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Chris, I have something to tell you. Yesterday, a woman conducting a survey
Chris, I have something to tell you. Yesterday, a woman conducting a survey
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2024-12-24
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Chris, I have something to tell you. Yesterday, a woman conducting a survey called the house. You know I usually don’t do those things—not unless I’m feeling especially guilty that day—but then she mentioned not having to commute.
You see, this was the choice the survey offered me, as I understood it: I could continue to take a forty-seven-minute train ride (or a thirty-eight-minute ferry ride) and a twelve-minute subway ride to and from work every day while remaining your wife, or I could work from home and cease to be married to you. I have chosen the latter.
You probably have a few questions, as I did. For example, will this home be our home, where you also live? Given the fact that we will no longer be husband and wife, this is a complication. I asked the surveyor this question, but she had already moved on to "Would you give up manicures if it meant you didn’t have to commute?" (No.)
You may be confused, or perturbed. This I understand. I had my doubts, too. Not long after I said I would divorce you to work from home, I wondered if the surveyors would be providing me with some sort of alternate home or, ideally, divorce-litigation fees. On these matters, too, my surveyor was mute.
And if you refuse to grant me a divorce? I also queried the surveyor about whether a mere separation would be sufficient to guarantee me a commute-free existence, but by then, it seemed, I was taking up her time—her very important surveyor time—and she had to get off the phone.
I am unsure if you will be allowed to remain in our house; the survey was murky on this point. Can we still speak to each other? Will I still make roasted veggie-meatie for the Franks on Thursdays? I know this is difficult for everyone. Will you be working from home, too? With regard to that last one—c’mon, Chris, it’s important to be realistic here.
Perhaps you are wondering what will happen to our children. Will they be able to remain in their childhood home, likely my new office? Again, I’m still pretty unclear on this whole thing, but I’d guess no. If we have to separate physically, it’s better that they move in with you—you make the mac and cheese they like.
Having the entire house to myself does bring up some annoying considerations, such as choosing which room I will work in. I suspect I’ll alternate. If you like, Chris, I will use our lovely master bedroom only for the most important of conference calls. Our daughter’s room will be for Mondays; the light will cheer me.
I became a bit concerned when Todd called this morning asking why I wasn’t at the office. Apparently, the surveyors have yet to make arrangements with my employers for me to work from home, but perhaps they are waiting for the divorce papers to be signed. It does make me question the binding nature of my answer, though. Maybe we don’t have to end our marriage, simply because I answered "Yes" on a survey conducted by a company called Team Vision? But of course we do. Don’t be silly, Chris.
You may find comfort, in this unfortunate circumstance, in the fact that Team Vision is a popular company that provides software for remote and online meetings, and that by participating in its survey I have helped confirm the strong future of telecommuting.
Darling, I really did love you. When the survey asked if I would bike to work in exchange for you, I said, "What kind of bike?" And then, "Absolutely not." I’ll see you at the office. (From New Yorker; 619 words) [br] Which is true of the surveyor?
选项
A、The surveyor would provide the woman with a house if she divorced her husband.
B、The surveyor was not in favor of the woman’s choice.
C、The surveyor was not patient enough.
D、The surveyor wouldn’t solve the woman’s problem.
答案
D
解析
推理题。文章第四、第五段并没有提到调查员对文中女人回答的态度,也没有例子证明调查员不耐心,她只是按照规定完成自己的工作。而女人让调查员回答和解决的问题根本不现实,因此推断正确答案为D。
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