【商業快訊學英文 👓】
連假結束，來看疫情故事警惕
1 確診造成 20 例感染 65 隔離
💼 How Coronavirus Swept Through JPMorgan’s Trading Floor
冠狀病毒橫掃摩根大通交易室
sweep 橫掃
trading floor 交易室
有人翻成交易大廳，但實際在銀行界工作的朋友都說交易室，英文就是 trading floor，而不用 room
💼 Wall Street is used to making tough choices in seconds, but the coronavirus pandemic has added a dimension of life or death. Because home offices lack the multibillion-dollar technology infrastructure of the trading floor, banks are hesitant to allow all of their thousands of traders and salespeople to work from home.
華爾街習慣於在幾秒鐘內做出艱難的選擇，但冠狀病毒大流行卻增加了生死攸關的層面。由於在家辦公少了交易室價值數十億美元的交易室基礎建設，因此銀行不願允許交易員和業務員在家中工作
a dimension of life or death 攸關生死的層面
infrastructure 基礎建設，在此意思該有的軟硬體
hesitant 猶豫
💼 JPMorgan’s coronavirus outbreak is concentrated on the fifth floor of the bank’s Madison Avenue headquarters, a tight web of desks for those who buy and sell stocks and pitch clients on trades.
摩根大通的冠狀病毒爆發，主要集中在該銀行麥迪遜大道總部的五樓，這裡是由股票交易和業務員辦公桌組成的密集網
pitch clients 對客戶提案、銷售商品
💼 The floor’s troubles started with a managing director who came into the office on March 9. He began to feel ill as the day progressed, and was coughing at his fifth-floor desk.
交易室的狀況始於 3 月 9 日進入辦公室的一位董事總經理。隨時間過去，他開始感到不適，並在辦公桌前咳嗽
progress 進展
cough 咳嗽
💼 He stayed home the next day and tested positive for the virus later that week. Top brass kept the news tight for a few days. Then that Friday, a longtime executive broke the news to a group of fifth floor traders.
第二天他待在家裡，並在當週篩檢呈現陽性。高層封鎖了幾天的消息。週五，資深幹部告知了一群五樓的交易員
test positive 篩檢呈陽性，英文直接用主動式 test + negative 或 positive 即可
top brass 不是頂級黃銅，而是高層
break the news to 告知消息
💼 Later, the bank told the rest of the trading staff on other floors. Employees questioned why it had taken several days to spread the word.
後來，銀行告訴其他樓層的交易人員。員工質疑為何遲了好幾天時間才公佈消息
question 質疑
spread the word 擴散消息
看完以上故事，可以看出一個人可能對別人帶來的巨大潛在影響！不要覺得自己不可能，真的是寧可謹慎，也不要遺憾，繼續盡量宅好宅滿
#Quiz:
The potentially infected guy later _______ for the virus. Mask up and be safe!
那位潛在案例後來確診了。戴好口罩，自保安全！
A. tested negative
B. tested positive
C. test to be
D. testing, testing, hello?
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