办公室的“软面行李箱”
<p> 听到有人抱怨自己工作太忙、活太多的时候，我们可能会用一句“能者多劳”来安慰他们。在英语中，我们管这类人叫做<span word="soft">soft</span>-<span word="sided">sided</span> <span word="luggage">luggage</span>（软面行李箱），意思是说他们像这行李箱一样总有空间装更多的东西。</p><p> </p><p> <span word="Soft">Soft</span>-<span word="sided">sided</span> <span word="luggage">luggage</span> <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="employee">employee</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="talent">talent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="multi">multi</span>-<span word="tasking">tasking</span> <span word="abilities">abilities</span> <span word="allows">allows</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="assignment">assignment</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="assignment">assignment</span>. <span word="They">They</span>, <span word="like">like</span> <span word="soft">soft</span>-<span word="side">side</span> <span word="luggage">luggage</span>, <span word="seemingly">seemingly</span> <span word="expand">expand</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="handle">handle</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="workload">workload</span>. <span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="course">course</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="completely">completely</span> <span word="collapse">collapse</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="weekends">weekends</span>.</p><p> “软面行李箱”指才能出众、能同时处理多项任务的员工通常会接手一个又一个任务，就像软面行李箱一样可以拓展出空间来装更多的东西。当然，这些人一到周末基本都累昏过去了。</p><p> <span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>:</p><p> <span word="Jenny">Jenny</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="soft">soft</span>-<span word="sided">sided</span> <span word="luggage">luggage</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="office">office</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="assignments">assignments</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="handle">handle</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="properly">properly</span>.</p><p> 珍妮就像办公室里的软面行李箱一样，大部分的工作任务都由她接手，而且她都能处理好。</p>
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