外國人最想和你聊的文化話題：做彩虹族

     Rainbow is seen as colorful and cheerful.
     彩虹被視為多彩而又讓人愉悅的。
     So, rainbow clan refers to people who are good at finding a balance between work and life.
     所以，彩虹族是指那些能夠在工作、生活中尋找最佳平衡點(diǎn)的人。
     They have a balanced and healthy diet, do physical exercises regularly, get enough sleep, and work with high efficiency.
     他們有健康平衡的飲食，時(shí)常做運(yùn)動，有充足的睡眠，高效率的工作。
     She is really a member of rainbow clan. She is always good at finding a balance between work and life.
     她真的是彩虹族的一員，總是能夠在工作、生活中尋找到最佳平衡點(diǎn)。
     "Never make yourself a slave to wealth, enjoy every minute of your life" is their motto.
     "不做金錢的奴隸，盡情享受生活"是他們的座右銘。
     In their eyes, career advancement and wealth accumulation coming from overtime working and bad health is just like pursuing one of the seven colors from a rainbow, it's by no means a worthwhile way of life.
     在他們的眼里，通過超負(fù)荷工作和犧牲健康得來的事業(yè)成就和財(cái)富就像是只追求彩虹中的某一個(gè)顏色一樣，是不可取的一種生活方式。
     Work isn't separate from life - it's a part of it.
     工作與生活緊密相連，它是生活的一部分。
     When people talk about a work-life balance, they mean that we should find a balance between work and our personal lives, which is definitely true.
     我們說的平衡工作和生活，是指我們應(yīng)該找到工作與我們私人生活的一個(gè)平衡點(diǎn)，這肯定是毋庸置疑的。
     Some things might be big commitments that are hard to get out of- but over time, you can get out of them.
     一些耗時(shí)又費(fèi)力的難纏事情，你可以不做。
     I suggest scheduling everything but work first (unless you're on a set work schedule and always start and end at the same time) ... this will ensure that you get everything in and that work doesn't overwhelm the schedule.
     我認(rèn)為除了工作外的每件事情都應(yīng)該制定時(shí)間表，除非你能按照固定的工作表，也總能按時(shí)完成。這樣就可保證做完每一件事情，工作也能準(zhǔn)時(shí)完成。
     Be sure not to over schedule, filling up every free minute, because no schedule is kept to the minute.
     一定不要延期完成，抓緊空閑的每一分鐘，因?yàn)闆]有哪份時(shí)間表是精確到分鐘上的。
     Sister Jean C. Peters, CSJ says in the CSJ Newsline："I do not suggest that hard work has no place in our lives, but it can not have the only place."
     Jean C.Peters在CSJ新聞縱橫上說："雖然我并不建議生命中不要努力工作，但是努力工作也不應(yīng)該占據(jù)生活中的唯一位置。"
     How do we achieve balance in our lives? It takes planning and it takes action.
     在生活中我們怎么才能達(dá)到平衡呢？要有計(jì)劃和行動。
     Flexible schedule is another option.
     靈活的工作制度是另外一個(gè)選擇。
     It is important to take the time to consider our options and to evaluate the choices so that we have time to work, time to play and time to make sure our life is as fulfilling as it can be.
     花一些時(shí)間去考慮、評估我們做出的選擇是很重要的，因?yàn)檫@樣我們才有時(shí)間去工作、娛樂，才能確保我們的生活過得最充實(shí)。
     The chief component of almost all schemes to promote work-life balance is flexible working.
     幾乎所有的促進(jìn)工作與生活之間的平衡計(jì)劃的主要內(nèi)容都是彈性工作。
     This allows people to escape rigid nine-to-five schedules and work away from a formal office.
     這允許人們脫離剛性朝九晚五的時(shí)間表，還可以在辦公室以外的地方工作。
     Many people would prefer an "easygoing" job to a well-paid but stressful one.
     許多人更傾向于找到一份輕松愜意的工作而非那些收入高、壓力大的工作。
     Concerns over days off don't indicate that the jobseeker is lazy or unmotivated, as long as the issue is raised in a skillful way.
     關(guān)注休假并不意味著求職者懶惰、不夠主動積極，只要詢問時(shí)講究技巧就可以。
     If your boss drops a mammoth, urgent project in your lap, ask which other tasks he'd like you to delay in order to get it done on time. Don't pull multiple all-nighters to finish the extra work on top of your regular job.
     如果你的老板讓你完成一項(xiàng)緊急而又艱巨的任務(wù)，可以問問他為了保證這件任務(wù)如期完成，有沒有其他什么事情可以緩一緩，不要為了完成這項(xiàng)追加的工作熬很多個(gè)通宵。
     You have managed to find a balance between work and personal life and it doesn't involve losing too much time with either one.
     在工作中獲得平衡，兩者都不會讓你過分投入。