I’m a Lumberjacklumberjack

A lumberjack is a person whose job is to cut down trees.

from The Economist

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Don’t be afraid of change， you may lose out on something good， but you might gain something even better! 不要害怕改變，盡管你可能會因此失去一些好的東西，但你也可能會得到一些更好的東西。

It’s not about how much you need to be happy. It’s about how to be happy with how much you have. 快樂并不在于你需要擁有多少東西，而在于無論擁有什么，都能找到快樂。

How much paper does a person use on averageaverage：An average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together. in a year?

WHATEVER happened to the “paperlesspaperless：Paperless is used to describe business or office work which is done by computer or telephone， rather than by writing things down. office”? Thirty years ago the rise of computers was hailedhail：If a person， event， or achievement is hailed as important or successful， they are praised publicly. as the beginning of the paperlessoffice era. In a 1980 briefingbriefing：A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people， especially before they do something. in The Economist entitled “Towards the paperless office”， we recommended that businesses trying to improve productivityproductivity：Productivity is the rate at which goods are produced. should “reduce the flow of paper， ultimatelyultimately：Ultimately means finally， after a long and often complicated series of events. aiming to abolish it”. Since then， alasalas: You use alas to say that you think that the facts you are talking about are sad or unfortunate. ， global paper consumptionconsumption：The consumption of fuel or natural resources is the amount of them that is used or the act of using them. has increased by half. The average American uses the paper equivalentequivalent：If one amount or value is the equivalent of another， they are the same. of almost six 40foot （12metre）trees a year. In BelgiumBelgium:比利時，位于西歐，為君主立憲制國家。 paper consumption is pushed up by the EU bureaucracybureaucracy：Bureaucracy refers to all the rules and procedures followed by government departments and similar organizations， especially when you think that these are complicated and cause long delays. in BrusselsBrussels：布魯塞爾，比利時首都。， which must produce its documentationdocumentation：Documentation consists of documents which provide proof or evidence of something， or are a record of something. in an arrayarray：An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them. of different languages. The chart shows apparentapparent：An apparent situation， quality， or feeling seems to exist， although you cannot be certain that it does exist. paper consumption （production plus imports minus exports)， which can distortdistort：If you distort a statement， fact， or idea， you report or represent it in an untrue way. results as it includes paper exported as other products. Finland， for instance， produces a lot of paper and convertsconvert：If one thing is converted or converts into another， it is changed into a different form. it into packaging domesticallydomestically：The Chinese data also still show steady rises in new orders， both domestically and for exports . ， exaggeratingexaggerating：If you exaggerate， you indicate that something is， for example， worse or more important than it really is. its paper usage. The same is true for Austria， Sweden and Germany.

A paperless office is a work environment in which the use of paper is eliminated or greatly reduced. This is done by converting documents and other papers into digital form. Proponents claim that “going paperless” can save money， boost productivity， save space， make documentation and information sharing easier， keep personal information more secure， and help the environment. The concept can also be extended to communications outside the office.

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