效率更差，員工也不快樂？
In recent years, companies have focused on commercial creativity as well as open- plan brand new office designs.
這幾年企業發展不只是著重於商業創意，連辦公室設計都越來越開放、新穎。
focus on專注於commercial(adj.)商業的creativity(n.)創意as well as=also也open-plan(adj.)開放式的、沒有隔間的design(n.)設計
Over 70 percent of offices in the United States are open-plan, only a few of them are the traditional private design.
全美有約70%企業採用開放式辦公室，僅少數用傳統封閉式設計。
open-plan(adj.)開放式的、沒有隔間的traditional(adj.)傳統的private(adj.)私人的design(n.)設計
Lately, in the overseas technical industry there have been suggestions about returning to a closed-up private workspace as many leaders have found some negative effects, open-plan offices have on work efficiency.
最近，國外科技業紛紛有希望回歸封閉式辦公環境的聲音出現，原因在於不少領導者發現開放式辦公環境對工作效率造成的不良影響。
overseas(adv.)海外地technical(adj.)技術性的、專門的industry(n.)產業suggestion(n.)建議return(v.)回歸private(adj.)私人的negative(adj.)負面的effect(n.)影響open-plan(adj.)開放式的、沒有隔間的efficiency(n.)效率
Research shows that open-plan offices reduce productivity by 15 percent.
有研究表示，開放式辦公室生產力會降低15%。
open-plan(adj.)開放式的、沒有隔間的reduce(v.)減少productivity(n.)生產力
Not only is it difficult for employees to concentrate but there is also double the risk of catching diseases from others.
不僅很難集中注意力，員工患病風險也會增加1倍。
concentrate(v.)專心double(v.)使⋯⋯加倍risk(n.)風險disease(n.)疾病
Moreover, some professors from the University of Sydney made a survey about dissatisfaction with working environments: Private offices scored higher on 14 indexes, including temperature, air quality, and sound privacy.
不僅如此，雪梨大學教授調查工作者對辦公環境的不滿程度，封閉式辦公室在14項指標優於開放式辦公室，包括溫度、空氣質量和聲音隱私。
dissatisfaction(n.)不滿意score(v.)得分index(n.)指數temperature(n.)溫度privacy(n.)隱私
Some employers also have realized private offices with walls on all four sides and a door to separate the outside can help staff concentrate better.
也有經營者發現四面有牆、可以關門的封閉式辦公室能幫助工作者集中精力。
realize(v.)了解private(adj.)私人的separate(v.)分隔concentrate(v.)專心
Therefore, they have decided to return to private offices.
因此他們選擇回歸封閉式辦公室。
therefore(adv.)因此return(v.)回歸private(adj.)私人的