一生必知英语话题背诵 21SOHO一族的好处

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Because of the lowering costs of communication devices(通信设备)and media, more and more jobs can be done at home.

由于通信及媒体设备的价格大众化，越来越多的工作可以在家中完成。

For the freelancers¹, they no longer need to be strapped² to the office desk 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. On the contrary, they can choose to work at any time that is convenient to them and opt³ to work full days or shorter, depending on everyday's work load. What's more, some freelance jobs also allow people to work anywhere in the world.

对于自由职业者而言，他们不再需要死守每天工作八小时，一周工作五天的规定。取而代之的是，他们可以选择合适的工作时间，并能够根据每天的工作量调整其工作时间的长短。

Therefore, being freelancers, they can keep a personalized, flexible schedule and pay more attention to their families and friends, which means that they are able to structure their work life to maintain the best work-life balance.

因此，对自由职业者而言，他们的工作时间更个性化、弹性化，他们可以花更多的精力与家人朋友相处。这也就意味着自由职业者能够调整好工作安排，从而更好地维持工作与家庭生活之间的平衡。