双语职场：断网时打发时间的十大妙招

[1]Pretended to work假装在工作

"Well, you could just sit at your desk and go to sleep with a pen in your hand. "额，只能坐在办公椅上，手里拿着一支笔打盹。

[2] Searched for cat pictures ... but not online找猫咪的`图片，但不是在网上搜

"I flipped through magazines looking for funny pictures of cats doing funny things."我翻翻杂志，挑那些滑稽猫咪的图片。

[3] Daydream做白日梦

"Honestly? Stare out of the window and daydream. I had so many more good ideas back then."老实说，(无聊时)就凝视着窗外幻想。回到办公室后我会文思泉涌。

[4] Sent prank faxes to other offices向其他办公室发恶作剧传真

"Wed send a filthy

fax to some of the other companies. And receive some of the filthiest jokes and drawings back. Some of them ended up on the wall in the copy room."我们给其他公司发污秽照片，接着会收到黄色笑话或者图片。最终有些就被贴在复印室了。

[5] Played Minesweeper and Solitaire扫雷和纸牌游戏

"There was no internet but thanks to Windows 95, I played Solitaire and Minesweeper all day long."虽然不能上网，但幸亏Windows 95里我还可以玩扫雷和纸牌游戏，这个可以耗掉一整天。

[6] Invented and Played Office Games自创办公室游戏

We spent many hours playing shelf-ball。我们会花很多时间玩一种叫做“架子球”的游戏。

Equipment:所需器材：

- Tennis Ball 网球

- Mailboxes 邮箱盒子

Rules:游戏规则

- The ball must bounce 球必须得弹起来

- You get 1 point for making it in any mailbox球落到任意邮箱里，得1分。

- You get 2 points for making it in a corner mailbox落到角落的盒子里，得2分。

- You lose 1 point for making it in your boss or opponents mailbox落到老板或者对手的盒子里，扣1分。

- You get 3 points for making it in your own mailbox落到自己的邮箱里，得3分。

- First person to get 5 points wins"最先积满5分者获胜。

[7] Read junk mail查看垃圾邮件

"I talk to my older co-workers about this a lot. You know all that mail you get -- magazines, trade publications, seminar sign ups, etc. -- that you just throw in the trash every day? Before the internet you would sit around and read that s--t."我常和老员工谈起这个。经常会收到有关杂志、商业报刊、研讨会申请等等的垃圾邮件。你都丢到垃圾筒了？断网无所事事时，你可以看看这些邮件。

[8] Took long lunches延长中餐时间

[9] Took more smoke breaks多抽几根烟休息下

[10] Went home early提前下班回家