From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.
这是来自美国之音学习英语的健康与生活方式报道。
In the United States, a quiet change is happening at work. Many workers are taking "workations." This is when employees work remotely from a vacation place without telling their boss.
在美国，工作中正在悄然发生变化。许多工人正在接受“工作”。这是指员工在不告诉老板的情况下在度假地点远程工作。
Workation combines the words "work" and "vacation." Another example is "staycation.” This word describes when a person decides to stay home during vacation rather than traveling.
工作结合了“工作”和“假期”这两个词。另一个例子是“居家度假”。这个词描述了一个人决定在假期期间呆在家里而不是旅行的情况。
During the COVID-19 pandemic, teleworking and remote work led people to re-think parts of their professional and personal lives. This increased the popularity of workations.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，远程办公和远程工作让人们重新思考他们的职业和个人生活的一部分。这增加了作品的受欢迎程度。
Corporate trainer Rudi Riekstins works with businesses and employees. He told VOA the pandemic made people question what they really wanted in their work and personal lives.
企业培训师 Rudi Riekstins 与企业和员工合作。他告诉美国之音，这种流行病让人们质疑他们在工作和个人生活中真正想要什么。
Riekstins said that as a result, some people started to feel like they wanted to avoid the busy, work-driven life sometimes described as a “ rat race .” And as people went back to work, they sought to have more control.
里克斯廷斯说，结果是，一些人开始觉得他们想要避开有时被描述为“激烈竞争”的忙碌、工作驱动的生活。随着人们重返工作岗位，他们寻求更多的控制权。
One study by hospitality management company Mews found that about 29 percent of employees said they had worked remotely from a vacation place without telling employers. The study, carried out by market research company OnePoll, involved 1,000 American travelers and 1,000 American hotel workers.
酒店管理公司 Mews 的一项研究发现，约 29% 的员工表示，他们在度假地点远程工作，但没有告诉雇主。这项研究由市场研究公司 OnePoll 进行，涉及 1,000 名美国旅行者和 1,000 名美国酒店员工。
The research suggested that 52 percent of employed Americans would use vacation travels as a chance to work remotely.
研究表明，52% 的美国就业人口会利用假期旅行作为远程工作的机会。
Riekstins said workations can be good for both workers and employers. For example, a workation can improve worker happiness by making life more interesting.
里克斯廷斯表示，工作对工人和雇主都有好处。例如，工作可以通过让生活变得更有趣来提高工人的幸福感。
“Productivity goes up by 70 percent on average when people are happier when they are working. And we see happy people when they're traveling because they feel stimulated ,” said Riekstins. “You start to be stimulated emotionally, mentally, and physically, and then when you show up to work, you are more creative.”
“当人们在工作时感到更加快乐时，生产力平均会提高 70%。我们看到人们在旅行时感到快乐，因为他们感到受到刺激，”Riekstins 说。 “你开始在情感、精神和身体上受到刺激，然后当你去上班时，你就会变得更有创造力。”
Some hotel companies offer workation specials to boost business, especially during slower times.
一些酒店公司提供工作特价以促进业务，尤其是在经济放缓时期。
Sandy Wieber owns the 17-room Bayfront Marin House in St. Augustine, Florida. She also rents out eight beach cottages. Wieber herself worked remotely for eight years and now offers workation services that she would have liked using.
桑迪·韦伯 (Sandy Wieber) 拥有位于佛罗里达州圣奥古斯丁的海湾马林别墅 (Bayfront Marin House)，该别墅拥有 17 间客房。她还出租了八间海滩小屋。维伯本人已经远程工作了八年，现在提供了她希望使用的工作服务。
In Georgetown, Maine, the 13-room Gray Havens Inn, which sits near the water, created a special program that aims to appeal to younger, remote workers.
在缅因州乔治敦，拥有 13 间客房的 Gray Havens Inn 靠近水边，创建了一项特殊计划，旨在吸引年轻的远程工作者。
“We have a lot of younger travelers, but not as many as we would like. This is part of the reason we started this program,” said innkeeper Ali Barrionuevo. “I read about other hotels doing it, so we put it out there to see if we could attract people who were teleworking.”
“我们有很多年轻游客，但数量没有我们想要的那么多。这也是我们启动此计划的部分原因，”旅馆老板 Ali Barrionuevo 说道。 “我读到其他酒店也在这样做，所以我们把它放在那里，看看是否可以吸引远程办公的人。”
The special includes 25 percent off the room rate for a seven-day stay. The room comes with daily breakfast, a welcome gift, and some food and drinks. Barrionuevo also provides advice and support for seeing the area and taking part in activities.
该优惠包括 7 天住宿房价 25% 的折扣。客房提供每日早餐、迎宾礼品以及一些食物和饮料。 Barrionuevo 还为参观该地区和参加活动提供建议和支持。
“When they are done working, we help them find out what they like and create itineraries to help them see the things they want or should see with limited time,” she added.
“当他们完成工作后，我们帮助他们找出他们喜欢什么，并制定行程，帮助他们在有限的时间内看到他们想要或应该看到的东西，”她补充道。
A public opinion study carried out by ResumeBuilder.com found that one in six Gen Z workers used a false online background of a home office to fool their employer.
ResumeBuilder.com 进行的一项民意研究发现，六分之一的 Z 世代员工使用虚假的家庭办公室在线背景来愚弄雇主。
Gen Z is a name for the generation of people born in the late 1990s through the early 2000s.
Z 世代是对 20 世纪 90 年代末至 2000 年代初出生的一代人的称呼。
Another study from 2023, found that 51 percent of Gen Z workers said they had worked remotely from a vacation place, but did not tell their employers.
另一项 2023 年的研究发现，51% 的 Z 世代员工表示，他们曾在度假地点远程工作，但没有告诉雇主。
Riekstins noted that not all workations have to be secret. Some employers permit workations as long as employees get their work done. “A number of the organizations that I do currently work with don't care where their employees work, as long as they produce the results and it's done within the office hours.”
Riekstins 指出，并非所有工作都必须保密。只要雇员完成工作，一些雇主就允许工作。 “我目前合作的许多组织并不关心他们的员工在哪里工作，只要他们产生结果并且在办公时间内完成即可。”
Riekstins said he thinks more companies should accept remote work situations as a way to improve worker satisfaction and business productivity.
Riekstins 表示，他认为更多的公司应该接受远程工作环境，以此作为提高员工满意度和企业生产力的一种方式。
He said employers should be asking: Are workers happy? Are they able to work anywhere and still get the job done? Can companies get better products and better results with happier workers? And will this make them stay at the company?
他说雇主应该问：工人幸福吗？他们能够在任何地方工作并仍然完成工作吗？企业能否通过更快乐的员工获得更好的产品和更好的成果？这会让他们留在公司吗？