2012年剑桥BEC商务英语考试中级阅读范文2

2012年剑桥BEC商务英语考试中级阅读范文2

　　谁说天下没有免费午餐?考试网

　　似乎，连硅谷富裕的工程师也喜欢免费的午餐供应。

　　Even the well-off engineers of Silicon Valley fall for the offer of a free lunch, it seems.wｗw.ExamＷ.CoM

　　在硅谷，员工们纷纷涌向其它提供免费食物并能满足其人际交往欲望的公司，这一现象被称为"午餐2.0"(Lunch 2.0)。

　　In a phenomenon dubbed Lunch 2.0, workers in the Valley are descending on other companies for free food and the chance to satisfy their appetite for making contacts.

　　这一切源于4位试图偷偷溜进雅虎(Yahoo)和谷歌(Google)等公司的硅谷员工，他们希望品尝这些公司免费的美味午餐。

　　It started with four men trying to sneak into companies such as Yahoo and Google to sample their free gourmet lunches.

　　不过，这一创意已开始被人利用，并加以发展。数家公司已开始邀请所有来访人员享用免费午餐。

　　But the idea has been picked up and developed. Several companies have begun inviting all- comers for a free lunch.

　　当然，它不是慷慨之举。这些午餐不仅可以进行人际交往和填饱肚子，还是宣传产品和网罗人才的时机。

　　Except, of course, it is not free. The lunches are partly about networking and eating, but they are also about pitching products and sizing up talent.

　　在上周的最新一个例子中，有100多人出现在社交网络平台Ning位于加州帕罗奥多的办公室享用午餐。