一個尷尬的現象，儘管公司需要新人注入新鮮血液，但是其實老員工更受歡迎。為什麼呢?下面這篇英語聽力會告訴我們。
Older staff are more productive than their younger colleagues, say researchers. More mature members of staff may be weaker and less agile than their junior counterparts, but they more than compensate with their greater experience, ability to work in teams, and success at coping when things go wrong. The researchers say: While older workers make more errors, perhaps due to declining physical attributes, they hardly make any severe errors, perhaps due to more experience. It is experience that prevents severe errors.
有專家經過研究發現：公司的老員工比年輕一輩，特別是新一代的大學生更有競爭力。雖然他們相對年輕的同業者來說，可能身體不夠強健，思維不夠敏捷，但是他們經驗更豐富，團隊合作能力更強，處理危機的能力也更強。專家總結：因為年齡的原因，年紀越大，生理功能下降，老員工有可能會犯很多小錯誤;但是另一方面，由於老員工擁有更多的經驗，他們不會犯許多大的、嚴重的錯誤。
The scientists who studied production lines at a Mercedes-Benz truck factory in southern Germany also found that younger, more highly educated workers were less productive than those who had fewer qualifications — perhaps because the educated workers got bored more easily. The researchers, from the University of Mannheim, said their findings debunked the idea that older workers should be made redundant to boost productivity.
在德國 南部梅賽德斯·賓士工廠生產線的科學家發現，年輕、教育水平更高的工作比那些證書拿得少的員工(老員工)生產效率要低很多。科學家分析，教育程度高的年輕人在工作中容易感覺無聊，不懂得沉下心去研究工作。來自Mannheim大學的.研究員稱，這項研究徹底顛覆了——老員工才對工作產生懈怠感覺的理論。
1. productive adj. 有成效的
eg: Science and technology are part of the productive forces.
科學技術是生產力。
短語：
productive investment 生產性投資;生產投資
productive time 生產時間
productive capacity 生產率;處理能力
2. agile adj. 敏捷的，靈活的
eg: An acrobat has to be agile.
雜技演員必須身手敏捷。
短語：
agile missile 靈巧導彈
Agile Buddy 跳板遊戲;地獄三百層
3. cope vi. 應付，對抗，妥善處理
eg: He had a lot of work, but he was able to cope.
他的活雖多,但還能應付得來。
短語：
cope with 處理;應付
coping style 應對方式
coping strategy 應對策略
coping stone 墩臺石
4. debunk vt. 揭穿真相，暴露
eg: Don't let me debunk you.
不要讓我揭穿你。
短語：
debunk it 揭穿它
debunk myths 破除誤區
the truth by debunk 真相被揭穿
5. redundant adj. 多餘的，累贅的，解僱的
eg: There are too many redundant words in this book.
這本書裡多餘的詞太多。
