2017年12月四级第1套仔细阅读 Passage 2 原文翻译及答案解析

It's time to reevaluate how women handle conflict at work. Being overworked or over-committed at home and on the job will not get you where you want to be in life. It will only slow you down and hinder your career goals.

现在是重新评估女性如何处理职场冲突的时候了。在家庭和工作中过度劳累或过度投入，并不会让你实现人生目标。这只会减缓你的进度，并妨碍你的职业目标。

Did you know women are more likely than men to feel exhausted? Nearly twice as many women than men ages 18-44 reported feeling "very tired" or "exhausted", according to a recent study.

你是否知道女性比男性更容易感到疲惫？根据最近一项研究，在18至44岁年龄段，报告感到'非常疲倦'或'精疲力竭'的女性人数几乎是男性的两倍。

This may not be surprising given that this is the age range when women have children. It's also the age range when many women are trying to balance careers and home. One reason women may feel exhausted is that they have a hard time saying "no." Women want to be able to do it all volunteer for school parties or cook delicious meals-and so their answer to any request is often "Yes, I can."

考虑到这是女性生育的年龄段，这可能并不令人惊讶。这也是许多女性努力平衡事业与家庭的年龄段。女性感到疲惫的一个原因是她们很难说'不'。女性希望能够胜任所有事情——无论是参加学校派对还是烹饪美味佳肴——因此她们对任何请求的回答往往是'是的，我可以。'

Women struggle to say "no" in the workplace for similar reasons, including the desire to be liked by their colleagues.

女性在工作场所难以说'不'，原因类似，包括希望被同事喜欢。

Unfortunately, this inability to say "no" may be hurting women's health as well as their career.

不幸的是，这种无法说'不'的能力可能正在损害女性的健康和职业生涯。

At the workplace, men use conflict as a way to position themselves, while women often avoid conflict or strive to be the peacemaker, because they don't want to be viewed as aggressive or disruptive at work. For example, there's a problem that needs to be addressed immediately, resulting in a dispute over who should be the one to fix it. Men are more likely to face that dispute from the perspective of what benefits them most, whereas women may approach the same dispute from the perspective of what's the easiest and quickest way to resolve the problem-even if that means doing the boring work themselves.

在工作场所，男性利用冲突来确立自己的位置，而女性往往避免冲突或力求成为调停者，因为她们不想被视为具有攻击性或破坏性。例如，有一个需要立即处理的问题，引发了谁应该负责解决的争论。男性更可能从对自己最有利的角度面对这种争论，而女性则可能从最简单、最快速解决问题的角度处理同一争论——即使这意味着她们自己承担这些繁琐的工作。

This difference in handling conflict could be the deciding factor on who gets promoted to a leadership position and who does not. Leaders have to be able to delegate and manage resources wisely including staff expertise. Shouldering more of the workload may not earn you that promotion. Instead, it may highlight your inability to delegate effectively.

这种处理冲突的差异可能成为决定谁晋升领导职位、谁未能晋升的关键因素。领导者必须能够委派任务并明智地管理资源，包括员工的专业知识。承担更多的工作量可能不会为你赢得晋升，反而可能暴露你无法有效委派任务的弱点。