12-12-10 Now most of the workers and public servants work from 9 am to 5 pm. Some of them even work from 8 am or 8:30 am to 5 pm. However, according to the global Internet survey done by the UK Sleep Council, the Mediterranean siesta was the right idea all a...

12-12-10 When someone disagrees with you or offends you, don't lose your temper. Why? Because it is of no use to do so. You ought to (should) be patient and keep calm lest（唯恐，以免） you should quarrel with him. You must know that patience is not cowardic...

12-12-05 Raising the retirement age to increase financial stability does not make men worse off psychologically in the long-run, according to a new study by Dr. Elizabeth Mokyr Horner, from the University of California, Berkeley in the US. Her work shows tha...

12-12-05 With fluctuating（波动的） gas prices and the increasing call for work-life balance, telecommuting has become an attractive option for busy professionals. Yet according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin, for most employees who wo...

12-12-03 Of course, being happy at work depends mostly on how much you like your job. But there are also smaller steps that can boost your happiness, as well. Some of these steps are VERY small, but the fact that you're taking steps to improve your situation...

12-12-03 If you struggled to get up for work on Wednesdays, there could be a good reason--it is the day our mood reaches its lowest point. Psychologists have found that, on average, people's moods remain about the same on each day throughout the week. Monday...

12-11-29 We all have days when we feel down in the dumps. Whether it's getting out of bed on the wrong side, having a stressful patch at work, the miserable weather, or just an inexplicably bad mood there are some easy tactics you can rely on to cheer up ins...

12-11-27 Hourly dad (or hired dad) is a newly created term where a man is hired to take a child to and from school, play games and work out with the child. He is paid by the hour and doesn't need to help the child with his/her homework. 钟点爸爸是一个新兴职...

12-11-25 More than a million workers will fail to take their full entitlement of leave this year, according to a report. 根据一项报告，英国超过百万的职员今年没能休完年假。 It found workers will give up a total of 6.2 million days of annual leave, with the av...

12-11-16 影片对白 Hector: Rough night, huh? Hal: Hector. How you doing? What have you been up to ? Hector: Same old, same old. Hal: Yeah. Me too. Senator Robert Hammond: Hal Jordan. Worst pilot I've ever seen. Or the best. Not quite sure. Hal: I've been call...