2.How important do you think work is to a person?
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1) How important do1. What dowork think a person? you think you is to is the life of a hard work and 2) What is the difference between typical workaholic like? overwork? 3) What drives people to overwork? 4) What should we do 2.How important do you in order to maintain a think work is to a person? proper balance between work and life?
“Workaholic” was first announced. 2.How important work + alcoholic describe “addict”.
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In the 1970s
do you think work is to a person? Suffixes “-aholic”, “-holic”, or “-oholic” were used to
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The major medical causes of karōshi deaths are heart attack and stroke due to stress.
过劳死的原因常常来自压力引起的“心脏 病”或者“中风”，也可能引起“急性脑 膜炎”（Acute meningitis）。 人体就像一个弹簧，劳累就是外力。当劳 累超过极限或持续时间过长时，身体这个 弹簧就会发生永久变形，免疫力大大下降， 导致老化、衰竭甚至死亡。
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“双11”这个淘宝商家期待已久的日子到了，然而， 双11前夕，小蔡的五钻级淘宝童鞋店，所有商品却下了架。
淘宝店主小蔡，28岁，温州人。 平日在一家IT公司上班，兼职开网店。 小蔡白天上班，晚上回住处经营网店。 2.How 他的网店里，“上班时间”一栏写着， important do you 晚上一直营业到12点，节假日也照常营 think work is to a person? 业，可见他的业余时间，基本耗在这上 面。 随着“双11”的到来，他每天变得忙碌起 来，有时要忙到凌晨三四点才睡觉。就 在事发前两天，他又租了一个房间，用 来当仓库，还搬了一些货过来。因太过 劳累，深夜经营网店时，不幸猝死。
“过劳死”指由于加班工作导致过度劳累而突然死 亡，是一种“职业猝死” 。
“过劳死”一词源于日本（かろうし）。第一宗 有纪录的过劳死个案发生于20世纪七八十年代经 济繁荣时期的日本，一名在日本最大的报纸公司 的海外运输部工作的二十九岁男员工，在工作期 间突然中风身亡。接着，20世纪80年代日本泡沫 经济破灭，该公司几位较高职位的行政人员正值 壮年，也在没有明显疾病的情况下猝死。传媒马 上针对事件报道，并很快把这种现象称为“过劳 死”。
2010年，深圳富士康公司员工自杀九连跳事件。
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Karōshi （かろうし） sudden death from you 2.How important do overwork 过劳死 think work is to a pemation
Karōshi is sudden death from overwork, which can be translated literally from Japanese. The word Karoshi were added into dictionary in 2002 to explain this kind of phenomenon which appears frequently in Japan.
Old sayings about “work”
Work while you work play while you play; this is the way to be cheerful and gay. 拼命地干,尽情地玩;如此这般,定能欢乐。
记者采访了很多淘宝卖家了解到 ，他们已经习惯了无休止地进货、交易， 睡觉、吃饭没有规律，甚至在梦中听到电脑的提示音都能蹦起来。
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2.How important do you think work is to a person?
美女店主猝死，上万网友悼念
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3. Some features of workaholics Workaholics focus on work. They are not able to stop. Workaholics think about work constantly and, if unable to work, feel panicky or depressed. Workaholics resist taking breaks or going on vacations. 2.How important do you When he is approaching his goal, heis to a person? think work needs another goal to work towards. Workaholics believe that, by working longer hours and completing more projects, they will enhance their selfworth. Workaholics have high expectations of their work.
2006年5月，深圳华为公司工程师胡新宇因工作任务紧迫持续加班近1个月， 导致过度劳累，全身多个脏器衰竭最终死亡。
2.How important do you 2010年，37岁的腾讯网女性频道编辑于石泓因脑溢血去世，传与工作劳累 think work is to a person? 过度有关。
Side A work to live Side B
live to work
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1. Origin of Workaholic 1. What do you think is
Time In 1891 In 1968
theDevelopment life of a typical alcohol (酒精) workaholic like? → alcoholic(酒鬼)

Unit 5 Work to Live or Live to Work
Lead-in 1. Group Discussion 1. What do you think is the life of a typical 2. Debate workaholic like? 3. Background Information
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But now, this word is familiar to Chinese people. Recent years, there are many news about Karoshi. Most of the people who died from overwork are young people who deserve a beautiful future to live.
More “–holic” words appeared. Eg. shopaholic, footballaholic, tobaccoholic, bookaholic, phone-aholic , chocaholic
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2. Definition of workaholic If a person is a workaholic, he’s got compulsive need to be driven to accomplish things. In the workdays, they just keep going, keep pushing 2.How important do you themselves. think work is to a such as And a lot of stress leads to many problems, person? anxieties and diseases.
20世纪80年代，我们的媒体曾经以旁观者的姿态，大量 报道过日本白领阶层的过劳死现象，如今已经蔓延到你 我的身边，开始威胁到每一个人。 在《韩国经济》中有一则消息名为《疲惫的中国，加班 现象蔓延，每年60万过劳死》。文中说，中国已成为全 球工作时间最长的国家之一，人均劳动时间已超过日本 和韩国。 中国每年“过劳死”的人数已达60万人，平均每天大概 有超过1600人因劳累引发疾病离世。而死者多为30～ 50岁的白领人群，由于肩负事业和家庭的双重负荷，他 们长期处于过度疲劳的工作状态，而对自身的亚健康状 态无动于衷，因而成了过劳死的高危人群。
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你离‘过劳’有多远？”
失眠，疲倦，健忘，食欲不振、 烦躁、头痛，胸闷，浑身乏力…… 这些症状，都是“过劳”前兆。