Pair Work
Work with a partner. Make a list of ten fun activities to do with your families. Try to do several of these activities with your family. Keep a Family Activity Journal and write about when your family did the activity and whether or not they enjoyed it. After 2 to 3 weeks, share and discuss your journal with your partner.
与一名同伴一起练习。列出你们全家十项有乐趣的活动。尝试着与家人完成其中的几项。写出一份家庭活动日志并记下活动时间和你的家人是否喜欢这些活动。两到三个星期以后，与你的同伴分享你们的日志。

Please finish this practice according to the following strategy.
你可以按照下面的策略来完成这个练习

STEP

Step.1 列出你家的家庭活动日志，并先自己准备一下描述自己的家庭活动日志，可以录制下来，作为你的录音笔记.
Step.2 用微信找到一位同伴，向其描述你的家庭活动日志，并了解你的同伴的家庭活动情况。互换角色练习。
或者在适当的时候，利用QQ语音功能，完成这个任务。　

 


Culture Note


Some companies recognize the importance of time with the family and the difficulty of balancing work and family demands. Some organizations give long periods of leave to new parents, while others have nurseries within the company for children of employees in order to increase parents' time with their children. Some companies also allow more flexible working hours or have a work-from-home policy to allow for their employees to have more time with their children and families.
一些公司意识到有充足的与家人共度的时间的重要性，也意识到了员工平衡工作需要与家庭需要时面对的困难。一些公司会给刚刚有孩子的夫妻一个长假，有些公司为员工在公司内建立托儿所，让雇员有更多时间与孩子相处。有些公司采取弹性的工作时间，或者允许雇员在家办公，这样他们就可以有更多的时间与孩子和家人相处。

Let’s watch the teacher’s video.
让我们看看老师的视频讲解