工作和生活，矛盾吗？——老夏考研每日一题（23）

“balance”（平衡）是考研文章作者时常纠结的话题。平衡自然暗示着两个东西之间的关系。撇开其他的话题不谈，那么究竟工作和生活之间有没有平衡呢？

老夏考研“每日一题”今天内容选材于“Time”文章。文章标题为“Work-Life Balance Is a Myth.”（工作和生活的平衡是一个神话）。

今天给的是个完形填空的题目。 ......

【题目】What is implied in the paragraph?   

[A] It is false to aspire for a better life.

[B]There exists a balance in everything.

[C] Work may not be the opposite of life.

[D] Work-life balance is really a challenge

【试题】

①If you think about it, work-life balance is a strange aspiration for a fulfilling life. ②Balance is about stasis: if our lives were ever in balance — parents happy, kids taken care of, work working — then our overriding thought would be to shout “Nobody move!” and pray all would stay perfect forever. ③This false hope is made worse by the categories themselves. ④They imply that work is bad, and life is good; we lose ourselves in work but find ourselves in life; we survive work, but live life. ⑤And so the challenge, we are told, is to balance the heaviness of work with the lightness of life.

【参考译文】

①If you think about it, work-life balance is a strange aspiration for a fulfilling life. 如果你仔细想想，工作和生活的平衡是对充实生活的一种奇怪的渴望。

②Balance is about stasis: if our lives were ever in balance — parents happy, kids taken care of, work working — then our overriding thought would be to shout “Nobody move!” and pray all would stay perfect forever. 平衡就是静止：如果我们的生活要是处于平衡 ——父母快乐、孩子得到顾，工作顺利 —— 那么我们最主要的想法就是喊出“谁也不许动!”，而且祈祷一切都会永远完美。

③This false hope is made worse by the categories themselves. 这种错误的希望由于类别本身而变得更糟。

④They imply that work is bad, and life is good; we lose ourselves in work but find ourselves in life; we survive work, but live life. 那些类别暗示着，工作是坏的，生活是好的；我们在工作中迷失了自我，却在生活中找到了自我；我们在工作中生存，但在生活中生活。

⑤And so the challenge, we are told, is to balance the heaviness of work with the lightness of life. 因此，我们被告知，挑战在于如何平衡工作的沉重与生活的轻松。

工作和生活，矛盾吗？——老夏考研每日一题（23）

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