phenomenon
2 Read for topic and predict
This exposition tells us a social phenomenon
Topic: workaholic phenomenon
Reading tip 1: pay attention to the most frequently-appeared words, or similar words.
Americans are working more hours per week than in years past, and with many companies reducing employees, more and more workers are worried about their own jobs. Some studies show that as many as 40 percent of American workers don’t even bother to take vacations, partly because of fears they may not have a job to come back to if they do. Besides, it is obvious that part of the matter is financial. More and mgre people begin to define success in terms of financial measures. The higher ones income is, the more respect one gets. Finally, people nowadays live and work in a connected environment ---emails, instant messaging, fax machines, and cell phones---making hard for them to truly get time away from their work, even when they are on holiday.