2019年06月六级第3套仔细阅读 Passage 1 原文翻译及答案解析

When I re-entered the full-time workforce a few years ago after a decade of solitary self-employment, there was one thing I was looking forward to the most: the opportunity to have work friends once again. It wasn't until I entered the corporate world that I realized, for me at least, being friends with colleagues didn't emerge as a priority at all. This is surprising when you consider the prevailing emphasis by scholars and trainers and managers on the importance of cultivating close interpersonal relationships at work. So much research has explored the way in which collegial (同事的) ties can help overcome a range of workplace issues affecting productivity and the quality of work output such as team-based conflict, jealousy, undermining, anger, and more.

几年前，当我重新进入全职工作领域，结束了十年的个人创业后，我最期待的一件事就是再次拥有工作伙伴。直到我进入企业界才意识到，至少对我来说，与同事成为朋友根本不是优先考虑的事情。当你想到学者、培训师和经理们普遍强调在工作中培养密切人际关系的重要性时，这令人惊讶。许多研究探讨了同事关系如何帮助克服一系列影响生产力和工作产出质量的工作场所问题，如团队冲突、嫉妒、暗中破坏、愤怒等。

Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a legacy of the last time I was in that kind of office environment. Whereas now, as I near the end of my fourth decade, I realize work can be fully functional and entirely fulfilling without needing to be best mates with the people sitting next to you.

也许我对午餐、茶水间闲聊以及关怀、深入而有意义对话的期望，是我上次在那种办公室环境中的遗留产物。而现在，当我接近四十岁末尾时，我意识到工作可以完全高效且令人满足，而不需要与坐在旁边的人成为好朋友。

In an academic analysis just published in the profoundly-respected Journal of Management, researchers have looked at the concept of "indifferent relationships". It's a simple term that encapsulates (概括) the fact that relationships at work can reasonably be non-intimate, inconsequential, unimportant and even, dare I say it, disposable or substitutable.

在最近发表在备受尊敬的《管理学杂志》上的一项学术分析中，研究人员研究了“冷漠关系”的概念。这是一个简单的术语，概括了工作中关系可以合理地是非亲密的、无关紧要的、不重要的，甚至，我敢说，一次性的或可替代的事实。

Indifferent relationships are neither positive nor negative. The limited research conducted thus far indicates they're especially dominant among those who value independence over cooperation, and harmony over confrontation. Indifference is also the preferred option among those who are socially lazy. Maintaining relationships over the long term takes effort. For some of us, too much effort.

冷漠关系既不是积极的，也不是消极的。迄今为止进行的有限研究表明，它们在重视独立而非合作、重视和谐而非对抗的人群中尤为突出。冷漠也是那些社交懒惰者的首选选择。长期维持关系需要努力。对我们有些人来说，努力太多了。

As noted above, indifferent relationships may not always be the most helpful approach in resolving some of the issues that pop up at work. But there are nonetheless several empirically proven benefits. One of those is efficiency. Less time chatting and socializing means more time working and churning (产出).

如上所述，冷漠关系可能并不总是在解决工作中突然出现的一些问题时最有帮助的方法。但尽管如此，有几个经验证明的好处。其中之一是效率。更少的聊天和社交时间意味着更多的工作和产出时间。

The other is self-esteem. As human beings, we're primed to compare ourselves to each other in what is an anxiety-inducing phenomenon. Apparently, we look down on acquaintances more so than friends. Since the former is most common among those inclined towards indifferent relationships, their predominance can bolster individuals' sense of self-worth.

另一个是自尊。作为人类，我们倾向于相互比较，这是一种引发焦虑的现象。显然，我们比朋友更看不起熟人。由于前者在那些倾向于冷漠关系的人中最常见，他们的主导地位可以增强个人的自我价值感。

Ego aside, a third advantage is that the emotional neutrality of indifferent relationships has been found to enhance critical evaluation, to strengthen one's focus on task resolution, and to gain greater access to valuable information. None of that might be as fun as after-work socializing but, hey, I'll take it anyway.

自尊心暂且不论，第三个优势是冷漠关系的情感中立性被发现可以增强批判性评估，加强对任务解决的专注，并获得更多有价值信息。这些可能都不如下班后社交有趣，但嘿，我还是会接受它。