星期五晚上，Jason和Wanda準備下班，跟同事Larry說再見。

Jason: Goodnight, Larry! I'm heading home. It's been a long day.

Larry: Goodnight, Jason. Have a good evening.

Wanda: You're not going home, Larry?

L: Na...thought I'd try and finish up this project I've been working on.

J: But it's already 9:30! How many more hours do you plan to work?

L: Oh, I'd say this project will be done in six hours or so.

W: So you're going to work through the night? Larry...have you ever heard of "karoshi"?

Jason準備下班回家，I'm heading home. Larry卻說要把手頭項目做完，finish up the project. 當時已經九點半了，Larry估計還要六個小時才能完事，所以一定要熬夜，work through the night. Wanda問Larry聽沒聽說過karoshi.

L: Karaoke?

W: No...karoshi, the Japanese word for death by overwork! You've been putting in overtime every night this week!

J: You know, Wanda has a point. We all need some down time. If you put in too many hours, it can hurt your body and it can affect your work.

L: So people in Japan actually die from working too hard?

W: Yep. It's becoming a big problem. More than 100 people die from overwork in Japan every year.

原來，karoshi是個日本詞，意思是工作過度而死，俗稱過勞死，Wanda說，日本每年有一百多人過勞死，勸 Larry不要太玩命，put in too many hours, 工作太長時間。Jason也說，We all need some down time. 所有人都要勞逸結合，down time就是放松的時間。

L: But I have so much to do, it seems the best way to get it all done is to plow through it until it's complete!

J: Well, that might seem like a smart way but you might be shooting yourself in the foot.

W: These days we are connected to each other with computers, cell phones and email...and that means work can find us at any time. If you're not careful, you'll never get time off!

Larry說，自己永遠有做不完的事。Jason警告他說，you might be shooting yourself in the foot. 這樣做可能是在搬起石頭砸自己的腳，因為現在有電腦、手機，工作隨時隨地會找上門來，如果不小心，you'll never get time off，就永遠沒有時間休息。

J: Scientists say rest is one of the most important things a human brain needs. Did you know you will have more creative ideas if you are well-rested?

L: These days I hardly have any good ideas. I drink a lot of coffee and I always finish my work, but I'm not having many creative ideas.

W: Maybe that's because your brain is overloaded. You know how you have to "defragment" your computer? Well, sometimes our brains need some defragmenting, too!

科學家說，大腦需要休息，休息好了，就能有更多的創意，creative ideas. Wanda也表示，不能讓大腦負荷過重，overload, 人腦跟電腦一樣，也需要defragmenting，清理清理。