Workplace Flexibility(3)

■Words and Phrases

  • leases
    • 賃貸契約
  • come up for
    • 更新期を迎える
  • bottom line of
    • の収益
  • hit someone hard
    • 人に大きな打撃を与える
  • bounce back
    • 回復する
  • sell companies on
    • 企業に売り込む
  • nurture
    • 促進する
  • hip
    • 先端を行く
  • coffee and snack bar
    • 喫茶と軽食のカウンター
  • toss around
    • あれこれ検討する
  • insights
    • 見識
  • less-struictured
    • 組織に縛られない

■Daily Exercise

  1. The movement towards open offices is accelerating.
  2. How is the open-office trend affecting makers of office furniture? Their profits are increasing.
  3. Steve says open office help workers exchange ideas.