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“Too many people view their jobs as a five-day prison, which they are paroled every Friday,” says Joel Goodman, founder of The Humor Project, a humor-consulting group in Saratoga Springs, New York. (9) [Humor unlocks the office prison because it lets adults bring some of their childlike spirit to the job. ]
According to Howard Pollio, professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, an office with humor breaks is an office with satisfied and productive employees. (10)[Pollio conducted a study that proved humor can help workers excel at routine production tasks.] Employees perform better when they have fun. In large corporations with a hierarchy of power, there is often no outlet for stress. “Every company needs underground ways of poking fun at the organization, ”says Lynn M. Mark, a speaker on workplace humor for Saint Mary’s Health Center in St. Louis.
Kodak’s Rochester, New York branch discovered a way for its 20,000 employees to uncork their bottled-up resentments. Their 1,000-square-foot “humor room” features a toy store. Among the room’s many stress-reducing gadgets, the main attraction is a boss doll with detachable arms and legs. (11)[ Employees can take the doll apart as long as they put its arms and legs back in place. ]
Sandy Cohen, owner of a graphic print production business, created “the quote board” to document the bizarre phrases people say when under strict deadlines. “When you’re under stress, you say stupid things,” says Cohen. Now we just look at each other and say “That’s one for the quote board”.
11. What can Kodak’s employees do in the humor room? (柯达的员工可以在“幽默屋”里做什么?)
解析:B。录音中提到柯达公司有一间“幽默屋”,里面有很多减压小工具,其中最吸引人的是一个可拆卸的老板玩偶,员工可以随意把这个玩偶拆开,但之后要再组装好。B项的Take the boss doll apart as long as they reassemble it对应录音中的take the doll apart as long as they put its arms and legs back in place,因此选B。
错项排除:A项利用录音中出现的bottled-up resentments设置干扰,但录音中并没有提到smash the toys,故排除。C项利用录音中出现的stress-reducing gadgets设置干扰,但录音中只说“幽默屋”里有很多减压小玩具,并没有说员工可以设计和安装它们,故排除。D项利用录音中出现的boss doll设置干扰,但录音中只提到可以拆卸并组合这个玩偶,没有说可以随意揍老板玩偶,故排除。
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