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I believed that others were demanding this of me — my bosses at work and my daughter at home.
我認為別人也都期待我這么做——工作是老板的要求，在家陪護是我女兒的要求。
But in truth, I was torturing myself."
但說實話，我完全是在折磨自己?！?/div>
With the birth of her second child, Amy adjusted her behavior.
生第二個孩子時，她做了些調整。
"I took three months off and handled my return to work in my own way, on my own terms.
“我休了3個月的假，用我自己的方式、根據自己的條件重新處理工作。
And despite what I had previously feared, my reputation and productivity weren't hurt a bit."
盡管之前有擔心，但我的聲譽和效率并沒受到一點兒影響?！?/div>
I deeply understand the fear of appearing to be putting our families above our careers.
我深深地理解那種擔心別人認為自己是把家庭凌駕在事業之上的女強人的心理。
Mothers don't want to be perceived as less dedicated to their jobs than men or women without family responsibilities.
任何一位母親都希望別人認為，她們對家庭的投入遠大于對工作的投入，結果出于一種補償心理，
We overwork to overcompensate.
以致她們工作也過了頭。
Even in workplaces that offer reduced or flextime arrangements,
即使在那些對工作時間要求并不嚴格或是非常靈活的公司，
people fear that reducing their hours will jeopardize their career prospects.
女性也擔心減少工作時間會危及事業前景。
And this is not just a perception problem.
而且，這個問題并不只是出于她們的感覺。
Employees who make use of flexible work policies are often penalized and seen as less committed than their peers.
靈活工作時間政策下的員工常常會在薪酬上付出代價，而且會被認為不如其他人熱愛工作。
And those penalties can be greater for mothers in professional jobs.
對于職場里的母親們來說，這種代價會更大。
This all needs to change, especially since new evidence suggests working from home might actually be more productive in certain cases.
情況需要改變，尤其已有證據表明，在某些情況下在家辦公更有效率。
It is difficult to distinguish between the aspects of a job that are truly necessary and those that are not.
我們很難判斷工作中有哪些條件是真正必要的。
Sometimes the situation is hard to read and the lines are hard to draw.
這些情況很難分辨，也很難設定界限。
Amy told me about a conference dinner she attended with a group of fellow physicians,
埃米告訴我，有一次她參加一個會議晚宴，
including one who had given birth to her first child several weeks earlier.
同行的同事中有一位幾周前剛生完孩子。
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| certain | ['sə:tn] |
想一想再看 adj. 確定的，必然的，特定的 |
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| understand | [.ʌndə'stænd] |
想一想再看 vt. 理解，懂，聽說，獲悉，將 ... 理解為，認為< |
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| distinguish | [dis'tiŋgwiʃ] |
想一想再看 vt. 區別，辨認，使顯著 |
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| dedicated | ['dedi.keitid] |
想一想再看 adj. 專注的，獻身的，專用的 |
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| demanding | [di'mændiŋ] |
想一想再看 adj. 要求多的，吃力的 |
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| committed | [kə'mitid] |
想一想再看 adj. 獻身于某種事業的，委托的 |
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| jeopardize | ['dʒepədaiz] |
想一想再看 vt. 危害，使受危困，使陷危地 |
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| productivity | [.prɔdʌk'tiviti] |
想一想再看 n. 生產率，生產能力 |
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| professional | [prə'feʃənl] |
想一想再看 adj. 職業的，專業的，專門的 |
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| productive | [prə'dʌktiv] |
想一想再看 adj. 能生產的，有生產價值的，多產的 |
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