1.Many people say that they are woking too many hours.
2.They don't have enough time with their families.
3.Thay can't take care of things at home.
4.They don't have time to relax.
5.Work hours very from one country to another.
6.In French ,people spend about 1646 hours a year at work.
7.In Japan,however,people work about 2159 hours a year.
8.That mean a Japanese employee works 315 more hours a year than a French employee.
9.That is more than 12 week ,or three month ,of extra work!
10.Why do people work so many hours?
11.Some people work extra hours because we want to earn more money.
12.However ,many companies don't pay overtime.
13.Their employees don't get extra pay for extra work.
14.These people work extra hours because they think it's they duty.
15.Some people are afraid they will lose their job if they don't work extra hours.
16.Many people say that their vacations are too short.
17.In French ,people get five weeks for paid vacation.
18.In Germany ,they get from four to six weeks.
19.In the United States ,two weeks of vacation is the average.
20.Many people don't even use all of their vacation days.
21.In one study in Great Britain,fewer than half of workeras used all their vacation days.
22.In English,people say "All work and no play makes a dull boy" .
23.If that is true, there are a lot of dull people in the world.