2024年4月托福写作重点：未来工作时间是否会减少

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2.2 未来工作时间是否会减少，休闲时间是否增加

　　Doctor Achebe :In 1930, a famous economist predicted that at the end of the twentieth century, an average worker would work only 15 hours a week, thanks to advances in technology. This did not happen, as we all know. Nonetheless, the balance between work time and free time remains an interesting question. So, let me ask you today: Twenty years in the future, will people have more leisure time (free time) and less work than they have today? Why, or why not?

　　Claire: I think it is likely that people will work shorter hours in twenty years than they do today. Our societies are becoming wealthier all the time. It does not seem necessary for people to continue working as hard as they do today. At some point, having more free time should be more important than creating more wealth.

　　Paul: I am not sure people will work less in the future. As Doctor Achebe wrote, a shortening of the workweek was predicted before. There are many factors that determine how long people work. Our economic system is very competitive. Workers are pushed to work longer and longer hours so that companies have a competitive advantage.

　　参考观点：

　　工作时间会减少：

　　理由 1：随着科技的发展，许多工作都可以由机器人或者 AI 来完成，这将极大地减少人们的工作时间，从而增加休闲时间。

　　理由 2：随着社会进步，人们对于生活质量的追求也在提高，更多的人开始重视工作与生活的平衡，因此，未来的社会可能会更加倾向于减少工作时间，增加休闲时间。

　　工作时间不会减少：

　　理由 1：尽管科技的发展可以替代一部分工作，但同时也会创造出新的工作岗位，人们需要学习新的技能来适应这些新的工作，因此，工作时间不会减少。

　　理由 2：在竞争激烈的社会中，人们需要付出更多的努力来保持自己的竞争力，这可能会导致工作时间的增加，而休闲时间的减少。

　　高频表达：

　　with the development of technology 随着科技的发展

　　the pursuit of quality of life 对生活质量的追求

　　work-life balance 工作与生活的平衡

　　create new jobs 创造新的工作岗位