2019年7月20日雅思大作文题目：工作与生活难以平衡的原因及解决办法.Most people try to balance between their work and other aspects of their lives. Unfortunately, few people are able to do this. What are the main problems people are facing and are there possible solutions?
解析&审题
本题是2012年3月8日的原题重现，是一个非常古老的题目，事实上，这个话题本身也是大家讨论多年的话题，没有什么新意。
本题要求烤鸭们讨论，为什么人们总是不能在工作和生活之间实现一个平衡呢？
大家能想到的原因可能是多方面的，比如在物质层面上，大家总是想多挣钱，于是只好拼命工作；在社会层面上，竞争压力增大，大家只能努力工作不至于掉队。
正如唐老师多次讲过的那样，在分析原因这类题目中，原因都可以从物质、心理和社会这样几个层面中去找，这样大家就不至于找不到理由，而是能够找到很多有意义的内容来写。归根到底，写作不是背几个模板的事情，而是表达思维的问题。大家应该把精力放到如何拓展自己的思维方面，不要把宝贵时间用于记忆模板，那对你的写作能力有百害而无一益。
至于解决办法，从浅层次，我们可以考虑建议人们不要过于追求物质生活；在深层次，我们可以提供一些具体建议，比如可以集中精力认真工作几天，然后留出时间从事其他活动，同时也要注意找到自己的工作-生活平衡模式，而不要盲目跟着别人走，因为每个人情况不同，每个人的平衡模式也不同。
以上是唐老师的解题思路。请继续阅读唐老师是如何在语言层面上表达以上思路的。
老师笔记
Creating a work-life balance is critical to improving to people’s overall well-being, yet for many people in the modern age, to achieve such a balance is just a “mission impossible”. A few factors are responsible for the work-life imbalance, and the key to overcoming the imbalance is flexibility.
创造工作与生活的平衡对于改善人们的整体幸福感是至关重要的，然而对于现代的许多人来说，实现这种平衡只是一项“不可能完成的任务”。几个因素造成了工作-生活不平衡，克服这种不平衡的关键是灵活性。
解析
（1）本段为开头段，直接引入关于工作-生活不平衡的话题，并从总体上提出解决办法。
（2）Well-being 福利；幸福
（3）Mission impossible 不可能完成的任务
（4）Be responsible for... 对......负责；造成，引起......
（5）Flexibility 灵活性
Generally, more and more employees are experiencing conflicts between their career and personal roles. On the one hand, they are having excessive work responsibilities; while on the other hand, they are having responsibilities for other aspects of their lives. No matter how hard they attempt to reach equilibrium, they always fall short since employees everywhere are subject to the intense struggle between completing their daily work at hand and finding time for their loved ones. Meanwhile, those who wish to create a better life for their family often have to work extra hours in order to buy big houses and expensive cars, so that they can hardly find time for other aspects of life.
一般来说，越来越多的员工正经历着职业生涯和个人角色之间的冲突。一方面，他们有过多的工作责任；另一方面，他们有对其生活其他方面的责任。无论他们多么努力地试图达到平衡，他们总是不能做到，因为无论哪里的雇员都在深陷于激烈的冲突中，即完成手头的日常工作与找时间与所爱的人一起之间的冲突。与此同时，那些想为家庭创造更好生活的人，往往需要加班才能买到大房子和豪车，因此很难为其他方面的生活找到时间。
解析
（1）本段论述工作和生活失衡的两个原因，一是工作场所的竞争压力，二是人们为了创造更好的生活条件而努力工作。
（2）Excessive 过多的
（3）Equilibrium 平衡
（4）Fall short 达不到目的
（5）Be subject to... 遭遇
（6）Work extra hours 加班
While people may be suggested living a simpler life so that they can enjoy more time for activities outside of their work, for me, the ability to maintain a work-life balance depends on flexibility. People should learn that work-life balance is less about neatly dividing the hours of the day between work and life and more about having the flexibility to get things done in their jobs while still having time to truly enjoy their personal lives, which means that some days they might have to work longer hours in order to have time later in the week to enjoy other activities. It must also be understood that there is no such a thing as the universal model of work-life balance (for people have different lifestyles), so people should be encouraged to find the kind of work-life balance that best suits their own circumstances.
虽然我们可以建议人们过更简单的生活，这样就有更多的时间从事工作之外的活动，但对我来说，保持工作-生活平衡的能力取决于灵活性。人们应该认识到，工作-生活的平衡指的并不是把一天中的时间在工作和生活之间截然分开，而是在工作中有足够的灵活性完成工作，同时还有时间来真正享受他们的私人生活，这意味着在某些天他们可能需要工作更长时间，以便有空在余下时间享受其他活动。人们还应该理解，没有一种普遍的工作-生活平衡模式(因为人们有不同的生活方式)，所以应该鼓励人们找到最适合自己境况的工作-生活平衡方式。
解析
（1）本段提出建议：人们应该具有灵活性，提出灵活性有两个含义，一是在工作时间方面要有灵活性，二是在工作-生活平衡模式方面也要有灵活性。
（2）Maintain 保持
（3）Neatly 简洁地；干脆地
（4）Universal 普遍的
（5）Suit 适合
In conclusion, despite the world-wide quest for work-life balance, not many people are able to achieve a perfect equilibrium. Flexibility is the first step and it can go a long way.
总之，尽管全世界都在寻求工作与生活的平衡，但没有多少人能够达到完美的平衡。灵活性既是步，以后也还有用。
解析
（1）结尾段，总结观点：实现工作-生活平衡不易，但灵活性可以帮到我们很多。
（2）Despite 尽管
（3）Quest 追求（v./ n.)
Creating a work-life balance is critical to improving to people’s overall well-being, yet for many people in the modern age, to achieve such a balance is just a “mission impossible”. A few factors are responsible for the work-life imbalance, and the key to overcoming the imbalance is flexibility.
Generally, more and more employees are experiencing conflicts between their career and personal roles. On the one hand, they are having excessive work responsibilities; while on the other hand, they are having responsibilities for other aspects of their lives. No matter how hard they attempt to reach equilibrium, they always fall short since employees everywhere are subject to the intense struggle between completing their daily work at hand and finding time for their loved ones. Meanwhile, those who wish to create a better life for their family often have to work extra hours in order to buy big houses and expensive cars, so that they can hardly find time for other aspects of life.
While people may be suggested living a simpler life so that they can enjoy more time for activities outside of their work, for me, the ability to maintain a work-life balance depends on flexibility. People should learn that work-life balance is less about neatly dividing the hours of the day between work and life and more about having the flexibility to get things done in their jobs while still having time to truly enjoy their personal lives, which means that some days they might have to work longer hours in order to have time later in the week to enjoy other activities. It must also be understood that there is no such a thing as the universal model of work-life balance (for people have different lifestyles), so people should be encouraged to find the kind of work-life balance that best suits their own circumstances.
In conclusion, despite the world-wide quest for work-life balance, not many people are able to achieve a perfect equilibrium. Flexibility is the first step and it can go a long way.
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建议背诵的句子
1. Creating a work-life balance is critical to improving to people’s overall well-being, yet for many people in the modern age, to achieve such a balance is just a “mission impossible”.
创造工作与生活的平衡对于改善人们的整体幸福感是至关重要的，然而对于现代的许多人来说，实现这种平衡只是一项“不可能完成的任务”。
2. No matter how hard they attempt to reach equilibrium, they always fall short since employees everywhere are subject to the intense struggle between completing their daily work at hand and finding time for their loved ones.
无论他们多么努力地试图达到平衡，他们总是不能做到，因为无论哪里的雇员都在深陷于激烈的冲突中，即完成手头的日常工作与找时间与所爱的人一起之间的冲突。
3. While people may be suggested living a simpler life so that they can enjoy more time for activities outside of their work, for me, the ability to maintain a work-life balance depends on flexibility.
虽然我们可以建议人们过更简单的生活，这样就有更多的时间从事工作之外的活动，但对我来说，保持工作-生活平衡的能力取决于灵活性。
4. People should learn that work-life balance is less about neatly dividing the hours of the day between work and life and more about having the flexibility to get things done in their jobs while still having time to truly enjoy their personal lives, which means that some days they might have to work longer hours in order to have time later in the week to enjoy other activities.
人们应该认识到，工作-生活的平衡指的并不是把一天中的时间在工作和生活之间截然分开，而是在工作中有足够的灵活性完成工作，同时还有时间来真正享受他们的私人生活，这意味着在某些天他们可能需要工作更长时间，以便有空在余下时间享受其他活动。
