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professionaldevelopment will sacrifice personal life. 上月机经5次 原题：“It is difficult forpeople to achieve professional success without sacrificing important aspects ofa fulfilling personal life.”(39)提供观点： 1.
两者并不矛盾而是相互促进相辅相成 2.
科学技术的进步使人更高效率的工作也能让人更好的协调两者的关系 3.
诚然一定的牺牲是必然要做出的但是绝对不是生活中的重要方面 1.
cost of living, growing population,increasingly scarce resource… all contribute to a radical competitive society. 是客观条件forcepeople to work longer hours, 自然, 无法避免地剥夺了人们的personallife. 这一点在很多发展中国家尤其明显:缺乏社会福利lackof social welfare, 人口膨胀populationexplosion, 人们面临更大的失业压力. 2.
而反对这种观点的人说, 先进的科技已经帮助人们沟通更加便利,提高效率,甚至在家中办公,已经大大地减少了对个人生活的压榨.但是closescrutiny will reveal that 事实上,这种进步,更加剧了exacerbate人们工作的强度intensity.提高的效率,更要求人们一天干更多事,在家中办公的可能,也被充分地利用成了加班overtime. View1: a fulfilling personal life guarantees a healthy mindand energetic body which enhance professional performance. View2: Having a joyful career to devote to also in turn help toensure a fulfilling personal life. View3: if to achieve professional success must have somethingto sacrifice, the things may not necessarily the important aspects of personallives. 北美范文： Areprofessional success and a fulfilling personal life mutuallyexclusive? Probably not, although it is more difficult today to achieveboth. Undeniably, today’s professionals must work long hoursto keep their heads above water (keep one’s heads above water: v. 免遭灭顶之灾, 不负债), let alone to getahead in life financially. This is especially true in Japan, where cost of living,coupled with corporate culture, compel professional males to all but (adv. 几乎, 差一点) abandon theirfamilies and literally to work themselves to death. While the situation here inthe states (United States) may not be ascritical, the two-income family is now the norm, not bychoice but by necessity. However,our society’s professionals are taking steps to remedythe problem. First, they are inventing ways—such as jobsharing and telecommuting (远程交换,远程办公)—to ensure thatpersonal life does not take a backseat (n. 后座, 次要位置) to career.Second, they are setting priorities and living those hours outside the workplace to the fullest. In fact, professionalsuccess usually requires the same time-management skills that are useful tofind time for family, hobbies, and recreation. One need only look at the recentAmerican presidents—Clinton, Bush, Reagan, and Carter—to see that it ispossible to lead a balanced life which includestime for family, hobbies, and recreation, while immersedin a busy and successful career. Third, more professionals are changingcareers to ones which allow for some degree of personal fulfillment and self-actualization(n. 自我实现,自我潜力充分发挥). Besides, manyprofessionals truly love their work and would do it without compensation, as ahobby. For them, professional fulfillment and personal fulfillment are one and the same(n. 同一个, 完全一回事). In conclusion, given the growing demands ofcareer on today’s professionals, a fulfilling personal life remains possible byworking smarter, by setting priorities, and by making suitable career choices. | 
