Working from home or Working at home

Special use of " from" in " working from home " 如何運用Working from home

 T : Thomas  J : Jason

J : Excuse me, sir. Have you seen Miss Chan today? I just tried to find her in her office, but she wasn’t there.

T : Hi Jason. Miss Chan is working from home today. Are you looking for her for some business?

J : Right. But why are you saying that she is working from home? Why aren’t you saying that she is working at home, since she is clearly at home, isn’t she?

T : Haha, good question Jason. I can assure you : Miss Chan is really working from home now. This is a common English expression to indicate that, thanks to IT, someone is able to work away from the office or workplace. The preposition from in this case isn’t referring to a place or location, but rather to how she works. On the other hand, the expresion “working at home” is using the preposition at to refer to a place : her home. Can you tell the difference now?

J : Yes, very clear sir. I look forward to more from you sir next time.

J : 老師，你好， 你今天見過陳老師嗎？ 我剛才去了她的辦公室卻找不到她。

T : H i  J a s o n , 陳老師今天遙距辦公（ w o r k i n g f r o m home），你有甚麼事找她？

J : 為何你說她「working from home」而不是「working at home」? 陳老師現在明明是在家工作，不是嗎？

T : 哈哈，Jason你問得好好。我向你保證，陳老師是在家工作。「遙距辦公」（working from home） 是英文慣用語，意指透過資訊科技在辦公室之外的處所工作——可以在家中或者其他地方。在這種情況下，介詞from不是指一個地方或地點，而是指她的工作方式。

反觀，「working at home」是另一種表達方式，使用介詞at來指出工作的處所——在家裡工作。現在，你能夠區分到兩者的分別嗎﹖

J : 我明白了，非常清晰。下次再向老師請教。