外國(guó)人最想和你聊的文化話題：奈特爾家庭

     Not Enough time to Enjoy Life, or NETTEL, refers to the rising pool of households headed by two high-income-earning, full-timeworking parents with dependent children.
     NETTEL(Not Enough time to Enjoy Life，無(wú)暇享受生活，簡(jiǎn)稱"奈特爾")指夫妻為高收入全職人員、家中又有孩子需要照顧的家庭。
     Here are two parents working full-time earning lots of money but struggling to balance the commitments that come with a demanding job and an even more demanding family life.
     這樣的家庭中，父母全職工作，收入也不少，但無(wú)法同時(shí)兼顧工作職責(zé)和家庭生活。
     In many families it's a case of got enough money but hasn't got enough time to enjoy life.
     很多家庭都是有錢(qián)卻沒(méi)時(shí)間享受生活。
     These stressed-out Nettel parents are forever scheduling, scheming and diarizing about how to execute the next day's events.
     這些壓力重重的"奈特爾(NETTEL)"父母永遠(yuǎn)都在排日程、列計(jì)劃，記錄著要怎樣完成第二天的事務(wù)。
     And, by some bizarre twist of logic, many of these parents seem to revel in the scheduling frenzy.
     而且，基于某種奇怪的邏輯，這些父母似乎很享受這種日程堆積的狀態(tài)。
     In a materialistic go-getter world, a couple's ability to juggle and to control life's commercial and familial demands merely confirms their superior "alpha" status.
     因?yàn)樵诔缟形镔|(zhì)第一的世界里，一對(duì)夫婦調(diào)節(jié)和掌控財(cái)務(wù)及家庭需求的能力就能夠證明他們超級(jí)"強(qiáng)者"的地位。
     Not Enough Time to Enjoy Life, or NETTEL, refers to the rising pool of households headed by two high-income-earning, full-timeworking parents with dependent children.
     大部分喜歡錢(qián)也喜歡閑，但是天下沒(méi)有免費(fèi)的午餐，事實(shí)是錢(qián)和閑沒(méi)法兼得，于是就出現(xiàn)了這樣一種家庭：NETTEL"有錢(qián)沒(méi)閑家庭"。
     You are supposed to enjoy life, not be stressed out all the time. If you spend most of your days stressed about everything that going on at work, you are not at the right job.
     你本應(yīng)該享受生活，不該時(shí)時(shí)刻刻感到壓力。如果你的大部分時(shí)間都在工作，感到壓力很大，說(shuō)明你沒(méi)有得到一份好的工作。
     If you are working your butt off and not getting paid enough to pay your bills, you might be overqualified and underpaid for your position. Go find a job that pays what you deserve.
     如果你拼命工作還是入不敷出，你可能沒(méi)得到與你自身價(jià)值相符的酬勞。去找一份能夠給你應(yīng)有報(bào)酬的工作吧。
     Census data shows "Nettel" families have increased by 39 percent between the 2001 and 2006 censuses in Australia.
     統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)表明，在2001年到2006年，澳大利亞"奈特爾家庭"數(shù)量上漲了39%，達(dá)到了15萬(wàn)個(gè)。
     The "Nettel" family is replacing the "traditional nuclear family"where there was just one breadwinner, leaving families with enough money but have problems managing the commitments of a demanding job and an even more demanding family life.
     奈特爾家庭正在取代傳統(tǒng)的單核家庭：在單核家庭里，只有一個(gè)人供養(yǎng)家庭，使全家經(jīng)濟(jì)充裕，與此同時(shí)，他要獨(dú)力處理一份苛刻的工作，甚至苛刻的家庭生活所遭遇的各種問(wèn)題。
     Many parents work during holiday time in order to improve family income at the expense of leisure or family reunion.
     很多家長(zhǎng)為了提高家庭收入，犧牲節(jié)假日消遣或與家人團(tuán)聚的時(shí)間去工作。
     Although the family income increases every year, but they lose the opportunities of accompanying children and enjoying life.
     雖然家庭收入逐年增加，但卻失去了陪伴孩子和享受生活的機(jī)會(huì)。
     What sounds or impressions are you making on the people around you? Think about it. Your words, phrases, even your message may soon be forgotten but believe me, good or bad, your melody lingers.
     周?chē)娜藢?duì)你是什么評(píng)價(jià)？想想自己曾經(jīng)的言辭以及那些我們發(fā)出去就忘了的短信，相信我，無(wú)論好壞都是你自己的演奏。
     "No time to enjoy life" has become a common problem of such families; working almost becomes the whole of the "Nettle" families.
     "無(wú)暇享受生活"成為這類(lèi)家庭的通病，工作幾乎是"奈特爾"人生活的全部。
     The so-called saying is "poor family has everything to worry about", the economic level of the couple, directly or indirectly affect the happiness of a family.
     所謂"貧賤夫妻百事哀"，夫妻二人的經(jīng)濟(jì)水平直接或間接地影響著一個(gè)家庭的幸福。
     As a social phenomenon, the NETTLE families are not a step backward.
     作為一種社會(huì)現(xiàn)象來(lái)說(shuō)，"奈特爾"家庭的出現(xiàn)并不是一種倒退。
     This is due to the development of the whole society, including individuals in the workplace of the struggle entering a new stage.
     這是由于整個(gè)社會(huì)的發(fā)展，包括個(gè)人在職場(chǎng)上的奮斗，也進(jìn)入了一個(gè)新的階段。
     But this kind of advancement does not necessarily bring happiness to every individual or family.
     但是這種"進(jìn)步"并不一定會(huì)為個(gè)人或家庭帶來(lái)幸福。
     In addition to the objective reasons of social development, personal values and the different understanding of life or work, are also causes of the "Nettle" families.
     除社會(huì)發(fā)展的客觀原因以外，個(gè)人的價(jià)值觀以及對(duì)生活或工作的理解不同，也成為"奈特爾"家庭產(chǎn)生的原因。
     For example, what is your purpose? to make money? or to live a better life? a different purpose will bring changes in behavior.
     比如說(shuō)你的目的是什么，是為了掙錢(qián)，還是為了過(guò)上更好的生活，不同的目的就會(huì)帶來(lái)行為上的變化。
     Sometimes, "Nettle family" do have time to enjoy life, but their allocation of time has erred-they put life in second place.
     有時(shí)候，"奈特爾家庭"并不是沒(méi)有時(shí)間去享受生活，而是他們?nèi)绾螌?duì)時(shí)間進(jìn)行分配出現(xiàn)了偏差--他們往往將生活擺放在第二位。
     But if the money came in first, it will have a negative impact in a family.
     可是如果把掙錢(qián)排在第一位，會(huì)為一個(gè)家庭帶來(lái)負(fù)面影響。
     Now the generally definition of success is to have a decent material life, and if you do not meet it, you will lose some happiness.
     現(xiàn)在普遍對(duì)于成功的定義，都是過(guò)上體面的物質(zhì)生活，如果你沒(méi)有達(dá)到，在情感上就會(huì)喪失一定的幸福感。