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4 Day Work Week

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ID: 2777 Intermediate
What do you think about the 4 day work week? Listen to two colleagues debate the pros and cons of having a longer weekend and how that will affect their attitudes towards work. Learn useful Chinese vocabulary and phrases relating to work, time-off and work-life balance.
Fiona Tian,Gwilym
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
进步 jìnbù progress
更 gèng even more
力气 lìqi energy
放假 fàngjià to go on vacation
我觉得一个礼拜放三天假才是进步的做法
wǒ 我juéde 觉得yī ge lǐbài 一个礼拜fàng 放sān 三tiān 天jià 假cáishì 才是jìnbù 进步de 的zuòfǎ 做法
I think that the most progressive way to do things is to have three days off in a week.
放三天假那星期一就更难回到工作了吧
fàng 放sān 三tiān 天jià 假nà 那xīngqīyī 星期一jiù 就gèng 更nán 难huí dào 回到gōngzuò 工作le 了ba 吧
Three days off would make it even harder to go back to work on Monday, no?
不应该是因为有更多时间休息就更有力气回到工作
bù 不yīnggāi 应该shì 是yīnwèi 因为yǒu 有gèng duō 更多shíjiān 时间xiūxi 休息jiù 就gèng 更yǒu 有lìqi 力气huí dào 回到gōngzuò 工作
No, because you'd have more time to rest, so you'd have more energy when you went back to work.
我一放假就不想回去工作
wǒ 我yī 一fàngjià 放假jiù 就bù 不xiǎng 想huíqu 回去gōngzuò 工作
Whenever I get a day off work I don't want to go back.
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