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1987年3月,《泰晤士报》收到一封来信,建议取消星期一。该信来自英国很有名气的科学家及视屏名人马格努斯·派克博士。派克博士说,现代的“节约劳力的设备”确实节省了人们的劳动,因而每周的工作日没有必要继续保持在五天了。为此,派克博士写道:“我现在提议取消从来不受欢迎的星期一。这样,一年大致可分为61个星期,每周6天。运动爱好者一年中将会有更多的星期六,同样,宗教用于祈祷的日子也会相应增多。”《泰晤士报》的读者们对此建议似乎不太认真对待。可是,星期一为什么如此不受欢迎呢?它是大多数人在周末的闲暇之后重新工作的一天。你或
In March 1987, the Times received a letter of recommendation to cancel Monday. The letter from well-known British scientists and screen celebrities Magnus Pike. Dr. Parker said that modern “labor-saving devices” did save people’s work, so there was no need to keep the weekly working day for five days. To this end, Dr. Parker wrote: “I now propose to cancel the unwelcome Monday, so that a year can be roughly divided into 61 weeks, 6 days a week. Sports enthusiasts will have more in a year On Saturdays, too, there is a corresponding increase in the days religion is devoted to prayer. ”Readers of The Times did not seem to take it seriously. However, why is Monday so unpopular? It is the day most people work again after a weekend’s leisure. You or