双语：调查显示媒体工作压力最大 保健业最小

 　　Stressed outby your job and looking for a change? Chances are you work in media, and maybe should consider something in health care.

　　感到工作压力太大，想寻求改变？十有八九你是在媒体工作，也许你可以考虑从事保健行业。

　　Audiologist least stressful job – report

　　媒体职业工作压力大 保健业最小

　　A new report on the most, and least stressful professions, showed that more than half of the 10 least-stressful jobs are in the health care, led by audiologists, who assess and treat hearing disorders¹.

　　一项针对压力最大和最小职业的调查报告显示，十大压力最小的职业中，超过一半都属于保健行业。评估和治疗听力障碍的听力学家工作压力最小，排在首位。

　　"Professions that involve low stress have very little danger and minimal² physical demands," said Tony Lee, publisher of careercast.com, a jobs website which compiled the report.

　　撰写这份报告的求职网站careercast.com的发行人托尼 李说：“压力小的职业危险系数和体力要求都很低。”

　　Other jobs in the field that fill the billfor low pressure and competition, with shorter work weeks, include dietician, dental hygienist, speech pathologist, occupational therapist and chiropractor.

　　其他压力小、竞争不激烈而且工作时间短的职业包括饮食学家、牙科保健员、语言治疗师、职业治疗师和脊骨神经治疗师。

　　Jobs in media, led by public relations executives, dominated the highest stress professions, according to the report, although commercial airline pilot topped the list.

　　根据这一报告，高压职业中媒体行业占的最多，以公关专员为首。不过，压力最大的职业是商业航空公司的飞行员。

　　"Jobs in communication can be high pressure," explained Lee, "especially for public relations executives handling crisis situations, newscasters who go on-airwith little or no time for preparation and photojournalists working in dangerous environments."

　　李解释说，“传媒行业的工作压力很大，特别是要应对紧急状况的公关专员、在广播前准备时间很少甚至没时间做准备的新闻播音员和在危险环境中工作的摄影记者。”

　　Other high-stress positions included senior corporate³ executive, advertising⁴ account executive, architect and stockbroker⁵.

　　其他高压职业包括公司高管、广告客户经理、建筑师和证券经纪人。

　　Software engineer, computer programmer and mathematician⁶ were all rated low-stress.

　　软件工程师、电脑编程员和数学家都被评为压力小的工作。

　　Among so-called blue-collar jobs, firefighter, police officer and taxi driver topped the high-stress list, while jobs such as bookbinders, photo process workers, musical instrument repairers and auto⁷ assemblers are considered low-stress.

　　在高压职业排行中位于前列的“蓝领”工作有消防员、警察和出租车司机，压力小的“蓝领”工作有装订工人、图片处理员、乐器维修工和汽车装配工。

　　Researchers compiled the ranking by analyzing⁸ 200 different jobs on their environment, competitiveness and risk. They assigned a numerical value to factors that invoked⁹ stress, and whether or not that factor was central to the job being evaluated.

　　研究人员在分析了200种不同职业的工作环境、竞争强度和风险后得出了这一排行。他们对于引起压力的因素以及这些因素是否与被评估职业密切相关进行了数值分析。

　　They also used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics and Trade Associations.

　　他们还采用了来自美国劳工统计局和行业协会的数据。

1 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 minimal   

adj.尽可能少的，最小的

参考例句：

• They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
• I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。

3 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

4 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

5 stockbroker   

n.股票（或证券），经纪人（或机构）

参考例句：

• The main business of stockbroker is to help clients buy and sell shares.股票经纪人的主要业务是帮客户买卖股票。
• My stockbroker manages my portfolio for me.我的证券经纪人替我管理投资组合。

6 mathematician   

n.数学家

参考例句：

• The man with his back to the camera is a mathematician.背对着照相机的人是位数学家。
• The mathematician analyzed his figures again.这位数学家再次分析研究了他的这些数字。

7 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

8 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句

9 invoked   

v.援引( invoke的过去式和过去分词 )；行使（权利等）；祈求救助；恳求

参考例句：

• It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked. 不大可能诉诸诽谤法。
• She had invoked the law in her own defence. 她援引法律为自己辩护。 来自《简明英汉词典》