In many American families, both the husband and the wife have jobs. This gives them less free time.

在许多美国家庭里，夫妻俩都有工作，这使他们很少有自由时间。

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And the result of all this? Not increased happiness, but stress and less free time to be ourselves and enjoy being with our friends and families.

而这一切的结果呢？不是更快乐了，而是压力增加了，留给自己和家人、朋友享受乐趣的时间更少了。

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There will be less free time.

将会有更少的空余时间。

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Perhaps there is a lesson: more plenary meetings and less free time.

ECONOMIST: Smaller steps

Betsey Stevenson, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and former chief economist at the U.S. Labor Department, said that for some women, greater career ambition means less free time and a decline in overall happiness.

WSJ: Women Set New Goals for Careers and Lives

But with fewer allies, he is entitled to less free television time than his chief rivals, and his poll lead is wobbling as they attack his fuzziness.

ECONOMIST: Brazil