TED演讲:婴儿潮时期的人和千禧一代如何在工作中相互学习(3)

It's hard to microwave your emotional intelligence.

把你的情商像微波加热那样快速提升是很难的。

There's ample evidence that gender¹- and ethnically² diverse companies are more effective.

有充分的证据表明，性别和种族多样化的公司效率要更高。

But what about age? This is a very important question,

那么年龄呢？这是一个非常重要的问题，

because for the first time ever, we have five generations in the workplace at the same time, unintentionally.

因为我们在不经意间，破天荒的同时有五代人在一个场所工作。

Maybe it's time we got a little more intentional³ about how we work collectively.

也许是时候让我们更有目的性的对待我们的合作方式了。

There have been a number of European studies that have shown that age-diverse teams are more effective and successful.

欧洲有很多研究表明，年龄多样化的团队要更高效更成功。

So why is that only eight percent of the companies that have a diversity and inclusion program

那么为什么只有8%拥有多元化和包容性项目的公司

have actually expanded that strategy to include age as just as important of a demographic as gender or race?

扩展了这个策略，把年龄跟性别或种族等重要人口属性一样包括进去了呢？

Maybe they didn't get the memo⁴: the world is getting older!

也许他们没能得到这份备忘录：世界正在老龄化！

One of the paradoxes⁵ of our time is that baby boomers are more vibrant⁶ and healthy longer into life,

我们这个时代的一个悖论是，婴儿潮时期出生的人更有活力，更健康，

we're actually working later into life, and yet we're feeling less and less relevant.

我们实际上会工作到更晚年的时候，却感觉越来越不重要。

Some of us feel like a carton of milk -- an old carton of milk

我们有些人感觉自己就像一盒牛奶--一盒旧牛奶，

with an expiration⁷ date stamped on our wrinkled foreheads.

皱纹遍布的额头上印着过期日期。

For many of us in midlife, this isn't just a feeling,

对于很多人到中年的人来说，这不仅仅是一种感受，

it is a harsh reality, when we suddenly lose our job and the phone stops ringing.

这是一个残酷的现实，当我们突然失去工作，电话不再响了。

For many of us, justifiably⁸, we worry that people see our experience as a liability, not an asset.

对我们当中的许多人来说，我们担心人们把我们的经历看作是一种负债，而不是一种资产。

You've heard of the old phrase -- or maybe the relatively⁹ new phrase -- "Sixty is the new forty, physically¹⁰." Right?

你可能听说过这个古老的短语--或者可能是一个相对新的短语--“60岁的人有新时代40岁人的体魄。”对吗？

When it comes to power in the workplace today, 30 is the new 50.

当谈到今天的工作场所的权力时，30岁则是新的50岁。

All right, well, this is all pretty exciting, right?

好了，这很令人兴奋，对吧？

1 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

2 ethnically   

adv.人种上，民族上

参考例句：

• Ethnically, the Yuan Empire comprised most of modern China's ethnic groups. 元朝的民族成分包括现今中国绝大多数民族。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• Russia is ethnically relatively homogeneous. 俄罗斯是个民族成分相对单一的国家。 来自辞典例句

3 intentional   

adj.故意的，有意（识）的

参考例句：

• Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
• His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。

4 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

5 paradoxes   

n.似非而是的隽语，看似矛盾而实际却可能正确的说法( paradox的名词复数 )；用于语言文学中的上述隽语；有矛盾特点的人[事物，情况]

参考例句：

• Contradictions and paradoxes arose in increasing numbers. 矛盾和悖论越来越多。 来自辞典例句
• As far as these paradoxes are concerned, the garden definitely a heterotopia. 就这些吊诡性而言，花园无疑地是个异质空间。 来自互联网

6 vibrant   

adj.震颤的，响亮的，充满活力的，精力充沛的，(色彩)鲜明的

参考例句：

• He always uses vibrant colours in his paintings. 他在画中总是使用鲜明的色彩。
• She gave a vibrant performance in the leading role in the school play.她在学校表演中生气盎然地扮演了主角。

7 expiration   

n.终结，期满，呼气，呼出物

参考例句：

• Can I have your credit card number followed by the expiration date?能告诉我你的信用卡号码和它的到期日吗?
• This contract shall be terminated on the expiration date.劳动合同期满，即行终止。

8 justifiably   

adv.无可非议地

参考例句：

• There General Walters would come aboard to greet me, justifiably beaming with pride at his arrangement. 在那儿沃尔特斯将军会登上飞机来接我，理所当然为他们的安排感到洋洋得意。 来自辞典例句
• The Chinese seemed justifiably proud of their economic achievements. 中国人似乎为他们的经济成就感到自豪，这是无可非议的。 来自互联网

9 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

10 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。