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人大附中2021新高考高考英语外刊素材积累（阅读写作提升17） 一周只工作4天，能否帮助企业渡过危机？ 导读 8月15日，工会主席约尔格·霍夫曼告诉《南德意志报》，他将推动企业施行每周四天工作制。 双语阅读 German workers should not make Friday leisure plans just yet. Employers have not responded—it is mid-August, after all—but they are likely to put up a fight. Nonetheless, Mr Hofmann’s salvo ahead of collective-bargaining talks later this year points to a new stage in European labour relations—and a culmination of decades of pushing for working hours to be cut. 德国工人也别急着制定周五休闲计划。雇主们还没有做出回应，毕竟这会儿才8月中旬，但他们很可能会抵抗。尽管如此，霍夫曼在今年晚些时候的劳资集体谈判启动之前突然开出这一炮，表明欧洲的劳资关系进入了一个新阶段，几十年来推动削减工时的努力也达到了顶峰。   If you think no worker would object to a three-day weekend, think again. Even fans fret about trade-offs. Workers could face longer hours from Monday to Thursday, or a cut in pay.  如果你觉得没有员工会反对“三休日”周末，再想想。就连支持者也还在权衡利弊。员工可能要在周一到周四工作更久，或者减薪。   Some employers, notably technology startups, already dangle longer weekends to recruit sought-after brainboxes, or offer flexible hours. But a five-day slog will proba