News (2월) CNN- Life at Google 구글에서 일하는 사람들의 생활은?

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CHO: Ever wonder what's behind this home page? It's the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. The people who work here are called Googlers. Or if you're new, you're a Noogler and Google's hiring 100 a week.

“You never need to go home because you can almost sleep here. You can do your laundry here. You can eat around the clock.”

CHO: And all of it is free. Googlers and Nooglers can eat breakfast, lunch and dinner here at any of the company's 11 gourmet restaurants. If you gain what's called the Google 15, hit the gym. Training is free. So are the massages. There's volleyball, swimming, rock climbing, game rooms and scooters. And how's this for a perk? Google will kick in $5,000 toward the purchase of a hybrid car. All this and every day is take your dog to work day.

“For us it's less an expense item and more of an investment because we truly believe that it generates value for us in the business.”

CHO: By value, Google means productivity. The ubiquitous Internet search engine is not just Google anymore. There's Froogle, Google Earth, Blogger and G-mail. And Google is available in 110 languages. Many of the ideas are hatched, not in the cubicles, but in the lunchroom or over coffee.

Twenty-seven-year-old engineer Miniane Wang is a quintessential Googler. She graduated from college at 18, was lured to Google from Microsoft, and loves her job so much she immediately rejects all other offers.

“What inspires them is not the ability to cash out and then relax and sail down the Nile. What inspires them is the ability to change the world.”

CHO: Google gets 1 million applications a year, one every 25 seconds, and this year hired just 5,000.

“Google gets the best and brightest kind of for whatever it is that we're trying to do. Whether it's our world-class chefs or whether it's the people who are running our advertising and sales. People are just really talented here.”

-laundry : (n)세탁장(물), 세탁소
-around the clock : 주야겸행(晝夜兼行)의, 24시간 연속의(around-the-clock).
-gourmet restaurants : 미식가 식당//* gourmet : a connoisseur in eating and drinking : 미식가, 식도락가//* bon vivant : 미식가 //* gourmand : 대식가, 미식가//* gastronome : 미식가, 식도락가//* epicure : 미식가, 쾌락주의자//* freeliver : 미식가, 쾌락주의자//* high liver : 사치스러운 생활을 하는 사람, 미식가
-hit the gym : 체육관에 가다

-rock climbing : 바위타기/암벽등반

-scooter : (n)스쿠터,소형 오토바이, 빙상겸용 활주 범선
-perk : 으스대다, 어깨를 으쓱거리다, 젠체하다, 머리를 거만하게 쳐들다/ 활기차게 하다/멋부리게 하다//* perk oneself up : 치장하다, 깔끔하게 차려 입다, 기운을 되찾다//* He perks over his neighbors. 그는 이웃 사람들한테 으스댄다. /* The economy has been perking along all year. 경제는 연중 착실히 발전해 왔다.  
-kick in : (할당된) 돈을 내다, 헌금하다; (돈을) 결제하다/(기계 따위가) 시동하다, 움직이기 시작하다; (약발이) 나기 시작하다/ 죽다; 고장나다 / 말참견하다, 끼어 들다; 동조하다, 장단을 맞추다
-hybrid : (n)(a)잡종, 잡종의, 혼성의 /전기-가솔린, 혹은 경유, 전기-연료전지 들을 여러가지로 조합한 혼합 동력차

-expense item : 비용항목 //* expense analysis sheet: 경비내역표 //* expense account: (접대비등의) 비용 계정//* expense budget: 경비예산//* expense of idleness: 조업중단비용//* expense ledger: 경비원장 //* expense on bonds: 사채발행비//* expense report: 경비보고서, 비용보고서
- ubiquitous : (a)도처에 있는, 편재하는/ 어디에서나 볼 수 있는 인터넷의 특성/ 물이나 공기처럼 시공을 초월해 '언제 어디에나 존재한다'는 뜻의 라틴어(語)로, 사용자가 컴퓨터나 네트워크를 의식하지 않고 장소에 상관없이 자유롭게 네트워크에 접속할 수 있는 환경을 말한다.

-Froogle : 구글에서 만든 스마트 쇼핑
-Google Earth : 지도 검색 프로그램
-hatch : 알을 까다 /음모따위가 꾸며지다/(명)부화, 수문, 한배의 병아리//* hatch 2 : 승강구, 창구, 해치, 창구 덮개, 해치 덥개 //* hatch 3 : 평행선 무늬(음영)를 넣다

-cubicle : (n)(기숙사 등의 칸막이 된)작은 침실, (도서관 등의)개인용 열람석, (풀 등의)탈의실 -quintessential :  순수한, 본질적인, 전형적인 //* quintessential beauty : 전형적인 아름다움  //* a sense of humor that is quintessentially British  전형적으로 영국적인 유머감각 *
-lure : attract, tempt : 끌어들이다. 유혹하다
-inspire : (vt)(vi)고무(격려)하다/(감정, 사상을)불어넣다, 고취하다/(사람에게 사상 감정을)일어나게하다/영감을 주다, 감격시키다, 자극하다/ 시사하다/ 들이쉬다, 빨아들이다, 숨을 들이쉬다
-cash out : cash-out : (물건, 부동산등을) 현금으로 바꾸다/ 현금 지불[상환], 현금 매상, 현금 잔고./* Hard-pressed farmers are tempted to cash out by selling their valuable land. 곤궁한 농부들은, 그들의 귀중한 토지를 팔아서 현금으로 바꾸는 것에 유혹당했다.
-sail down the river : 강을 배로 내려가다
-application : a form used in making a request : 신청서

-world-class : 세계 일류의, 세계적인, 국제급의/세계 일류 선수[연주가 등]를 모아 놓은.