英语作文

 We are told the winter holidays are supposed to be a magical time of deep connection with loved ones, good meals, warm fires, and gift-giving. And yet, for many of us, the winter holidays don’t live up to our expectations, because we don’t know how to strike the right balance between rest and productivity.我们知道，寒假应该是与亲人、美食、温暖的炉火和礼物相伴的神奇时刻。然而，对于我们许多人来说，寒假并没有达到我们的期望，因为我们不知道如何在休息和生产力之间找到正确的平衡。 While it can be tough to find that balance – especially if our in-laws, spouses, friends, and even bosses have strong opinions for how we should spend our holidays – there are some ways you can get what you need this holiday season. 虽然很难找到平衡——特别是如果我们的亲戚、配偶、朋友、甚至老板对我们应该如何度过假期有许多意见——这里有一些方法可以让你在这个假期里得到你需要的东西。 The last week of the year offers a special opportunity to rest, reflect on the past year, and prepare for the year ahead. To understand how to recapture this opportunity and make our holidays both restful and productive, it’s important to first understand our tendencies. Among working professionals, we have found that there are three types of “holiday time misusers.”一年的最后一周提供了一个休息的特别机会，可以回顾过去的一年，为来年做准备。要理解如何抓住这个机会，让我们在假期既能休息好又有成果，首先要了解我们自己的意向。在调查了许多上班族后，我们总结出了三种典型的“假期误用”。 What is your default holiday mode?不正确的假期模式是怎么样的？ Couch Potato: After couch potatoes send their last work email before the holidays, they flip the off switch and sink into complete disengagement. Their only goal for the holidays – and it’s less of a goal and more of an involuntary compulsion – is to see how many full seasons of TV shows they can binge watch. While they expect to come to the end of their holidays refreshed by this extreme inactivity, they instead often feel frustrated and unprepared. They typically ask themselves: “What did I do that whole time?” and find it difficult to answer.“沙发土豆”:度假前，“沙发土豆”(Couch Potato)把最后一封工作邮件发送出去，之后关掉电脑，开启了隔绝工作的状态。他们唯一的目标——而且这不是一个目标，