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Yes, millions of people like us work in open-plan offices these days, but they’re not new. Do you remember Henry Ford, the American industrialist from the late 19th Century and early 20th Century? 
这些天，数以百万计的人像我们一样在开放式办公室工作，但这不是最近才有的。你还记得亨利·福特吗，那个19世纪末二十世纪初美国实业家？
Yes, he owned factories and he made the famous Ford cars. 
是的，他拥有好几个工厂，生产著名的福特汽车。
He’s also one of the main names in the story of open-plan offices. 
他也是开放式办公室故事中一个主要人物。
Yes, Henry Ford was really concerned with efficiency, wasn’t he? 
是的，亨利·福特真的是很关心效率的，不是吗？
Yes. Efficiency is one of main reasons for open-plan offices – they increase communication and collaboration among staff. 
不是的。效率是开放式办公室的一个主要原因，他们增加了员工间的交流和协作。
Now, a company’s staff – its employees – work together for the same goals – they collaborate, exchanging information and ideas. This can be nice, but there can be too many of us in a small space! 
现在，一家公司的工作人员--它的员工--为了相同的目标一起工作。他们协作，交流信息和想法。这很好，但房间这么小,人太多了！
Franklin Becker, social psychologist at Cornell University in the US, thinks the reason open-plan offices have become acceptable and popular, or as he says – the reason they have taken root – is different. What reason does he give? 
Franklin Becker，美国康奈尔法学的社会心理学家，认为开放式办公室已经变得普遍和被人接受，或者就像他说的--开放式办公室变得普遍和被人接受的原因是不同的。他给出了什么样的原因呢？
The fundamental reason why open plan has taken root has nothing to do really with communication or collaboration or even flexibility. It has to do with the fact that you can reduce the amount of space per person in an open-plan versus any kind of a closed cellular office. 
根本原因已经真的与沟通或合作甚至灵活性无关。相比任何形式的密闭办公室，开放式办公室可以减少每个人的平均面积，它与这个事实相关。
Well, it’s all about saving space and money. He says it takes less space per person in an open-plan office than it does in a cellular office – that’s an office which is made up of lots of small, closed rooms. 
好吧，都是为了节省空间和金钱。他说在开放式办公室每个人所占平均空间比密闭式的要小。这办公室是由很多小房间组成的。
In those offices, the space for each individual – per person - is limited. Which is why open-plan offices have taken root.
在这些办公室里，每一个人（每人）的空间是有限的。这就是问什么开放式办公室会出现的原因。
So some very good reasons for open-plan offices. But what about the noise? 
所以开放式办公室有一些很好的原因。但是噪音怎么办呢？
The noise! Yes! Although open-plan offices can save a company money, they have hidden costs. Sound expert Julian Treasure explains what they are. He uses a very important word for business. Which word is it? 
噪音！是的！尽管开放式办公室给公司节省了钱，但他们有一些隐藏的成本。声音专家 Julian Treasure给出了解释。对于商业他使用了一个非常重要的词。是什么呢？

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