There is a pecking order in the respectability of time-wasting at work, and
computer games are at the bottom of it. Minute for minute, all time-wasting activities
eat up the same amount of time, but employers tend not to see it like that. Luckily for
me, the activity I like the best is the most respectable. It is chatting. Strictly speaking,
this is twice as wasteful, as you are not just squandering your own time but also that of
the person you are talking to. However, most modern organizations do not merely
tolerate chatting but actively encourage it.
Next to chatting come frequent visits to the vending machine and the loo.
Companies generally do not object to this. You meet people on the way and then chat
some there. Further down the pecking order are shopping on the internet and
researching obscure medical conditions on Google. Some organizations outlaw this
sort of thing but most tolerate it, more or less.
【題組】40. Which of the following is closest in meaning to “outlaw” in paragraph 2?
(A) forbid
(B) forgive
(C) forward
(D) forget
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