休息的節奏
Jane and Ivan work at the same company. They are taking a break after a meeting.
珍跟艾文在同一家公司上班，他們剛開完會在休息。
company(n.)公司take a break休息meeting(n.)會議
Jane: Good job! I liked your presentation.
珍：做得好！我喜歡你的報告。
presentation(n.)報告、發表
Ivan: Thanks. I stayed up late preparing for it last night.
艾文：謝啦，我昨晚熬夜準備的。
stay up熬夜prepare(v.)準備
Jane: I can tell. You look tired. You have to take a good nap today after work.
珍：我看得出來，你看起來很累，你今天下班要好好睡一下。
tired(adj.)疲憊的take a nap小睡
Ivan: Yeah, I will. I’m thinking about taking a day off this Friday, you know, to give myself a long weekend.
艾文：我在考慮週五休一天假，你知道，給自己一個週末連假。
think about考慮a long weekend週末連假
Jane: That sounds nice, but some studies show that it’s better to take a day off on Wednesday.
珍：聽起來不錯，但有些研究說，週三休假比較好。
study(n.)研究show(v.)顯示
Ivan: Really? Why?
艾文：真的？為什麼？
Jane: They say it’s better for our health to have a break in the middle of the week.
珍：他們說在一週的中間那天休息一下，對我們的健康很好。
health(n.)健康middle(n.)中間
Ivan: I see. So then I could have more energy to continue my work on Thursday and Friday.
艾文：我懂了，而且我週四、週五會更有精神處理一些工作。
energy(n.)力量continue(v.)繼續
Jane: That’s right.
珍：沒錯。
right(adj.)對的