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                       What Does Work Mean to People?

    A group of people from different walks of life are being interviewed about what role vork plays in their lives. Their attitudes, as we can see, vary.
 Interviewer: Mr. Fisher, you are an accountant and earn a good enough salary to
 enable you to live comfortably. What does your work mean to you?
Mr. Fisher: I regard it as a means to an end. Basically I'm a family man, and as  
 long as I have a job which enables me to earn enough money to live
 well, I'm happy. I find a comfortable life compensates or the fact
 that I have a routine life and three weeks holiday per year.
　
 
Interviewer: So in fact, you don't really mind what you do for a living?
Mr. Fisher: I didn't say that. I wouldn't want to be a manual worker, for
 instance.I enjoy my profession up to a point,but it certainly doesn't
 rule my life. As soon as I get home I forget about the office.
 I suppose you could say I work to live.
　
 
Interviewer: Miss Burnes - as a school teacher in a working class area of London,
 how do.you feel about Mr. Fisher's attitude towards his work?
Miss Burnes: Personally,I couldn't work to live. I must enjoy whatever I do-even
 if the salary is low--otherwise I feel it isn't worth doing.
Mr.Fisher: Of course Miss Burnes, you do have long holidays which must be a
 great compensation. Also, you aren't married and therefore have no
 family responsibilities...
　
 
Miss Burnes: Being single has nothing to do with it! Even if I were married I' d
 still have to have a fulfilling profession.
Interviewer: In other words, Miss Burnes, work plays one of the most important
 roles in your life?
Miss Burnes: Definitely! It gives me the mental satisfaction I need and a role in
 society. Contrary to Mr. Fisher, I can say that I live to work.
Interviewer: Of course, Mr.Fisher is employed by a company and Miss Burnes by a     
 school and therefore both have a certain amount of guaranteed
 security.Mr.Evans' "history" is unusual. At the age of forty he gave
 up a good job in industry to do what he had always wanted to do --
 become a journalist and photographer. He's self-employed and does
 freelance work. Mr. Evans, do you have any regrets?
　
 
Mr.Evans: Yes - one. That is that I didn't resign from my oth.er job when I was
 younger!.
Interviewer: What made you leave the business world?
Mr. Evans: Well - although I had a good salary and a job which involved a lot of
 travelling abroad, I always felt I was in the wrong job.