BEC商务英语活学活用：职业健康和安全

Ⅰ.核心学习：Occupational Health and Safety 职业健康和安全

Steve: You haven't moved from your desk for about five hours Mike.

史蒂夫：你在桌子旁边差不多五个小时都没动了迈克。

Mike: Tell me about it! I have two submissions due by 4PM today and I am way behind.

迈克：你说我该怎么办!四点之前我要交两个报告，我要赶不及了。

Steve: I know that the reports are vital, but so is your health.

史蒂夫：我知道报告很重要，可你的健康也一样重要。

Mike: My health is fine - I haven't had the flu at all this year.

迈克：我的健康很好，这一年我都没得感冒。

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?

迈克：它们很好，你为什么要问我的眼睛和手呀?

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：人力资源部的人说我们应该每一小时休息五分钟，让一直盯着电脑的眼睛和打字的手休息一下。

Mike: Really? I didn't know that.

迈克：真的吗?我不知道这些。

Steve: Listen up and I will lecture you about OH&S.

史蒂夫：好好听，我给你讲一堂职业健康和安全讲座。

Ⅱ.单词简析

1) Occupational Health and Safety: usually known as OH&S, it covers everything to do with the safety and health of staff

通常称为OH&S，包括跟员工的安全和健康相关的所有事情

ex:My company pays a lot of attention to the OH&S laws so that all staff are safe.

我的公司对职业健康和安全法很重视所以所有的员工都很安全。

2) Submissions: formal reports

正式的报告

ex:Submissions are very important because they are often used by senior management to make key decisions.

正式报告很重要，因为高层经理们常用这些报告来做重要决定。

3) Vital: very important

非常重要

ex:Coffee is vital to me in the morning - I cannot function without it!

早晨咖啡对我很重要，没有它我不能工作。

4) Flu: short for influenza

流感的缩写

ex:I hate it when I catch the flu because my nose is running and my throat gets very sore.

我很讨厌得感冒，因为感冒时我流鼻涕，嗓子又疼。

Ⅲ.课文篇

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.

在没有职业健康和安全法以前，很多公司对员工的健康和安全都不是很重视。如果公司没有尽力保证工作场所的安全，员工因公受伤时，职业健康和安全法就会给公司严重的惩罚。

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.

职业健康和安全是人力资源部门的责任。人力资源部应该准备一份书面的职业健康和安全政策，所有职员在加入公司时都应该被告知。

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.

如果你工作时使用电脑，应该每小时让眼睛和手休息至少五分钟。不这样的话你的眼睛就会受到损害，而且手腕可能患上腕关节综合症。

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.

对于那些必须抬重物的人，公司应该告诉他们抬重物的正确方法以防止损伤背部。密切关注职业健康和安全法以防自己在工作时受重伤。

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.

职业健康和安全还涉及到工作时要有一把舒服的椅子和一张合适的桌子，如果打字很多的话还要有一个好的键盘。

Remember, work is important, but your health is even more important!

记住，工作固然重要，但是你的健康更重要!

Ⅳ.对话篇

Beth: Sally, will you check these new OH&S posters for me before I put them up?

贝斯：莎莉，在我把这些新OH&S海报挂上之前，你能帮我检查一下吗?

Sally: Of course I will. You know that I love teamwork!

莎莉：当然可以，你知道我喜欢团队工作!

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.

贝斯：我觉得职业健康和安全太重要了，所以准备了一些海报挂在办公室墙上提醒大家每隔一小时休息一下。

Sally: That's a great idea Beth. I wish that I had thought of it!

莎莉;这个主意很好，贝斯，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.

贝斯：我想到这个主意是因为我经常因看电脑时间太长而头疼。

Sally: And you think that taking a short break every hour can help?

莎莉：你认为每小时休息一会儿会有帮助是吗?

Beth: I know it can. If I get up and have a short break every hour, I feel better and am more efficient.

贝斯：我知道会的。如果每小时站起来休息一会儿，我就会觉得好多了，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东西。我会试着照你的话做。

Beth: We can take our breaks together and practice English while we relax.

贝斯：我们可以一起休息，休息时一起练英语。

Sally: That's the best idea I have heard today!

莎莉：这是我今天听到的最好的主意!