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Consumer goods giant Unilever plans to test a four-day working week in New Zealand, giving staff a chance to slash their hours by 20% without hurting their pay.

The Dove soap, Marmite and Lipton tea owner said it was exploring what the results could mean for Unilever "on a broader scale in the future”.

The trial comes as the pandemic has shaken up work practices. Nick Bangs, managing director of Unilever New Zealand, said the goal of the test was to "measure performance on output not time”.

语言点

1. consumer goods giant 消费品巨头

· giant n. 巨头；巨人

· business giant 商业巨头

· technology giant 科技巨头

2. test v. 测试，试行；测验

· The Ferrari team wanted to test their new car on the racetrack.

法拉利车队想在赛道上测试新车。

3. working week 工作周(英式)

· workweek 工作周(美式)

4. slash v. 减少，缩减(cut/reduce) n. 斜杠

· slash by＋数字 缩减了……

· The workforce has been slashed by 50%.

劳动力被削减了50%。

5. sth. comes as… 表示正值……之时，某事发生了

6. shake up (在公司、组织等等方面)做出调整，重组(to make many changes in something, such as a company or organization etc.)

· The new CEO shook up the company by asking some senior managers to leave.

这位新任CEO辞退了部分高管，以此重组整个公司。

7. performance /pərˈfɔrməns/ n. 表现

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