2023年5月20日雅思大作文真题

Countries with long average working hours are economically more successful than those countries which do not work long hours. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

平均工作时间长的国家在经济上比那些工作时间不长的国家更成功。你在多大程度上同意或不同意？

Much discussion has been revolving around whether a higher number of working hours are the key to the nation’s financial success. I disagree with that insight, and this essay will discuss the reasons.

Many countries around the globe base their economic system on the idea that extended labour hours will help improve a company’s revenue and the economy of a nation. However, The opposite has been evidenced in developing countries where people have to work 50 hours a week at least. One of the explanations for this apparent contradiction has been related to stress and safety concerns which finally affect workers’ health or accidents. To illustrate further, factories and companies with great mistakes or accidents will cause disruption in activities or spend more time finding solutions. Therefore, this is an additional cost to the company and lower production unless more workforce is used.

On the contrary, shorter work schedules have been demonstrated to guarantee improvements in general performance in economic terms. For instance, First World countries, such as Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, have shown a  steady increase in their GDP growth, and this has been partly related to the flexible time that workers have to spend in their workplaces. The reasons for that lie in the fact, that workers who are more relaxed are more open-minded, coordinate better their activities and are very creative to become more efficient. In addition to that, employees with less pressure are more able to find ways to be safer in their job.

To conclude, governments with a labour system that requires people to stay in their companies for less time are more successful. Hence, leaders in the world might adapt to that standard to aim for economic growth.

许多讨论一直围绕着更多的工作时间是否是国家财政成功的关键。我不同意这种见解，这篇文章将讨论其中的原因。

全球许多国家的经济体系建立在延长劳动时间将有助于提高公司的收入和国家经济的想法上。然而，在发展中国家，人们每周至少要工作50个小时，事实证明情况正好相反。对这一明显矛盾的解释之一是与压力和安全问题有关，这最终影响到工人的健康或事故。进一步说明，有很大错误或事故的工厂和公司将导致活动中断或花更多时间寻找解决方案。因此，这是公司的额外成本，除非使用更多的劳动力，否则会降低产量。

相反，较短的工作时间表已被证明可以保证在经济方面的一般表现的改善。例如，第一世界国家，如德国、荷兰和瑞士，其国内生产总值的增长显示出稳定的增长，而这部分与工人必须在工作场所花费的灵活时间有关。其原因在于，更放松的工人思想更开放，能更好地协调他们的活动，并且非常有创造力，从而变得更有效率。除此之外，压力较小的员工更能够找到在工作中更安全的方法。

总而言之，那些拥有要求人们在其公司停留时间较短的劳动制度的政府更加成功。因此，世界上的领导人可能会适应这种标准，以实现经济增长的目标。