得感冒。
Steve: But what about your eyes and hands?
史蒂夫：那你的眼睛和手呢?
Mike: They feel fine. Why are you asking about my eyes and hands?
邁克：它們很好，你為什么要問我的眼睛和手呀?
Steve: The HR department says that we should take a break for five minutes every hour to rest our eyes from staring at the computer and our hands from typing.
史蒂夫：人力資源部的人說我們應(yīng)該每一小時休息五分鐘，讓一直盯著電腦的眼睛和打字的手休息一下。
Mike: Really? I didn't know that.
邁克：真的嗎?我不知道這些。
Steve: Listen up and I will lecture you about OH&S.
史蒂夫：好好聽，我給你講一堂職業(yè)健康和安全講座。
Ⅱ.單詞簡析
1) Occupational Health and Safety: usually known as OH&S, it covers everything to do with the safety and health of staff
通常稱為OH&S，包括跟員工的安全和健康相關(guān)的所有事情
ex:My company pays a lot of attention to the OH&S laws so that all staff are safe.
我的公司對職業(yè)健康和安全法很重視所以所有的員工都很安全。
2) Submissions: formal reports
正式的報告
ex:Submissions are very important because they are often used by senior management to make key decisions.
正式報告很重要，因為高層經(jīng)理們常用這些報告來做重要決定。
3) Vital: very important
非常重要
ex:Coffee is vital to me in the morning - I cannot function without it!
早晨咖啡對我很重要，沒有它我不能工作。
4) Flu: short for influenza
流感的縮寫
ex:I hate it when I catch the flu because my nose is running and my throat gets very sore.
我很討厭得感冒，因為感冒時我流鼻涕，嗓子又疼。
Ⅲ.課文篇
Before Occupational Health and Safety laws, most companies paid little attention to the health and safety of their staff. The laws punish companies severely if an employee hurts themselves at work if the company did not do everything they could to make the workplace safe.
在沒有職業(yè)健康和安全法以前，很多公司對員工的健康和安全都不是很重視。如果公司沒有盡力保證工作場所的安全，員工因公受傷時，職業(yè)健康和安全法就會給公司嚴重的懲罰。
OH&S is a responsibility of the HR department. The HR department should have a written OH&S policy that all staff should be told about when they join the company.
職業(yè)健康和安全是人力資源部門的責(zé)任。人力資源部應(yīng)該準備一份書面的職業(yè)健康和安全政策，所有職員在加入公司時都應(yīng)該被告知。
If you work with computers, you should rest your eyes and hands for at least five minutes each hour. If you don't, you could damage your eyes and develop a problem called Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in your wrists.
如果你工作時使用電腦，應(yīng)該每小時讓眼睛和手休息至少五分鐘。不這樣的話你的眼睛就會受到損害，而且手腕可能患上腕關(guān)節(jié)綜合癥。
For people who have to lift heavy things, the company should show you how to lift properly so that you don't injure your back. Pay close attention to OH&S policies to protect yourself from serious injury at work.
對于那些必須抬重物的人，公司應(yīng)該告訴他們抬重物的正確方法以防止損傷背部。密切關(guān)注職業(yè)健康和安全法以防自己在工作時受重傷。
OH&S also involves having a comfortable chair and proper desk to work at as well as having a good keyboard if you do a lot of typing.
職業(yè)健康和安全還涉及到工作時要有一把舒服的椅子和一張合適的桌子，如果打字很多的話還要有一個好的鍵盤。
Remember, work is important, but your health is even more important!
記住，工作固然重要，但是你的健康更重要!
Ⅳ.對話篇
Beth: Sally, will you check these new OH&S posters for me before I put them up?
貝斯：莎莉，在我把這些新OH&S海報掛上之前，你能幫我檢查一下嗎?
Sally: Of course I will. You know that I love teamwork!
莎莉：當(dāng)然可以，你知道我喜歡團隊工作!
Beth: I think that OH&S is so important that I have made some posters for the office walls to remind people to take a break every hour.
貝斯：我覺得職業(yè)健康和安全太重要了，所以準備了一些海報掛在辦公室墻上提醒大家每隔一小時休息一下。
Sally: That's a great idea Beth. I wish that I had thought of it!
莎莉;這個主意很好，貝斯，真希望是我想到的。
Beth: I got the idea because I often get a headache from staring at my computer for too long.
貝斯：我想到這個主意是因為我經(jīng)常因看電腦時間太長而頭疼。
Sally: And you think that taking a short break every hour can help?
莎莉：你認為每小時休息一會兒會有幫助是嗎?
Beth: I know it can. If I get up and have a short break every hour, I feel better and am more efficient.
貝斯：我知道會的。如果每小時站起來休息一會兒，我就會覺得好多了，工作效率也更高。
Sally: Well you have taught me something new today. I will try to put your ideas into practice.
莎莉：今天你教了我一些新東西。我會試著照你的話做。
Beth: We can take our breaks together and practice English while we relax.
貝斯：我們可以一起休息，休息時一起練英語。
Sally: That's the best idea I have heard today!
莎莉：這是我今天聽到的最好的主意!
