請依下文回答第 16 題至第 20 題:
A corporation, TSheets, recently conducted a study of how many days of paid time off employees are
earning and just how many days these employees are not taking. There’s a pretty big difference between
these numbers – they’ve 16 that over 573 million vacation days go unused.
When we work for a company that actually provides paid time off, it really doesn’t make good personal
sense to abandon taking advantage of that particular benefit. As a matter of fact, skipping vacations can lead
to 17 on your health and well-being.
So, speaking of vacation days, how long is long enough? The consensus opinion is that even a 4-night
vacation is enough to lower stress and increase well-being that 18 weeks after your return to the job.
Once upon a time, folks counted down the days to Fridays at 5 when they could spend the next two days 19
the things in life that were not work-related in the least. How many 2-day weekends free from work-related
tasks, thoughts, or worries are you taking these days? If you are on-call or have a Smartphone or tablet or
other noose of communication, you probably don’t have “time” to stop the work-related time clock even
when you’re 20 the clock officially. If you can give yourself a full 4-day holiday from work, you’re
going to do a fairly good job getting work out of your system.
【題組】18 (A)ceases (B)endures (C)requires (D)suffers
The consensus opinion is that even a 4-night vacation is enough to lower stress and increase well-being that endures weeks after your return to the job. 一致的意見是,即使是 4 晚的假期也足以減輕壓力並增加幸福感,這種幸福感會在您重返工作崗位後持續數週。
endure 忍耐;忍受;持續;持久
She's already had to endure忍受 three painful operations on her leg. 她已經承受了三次腿部手術的巨大痛苦。
The political system established in 1400 endured持續 until about 1650. 建立於1400年的政治體系一直沿用到1650年前後。