Finding Balance in Women Careers

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Finding Balance in Women’s Careers
(5min.com, 2012)
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How can women balance career and family?
I talk about in my book ‘The Joys of Much Too Much’ how… well, I do believe women can have it all,
but you have to give yourself a break. You can’t expect perfection at every level.
And I think that a lot of women feel that it’s impossible because they are, they are trying to, um, reach
some bar in every aspect of their lives that is so demanding, that it makes it impossible and puts so much
pressure on them.
I mean you have to, you have to decide where you are gonna concentrate your efforts.
I love my career and I love my family. On the other hand, I’m not gonna make, I don’t make myself
crazy about the fact that my house isn’t, like, perfection all the time.
And also, you know, I make, have to make decisions every day about time. You know, do I really have
to go to this event, do I really have to do… whether it’s a personal event or a work event.
Do I really have to take that trip? Do I really have to go to, you know, this cousin’s wedding? I mean,
you have to look at what’s going on in your life, and you do have to pare down and cut out what isn’t,
what isn’t as important to you and focus on what is.
And I think it’s important also, very important that when you’re looking for a life partner, that you have
to find somebody who’s gonna be there for you, and that’s going to be able to pick up their share and not
expect you to do everything that has to do with the house, and the kids, because they’re gonna be off only
doing their career.
And you need a partner who’s gonna help you out and that’s gonna allow you to realize the ambitions that
you have in your different areas of life.
Vocabulary
1. balance
2. much too much
3. I do believe (that) women
4. have it all
5. you have to
6. give yourself a break
7. you can’t expect
8. to reach some bar
9. so demanding
10. you are gonna
11. on the other hand
12. make myself crazy
13. whether it’s … or….
14. take that trip
15. wedding
(équilibrer), jongler
beaucoup trop
je pense vraiment que les femmes
tout avoir
vous devez
ne pas être trop dur avec soi
vous ne pouvez pas exiger
atteindre un objectif difficile
tellement exigeant
= you are going to (vous allez)
d’un autre côté
me rendre folle
que ce soit … ou …
faire ce voyage
mariage
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16. what’s going on
17. pare down
18. cut out
19. life partner
20. pick up their share
21. has to do with the house
22. be off
23. help you out
ce qui se passe
réduire
supprimer
partenaire
faire leur part, partager les responsabilités
qui concerne la tenue de la maison
être à l’extérieur
aider, donner un coup de main