After all the relaxation and overindulgence of the holiday season, most people have returned to the office and are back into the working groove. Looking ahead to 2018, workers in some countries are facing a far longer shift than others. According to the OECD, Mexicans work the most hours out of any country every year, 2,246 on average. That’s 467 more hours than the average American every year and for less than a fifth of the pay.
  經(jīng)過假期的放松和過度放縱之后，大多數(shù)人已經(jīng)回到辦公室回歸到工作中。展望2018年，一些國家的工人正在面臨比其他人更長的轉(zhuǎn)變過程。根據(jù)經(jīng)濟(jì)合作與發(fā)展組織（OECD）的統(tǒng)計(jì)，在所有國家中，墨西哥人每年工作的時(shí)間最長，平均為2246小時(shí)。這平均比美國人每年多工作467小時(shí)，但是卻還不到美國人薪資的五分之一。
  Even though the South Korean government has scrambled to reduce working hours in recent years, an average worker in the country still puts in a mammoth 2,113 hour shift every year. After the financial crisis struck Greece with a vengeance, ordinary Greek workers were sometimes labeled as over-paid and lazy as well as being all too eager to retire early. Those accusations are unfounded, however, with Greeks working the most annual hours of any country in Europe at 2,042.
  盡管近年來韓國政府爭相減少工作時(shí)間，但該國普通工人仍然每年要投入工作長達(dá)2,113小時(shí)。在金融危機(jī)猛烈襲擊希臘之后，普通的希臘工人有時(shí)被貼上高薪懶惰的標(biāo)簽，并且渴望早日退休。然而，這些指責(zé)卻毫無根據(jù)，事實(shí)上希臘人在歐洲國家中年度工作時(shí)間最長，為2042小時(shí)。


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