钙可以让你活得更长久

 　　further and do more. Ironically, when you spend most of your time on work, you throw your life off-balance and end up being less productive¹ than you could otherwise be. Follow these steps to bring pleasure and play back into your life without sacrificing your professional goals.

　　21世纪的生活是和工作紧密结合在一起的。人们在忙碌的同时，却失去了原来的快乐感。怎样找回失落的快乐，让我们看看下面的这些建议吧。

　　Step 1

　　Organize your life. A daily planner can help you balance your life. Let it guide you through your day. Make a place for writing down professional and personal goals to keep you focused.

　　合理安排计划。每天有所计划能帮你平衡你的工作和生活。它能够使你热情洋溢的度过每一天。

　　Step 2

　　Make the effort to plan each day's activities with both work and play time. Prioritize what you need to do but make sure to balance business and pleasure. Write things like "Take Andy to the park" and "Read novel" in your organizer to make sure they get done.

　　尽力安排每天工作和娱乐的活动。把需要做的事情按优先顺序列出来，但是要保持工作和娱乐的平衡。

　　Step 3

　　Be critical of your job. Explore other work options if it takes up more than 40 hours a week or you're burned out when you get home. Reduce your work hours if you can afford it. Eliminate² long-term or large loan³ payments⁴ so you can reduce your work hours.

　　如果你的工作一周占用你40个小时，你可以考虑换一个工作，否则，你会拖着很疲惫的身体回家。如果可以，减少工作时间吧！如果你不用为长期的大量的贷款发愁，你就会很轻松了！

　　Step 4

　　Learn to say "no" to family, friends and co-workers more often. Tell anyone asking for favors that you need to look at your schedule and will get back to them. Be honest about whether you want to do what they ask of you.

　　学会对你的家人、朋友、同事说“不”。如果有人请你帮忙，你没有时间，就跟他说“不”。如果你能做的还是要尽力去做的。

　　Step 5

　　Use the expertise⁵ of others to bring balance into your life. Outsource administrative⁶ tasks if you own your own business. Pay your teenage niece to baby-sit your kids so you can take a yoga class. Hire a tax preparer to handle your tax headaches.

　　请求外援。如果你忙于事业没时间照看家里，你可以请别人帮忙。比如你想练瑜伽了，就请你的小侄女照看你的孩子，记得付给她钱哦！再如，你对你的税务规划很是头疼，那就请一个税务筹划员来处理你的税务。

1 productive   

adj.能生产的，有生产价值的，多产的

参考例句：

• We had a productive meeting that solved some problems.我们开了一个富有成效的会议，解决了一些问题。
• Science and technology are part of the productive forces.科学技术是生产力。

2 eliminate   

vt.排除，消除，根除

参考例句：

• Can we ever eliminate poverty from the world?我们有朝一日能消除世上的贫困吗？
• You must eliminate an unknown quantity.你必须消去一个未知数。

3 loan   

n.贷款；借出的东西；借；vt.借出；贷予

参考例句：

• I asked the bank to help me with a loan.我请银行给我一笔贷款。
• Has the bank okayed your request for a loan?银行批准你的贷款要求了吗？

4 payments   

n.支付，付款，缴纳，报酬( payment的名词复数 )；付出的[要付出的]款项；报答，报偿

参考例句：

• Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job. 一旦就业，即停发福利救济。
• The law can compel fathers to make regular payments for their children. 这项法律可强制父亲定期支付子女的费用。

5 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

6 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。