精選詞彙播客 Vocab Ep.111: 西班牙嘗試四天工作週 Spain's 4-day workweek pilot

Summary: 

Advocatesof the 4-day workweek believe it is the best way to achieve work-life balance. Since the pandemic hit, this topic has become something that people are beginning to consider. Spain is now going to be first to experiment with a 32-hour workweek without changes in pay.   

原跟讀文章: https://www.15mins.today/blog/ep-k100-about-europe-spain-will-experiment-with-four-day-workweek?categoryId=89454

Vocabularyand Sample Sentences:   

Advocate n.– a person who publicly supports or recommends a cause or policy. 

• Advocates of the 4-day workweek say the policy will help people achieve work-life balance. 
• Animal right advocates will lobby against the inhumane removal of iguanas.   

Firsthand adj. and adv.- information or experience from the original source 

• Spain will learn firsthand on how to achieve a 4-day workweek. 
• We need to find out who had the firsthand experience in fixing the problem.   

Experiment n.– a scientific procedure to test a hypothesis 

• The 4-day workweek will be an experiment for the Spanish government. 
• We would have to make sure we are safe in case the experiment goes wrong.