Working Long Hours Kills

B1 – Intermediate

In Japan, there is a specific term for death by overwork, which is “karoshi”. However, this phenomenon is not only exclusive in Japan. It happens all over the world. In fact, a WHO study revealed that 750,000 people die prematurely due to overwork.

Click the link to learn more about the dangers of overworking.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2105/210522-working-hours-4.html

Discussion Questions:

  1. What are the dangers of overworking?
  2. How many hours do you spend time working? Do you work overtime or not? Do you sometimes get overworked?
  3. What is your opinion on this statement: “No job is worth the risk of stroke or heart disease.”?
  4. In your country, what are some government policies to prevent workers from overworking?
  5. How has your working hours and workload changed during the pandemic?
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2 replies on “Working Long Hours Kills”

There are lots of dangers of overworking like stress or big problems like stroke or heart disease. I use to spend 8 hours working, but, fortunately, I take several gaps in my dayjob to rest, just a cuple of minutes, making something diferent. This practice is a god way for my mental health.
Sometimes I have to make some extra hours at work, but it’s not usual.
In Spain we don’t have a special policies to prevent workers from overworking, but The stress problems starts to be a problem, then the gov have to make something.

In my experience, in the pademic time, I was making fewer hours because i reduced my journey.

Nice work answering this lesson’s discussion questions in order to practice your writing skills.

Here are better word choices you can make in this sentence:

I use to spend 8 hours working, but, fortunately, I take several gaps in my dayjob to rest, just a cuple of minutes, making something diferent.

I use to normally spend eight hours working, but, fortunately, I can take several breaks all throughout my workday to rest, just for a couple of minutes, making doing something different.

Keep doing this exercise to improve more and more.

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