方向标曾经看过一本书叫：你为谁而工作？who do you work for?我们是在为自己工作还是为了老板工作呢？相信看过今天的话题你就明白了。

Work to Live or Live to Work?

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What Does Work Mean to People?

A group of people from different walks of life are being interviewed about what role vork plays in their lives. Their attitudes, as we can see, vary.

Interviewer: Mr. Fisher, you are an accountant and earn a good enough salary to

enable you to live comfortably. What does your work mean to you?

Mr. Fisher: I regard it as a means to an end. Basically I'm a family man, and as

long as I have a job which enables me to earn enough money to live

well, I'm happy. I find a comfortable life compensates or the fact

that I have a routine life and three weeks holiday per year.


Interviewer: So in fact, you don't really mind what you do for a living?

Mr. Fisher: I didn't say that. I wouldn't want to be a manual worker, for

instance.I enjoy my profession up to a point,but it certainly doesn't

rule my life. As soon as I get home I forget about the office.

I suppose you could say I work to live.

Interviewer: Miss Burnes - as a school teacher in a working class area of London,

how do.you feel about Mr. Fisher's attitude towards his work?

Miss Burnes: Personally,I couldn't work to live. I must enjoy whatever I do-even

if the salary is low--otherwise I feel it isn't worth doing.

Mr.Fisher: Of course Miss Burnes, you do have long holidays which must be a

great compensation. Also, you aren't married and therefore have no

family responsibilities...

Miss Burnes: Being single has nothing to do with it! Even if I were married I' d

still have to have a fulfilling profession.

Interviewer: In other words, Miss Burnes, work plays one of the most important

roles in your life?

Miss Burnes: Definitely! It gives me the mental satisfaction I need and a role in

society. Contrary to Mr. Fisher, I can say that I live to work.

Interviewer: Of course, Mr.Fisher is employed by a company and Miss Burnes by a

school and therefore both have a certain amount of guaranteed

security.Mr.Evans' "history" is unusual. At the age of forty he gave

up a good job in industry to do what he had always wanted to do --

become a journalist and photographer. He's self-employed and does

freelance work. Mr. Evans, do you have any regrets?


Mr.Evans: Yes - one. That is that I didn't resign from my oth.er job when I was

younger!.

Interviewer: What made you leave the business world?

Mr. Evans: Well - although I had a good salary and a job which involved a lot of

travelling abroad, I always felt I was in the wrong job.

I felt tense all the time and I suddenly realized that, in spite of

security and what seemed to my friends to be an exciting job, I' d

stopped enjoying simple but important things...'

　Mr.Fisher: Don't you consider your choice rather selfish? What about your wife

and family?

Mr.Evans: They're delighted. They see the change in me - find me more relaxed,

and therefore my relationship with my wife and family has improved,

because I'm not frustrated any more. It's because I'm doing what

I want to do.

Interviewer: Do you work as hard as before

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