Dialogue 1
Jingjing: Mark, do you notice anything new about the office?
京晶：马克，你注意到办公室有什么新变化吗？
Mark: The Spring Festival decorations have been taken down. Is that right?
马克：春节的装饰都已经撤下了，对吗？
Jingjing: Um, that was a long time ago. You've been here since then. Guess again.
京晶：嗯，已经撤了很久了。从那之后你一直在这儿呢。再猜猜。
Mark: Hey, new chairs! Yeah, those are really different, and everybody has one.
马克：哦，新椅子！对呢，那些看着真不同，每人都有一把。
Jingjing: Yeah, they're super comfortable. Try one!
京晶：没错，那些超级舒服的，来一把试试！
Mark: Wow, I see what you mean. I feel like I could work all day in one of these. I always liked how your office is full of plants and sunshine, even though it faces the north.
马克：哇哦，我懂你意思了。我觉得自己坐在一把这样的椅子里能工作一整天。我一向很喜欢你办公室满是绿植和阳光的样子，虽然朝北。
Jingjing: Yeah, a lot of offices are cold and depressing, or chaotic. We try to avoid that here.
京晶：是的，很多办公室都是阴冷，令人感觉郁郁寡欢的样子，要不就是乱糟糟的。我们这儿尽量避免弄成那样。
Mark: It's different from the offices where I work.
马克：这里跟我工作的地方非常不一样。
Jingjing: Oh yeah? How so?
京晶：是吗？怎么个不同？
Mark: Well, at one company, we do hot desking. That's because we have fewer desks than people working.
马克：有一个公司，我们采用“办公桌轮用制”。因为我们桌子比人少。
Jingjing: Is that where no one really has their own desk?
京晶：这意思是不是说，没人有属于自己的办公桌？
Mark: That's it. Most people have their work materials on notebook PCs and on cloud. So, it's easy to take an empty desk, work for a while, then leave it clear.
马克：对。大多数都把自己的工作资料放在笔记本电脑里或者云上。所以，找个空座工作一会儿，离开时收拾干净，这样就很容易。
Jingjing: That's the sign of a nimble company. What about the other one?
京晶：这说明这个公司办公灵活。那另一个呢？
Mark: The other office is along a long hallway. Each office is a small room with two or three people who always work there—except the boss: she has an office to herself.
马克：另一个办公室在一条长长的走廊上，每个办公室都是一个小房间，里面有两三个常在此办公的人，除了老板，老板有自己的办公室。
Jingjing: That sounds very traditional.
京晶：这种比较传统。
Mark: Yeah, that second one is ideal for a few solid hours of work. The first one is better for meetings and multitasking.
马克：是的，第二种对每天有固定上班小时数的人来说还是非常理想的。第一种更适合会议和多任务处理。
Jingjing: Well, it's cool to think about how different offices make people work differently.
京晶：嗯，想到不同的办公室会给人们的工作方式带来不同，这还挺酷的。

New words : 习语短语
chaotic 杂乱的，纷乱的
many people moving and making noise, so that it's hard to do anything smoothly
hot desking 轮流使用办公桌
using a different desk every day, not having your own desk
nimble 灵活的
able to change quickly
solid hours 固定时间，整块时间做某事
a time doing one thing without stopping
multitasking 多任务
doing several different kinds of work at the same time

Dialogue 2
Mark: Thanks for meeting me out here for lunch.
马克：谢谢出来这儿跟我一起吃午餐。
Jingjing: No problem. Why'd you suggest this place?
京晶：没事儿。为什么你推荐来这里？
Mark: Well, last time, we talked about offices. So, I wanted you to see this place. Have you been to an office park like this one before?
马克：这不，上次我们聊到办公室了吗，所以我想让你看看这个地方。你之前有没有来过这种花园式办公室地？
Jingjing: Lots of times. But this one takes the cake. I bet, after we eat, we can find some place to sit and chat about work.
京晶：经常。但是这个是最好的。我打赌，我们吃完后，还能找个地方坐下来聊聊工作。
Mark: Yeah, that's what I had in mind. There's so much green space and so many open areas with benches and chairs.
马克：是，我也这么想的。这儿有许多绿化空间，开放的空地上还有坐凳和椅子。
Jingjing: It's nice to see so many people out for a stroll during the lunch break.
京晶：看见这么多人在午餐休息时出来遛遛弯感觉还挺好的。
Mark: It's modern, to be sure. I think this used to be a factory.
马克：毫无疑问，这里很现代。我认为这里过去是个工厂。
Jingjing: I can see that. Some of the low-lying buildings look older.
京晶：能看出来。有些低矮的房子看着旧一些。
Mark: It's kind of charming that they've been turned into coffee shops and restaurants.马克：它们被改建成咖啡店和餐厅还挺有味道的。
Jingjing: Do you think companies get more out of their people, if they set up their offices in a place like this?
京晶：你觉得这些公司如果把办公室都设在这里，会令员工们更有作为吗？
Mark: It makes a big difference, I bet. You can look in through the windows and see some work areas are pretty cramped, though.
马克：我打赌肯定有很大不同。你可以从这些窗户看进去，还是有些办公区域非常狭窄啊。
Jingjing: Anyway, being out of the city center is nice. People here can go for a run after lunch. And there are plenty of parking places.
京晶：不管怎么说，离开城市中心总是好的。午餐后还能跑个步，还有那么充裕的停车场。
Mark: Yeah, this is really a 21st Century office park.
马克：对啊，这真是一座21世纪的商务花园啊。
Jingjing: Let's go to the book store. I want to browse some books and get a drink.
京晶：我们去书店吧。我想去浏览一些书籍，喝杯东西。
Mark: I'll recommend a fruit smoothie, if you pay for it.
马克：如果你请客，我推荐来杯水果冰沙。
Jingjing: Ha ha, very funny. It was your idea to come here. How about making it your treat?
京晶：哈哈，有趣。来这可是你的主意，算你请客如何？

New words : 习语短语
it takes the cake 最好的，一流的
it is the best/worst I've seen
green space 绿色空间
areas like parks and gardens, where people can relax and connect with nature
stroll 散步，溜达
walk in a relaxed way, usually slowly, without having to go anywhere soon
cramped 狭窄，拥挤
too many people and objects in a small space
city center 城市中心区
downtown (for Beijing this would be most places inside the 3rd Ring)