职场英语：站着办公效率更高
<p><span word="Take">Take</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stand">stand</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="productive">productive</span></p><p><span word="I">I</span>’<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="realised">realised</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="chair">chair</span>. <span word="It">It</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="swanky">swanky</span> <span word="piece">piece</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="furniture">furniture</span> <span word="called">called</span> “<span word="Freedom">Freedom</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Humanscale">Humanscale</span>” <span word="and">and</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="with">with</span> “<span word="advanced">advanced</span> <span word="armrests">armrests</span>” <span word="and">and</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ingenious">ingenious</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="matching">matching</span> <span word="its">its</span> “<span word="recline">recline</span> <span word="tension">tension</span>” <span word="to">to</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="weight">weight</span>.</p><p>我刚刚意识到我的新办公椅似乎有点不太对劲。这是由<span word="Humanscale">Humanscale</span>公司设计的一款名为“自由”(<span word="Freedom">Freedom</span>)的时髦家具，不光配有“高级扶手”，还能以一种独特的方式自行调节靠背的“后仰程度”，使其与我的体重匹配。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="comfortable">comfortable</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="incentive">incentive</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="I">I</span>’<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> 12 <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="sitting">sitting</span> <span word="down">down</span>, <span word="making">making</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="person">person</span> – <span word="who">who</span> <span word="passes">passes</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="bottom">bottom</span> – <span word="look">look</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="active">active</span>.</p><p>问题在于，这把椅子过于舒适，以至于我从来不会产生要从椅子上起来的想法。我刚刚算出自己每天有12个小时都是坐着度过的，和我相比，其他每天只坐9个小时的普通人显得非常活跃。</p><p><span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="sedentary">sedentary</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="low">low</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="list">list</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="worry">worry</span> <span word="about">about</span>, <span word="much">much</span> <span word="lower">lower</span>, <span word="say">say</span>, <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="forgot">forgot</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="dental">dental</span> <span word="hygienist">hygienist</span> <span word="appointment">appointment</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="diary">diary</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="Business">Business</span> <span word="Review">Review</span> <span word="blog">blog</span> <span word="post">post</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="sitting">sitting</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="smoking">smoking</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="fat">fat</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="kills">kills</span> <span word="you">you</span>.</p><p>但是直到上周，这种久坐的工作方式在我的关注列表中的排名还很靠后，远不如忘记在日程表中录入与牙科保健医师的预约令我紧张。但随后我在《哈佛商业评论》(<span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="Business">Business</span> <span word="Review">Review</span>)的网站上读到了一篇文章，文中指出久坐的危害堪比吸烟，可能导致肥胖，进而危及生命。</p>
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