趣味GRE阅读：装忙族
<p> <span word="They">They</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="invariably">invariably</span> <span word="white">white</span>-<span word="collarworkers">collarworkers</span>. <span word="Instead">Instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hello">hello</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="greet">greet</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="busy">busy</span> <span word="lately">lately</span>? <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="answers">answers</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="indicate">indicate</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="busy">busy</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="desksare">desksare</span> <span word="forever">forever</span> <span word="stacked">stacked</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="piles">piles</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="documents">documents</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="computer">computer</span> <span word="screen">screen</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span>。</p><p> 他们都是白领。他们见面的问候语不是你好而是最近忙吗?而得到的回答往往都显示他们实在太忙了。他们的办公桌永远都堆满了文件，他们的眼睛整天都盯着电脑屏幕，一刻都不离开。</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="looks">looks</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="aholics">aholics</span>.<span word="Only">Only</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="pretend">pretend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pretend">pretend</span>-<span word="to">to</span>-<span word="be">be</span>-<span word="busy">busy</span> <span word="tribe">tribe</span>。</p><p> 看上去他们好像都是工作狂。实际上却不是，他们只是假装而已。他们被称为装忙族。</p><p> <span word="Often">Often</span> <span word="times">times</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="pile">pile</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="documentsare">documentsare</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="papers">papers</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="thrown">thrown</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="basket">basket</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="computer">computer</span> <span word="screen">screen</span>? <span word="The">The</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="trick">trick</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="paste">paste</span> <span word="anovel">anovel</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="work">work</span>-<span word="related">related</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="document">document</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="fact">fact</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="moretricks">moretricks</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="know">know</span>。</p><p> 通常情况下，他们桌上成堆的文件只是一些早该被扔进废纸篓的东西。一刻不离电脑屏幕?最常见的把戏就是把正在看的小说粘贴到一个工作文档里。事实上，还有很多你还不知道的类似招数呢。</p><p> <span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="this">this</span>? <span word="The">The</span> <span word="monotony">monotony</span> <span word="ofnine">ofnine</span>-<span word="to">to</span>-<span word="five">five</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="losing">losing</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="colleagues">colleagues</span> <span word="appearbusy">appearbusy</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="beenrecognized">beenrecognized</span>...<span word="Forget">Forget</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="far">far</span>-<span word="fetched">fetched</span> <span word="excuses">excuses</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="togoof">togoof</span> <span word="off">off</span>。</p>
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