商務英語課堂 第27期:雙語新職場：鼠標主婦也瘋狂！

鼠標主婦也瘋狂
　
ain’s mothers are turning into a nation of ‘mousewives’ - by using home computers to boost their household income during the recession。
英國的媽媽們正在往“鼠標主婦”的角色邁進，在經濟衰退期，“鼠標主婦”們紛紛利用電腦賺錢補貼家用。

between running the home and taking care of children, almost half of stay-at-home mothers use the internet and emails to raise some extra cash, a study found。
研究發現，有將近一半的全職媽媽在料理家事和照看孩子的間隙利用網絡和電郵等方式賺取外快。

average mousewife spends six hours and eight minutes a week on computer-based jobs in make-shift home offices。
在她們臨時的家庭辦公室裏，“鼠標主婦”平均每週用在電腦上的時間爲6小時8分鐘。

it is clearly paying off with one in 20 earning at least ￡200 a month from the using a computer mouse at home。
這番努力的回報也很明顯。每20個“鼠標主婦”中就有一位每月至少能在鼠標滑動中獲得200英鎊的收入。

ewives prefer to do these jobs: Online market research ;Selling books, DVDs or CDs online and Mystery shopping.
鼠標主婦們更喜歡做這些工作：在線市場調查，在線銷售書籍、DVD或CD。
還有神祕購物(測評服務的質量、爲商家提供客戶需求報告)。