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1、TPO_1-15【综合写作】阅读及听力(文本)TPO-01FourDayWorkweek●Reading:IntheUnitedStates,employeestypicallyworkfivedaysaweekforeighthourseachday.However,manyemployeeswanttoworkafour-dayweekandarewillingtoacceptlesspayinordertodoso.Amandatorypolicyrequiringpaniestooffertheirem

2、ployeestheoptionofworkingafour-dayworkweekforfour-fifths(80percent)oftheirnormalpaywouldbenefittheeconomyasawholeaswellastheindividualpaniesandtheemployeeswhodecidedtotaketheoption.Theshortenedworkweekwouldincreasepanyprofitsbecauseemployeeswouldfeelmorerest

3、edandalert,andasaresult,theywouldmakefewercostlyerrorsintheirwork.Hiringmorestafftoensurethatthesameamountofworkwouldbeacplishedwouldnotresultinadditionalpayrollcostsbecausefour-dayemployeeswouldonlybepaid80percentofthenormalrate.Intheend,panieswouldhavefewe

4、roverworkedanderror-proneemployeesforthesamemoney,whichwouldincreasepanybenefits.Forthecountryasawhole,oneoftheprimarybenefitsofofferingthisoptiontoemployeesisthatitwouldreduceunemploymentrate.Ifmanyfull-timeemployeesstartedworkingfewerhours,someoftheirworkl

5、oadwouldhavetobeshiftedtoothers.Thus,foreveryfouremployeeswhowentonan80percentweek,anewemployeecouldbehiredatthe80percentrate.Finally,theoptionofafour-dayworkweekwouldbebetterforindividualemployees.Employeeswhocouldaffordalowersalaryinexchangeformorefreetime

6、couldimprovethequalityoftheirlivesbyspendingtheextratimewiththeirfamilies,pursuingprivateinterestsorenjoyingleisureactivities.●Listening:Offeringemployeestheoptionofafour-dayworkweekwon’taffectthepanyprofits,economicconditionsorthelivesofemployeesinthewaysth

7、ereadingsuggests.First,offeringafour-dayworkweekwillprobablyforcepaniestospendmore,possiblyalotmore.Addingnewworkersmeansputtingmuchmoremoneyintoprovidingtrainingandmedicalbenefits.Rememberthecostsofthingslikehealthbenefitscanbethesamewhetheranemployeeworksf

8、ourdaysorfive.Andhavingmoreemployeesalsorequiresmoreofficespaceandmoreputers.Theseadditionalcostswouldquicklycutintopanyprofits.真的不掉线吗？？、？？？？？？？？？？？？Second,withrespecttooverallemployment,itdoesn