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English Conversation Practice - Work-Life Balance
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Lisa: How do you balance your work life and your personal life?
Mary: I don't bring my work home.
Lisa: What do you mean?
Mary: Don't do more than you can handle.
Lisa: What if you have a lot of work to do?
Mary: Then I stay at the office and finish it. When I go home, I focus on home only.
Lisa: I wish I was like you.
1. What does Lisa need help balancing?
Her diet
Her work-life
Her eating habits
Her checkbook
2. What is Mary's advice?
Bring work home
Do more than you can handle
Don't do more than you can handle
Forget about your personal life
3. Who does Lisa wish she was like?
Mary
Her boss
Her mom
Her friends
1. Her work-life
2. Don't do more than you can handle
3. Mary