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Unit12 Americans work longer hours than nearly anyone in the developed world, even the Japanese. For many professionals and corporate managers, the 40-hour work week is history; 60- to 80-hour work weeks are now the norm.美国工作时长是最长的。每周工作40个小时已是过去，现在每周工作60-80小时很正常Signs of our addiction to work are everywhere. For one, rush hours are starting earlier and ending later. When?60 Minutes?first broadcast this story a few months ago, the first train for commuters from the suburbs into New York had just been pushed back to 4:45 a.m., by popular demand.我们工作狂的迹象到处都是，每天很早就开始忙碌到很晚。几个月前我们第一次播这个故事，纽约第一班往返的地铁推到了to 4:45 a.m，应大众的要求。Why do Americans work so much? The simplest answer is because we can.?为什么美国人要工作这么久，因为我们可以The Digital Revolution means cell phones, wireless Internet and handheld computers like the BlackBerry allow us to work anywhere, anytime, 24/7. And we do, as?correspondent Lesley Stahl?reports.电话，无线网络让我们可以随时工作 Its 7 a.m. Pacific time, and Joe Hurd is still in bed. But this 36-year-old Silicon Valley entrepreneur has already made two phone calls over the Internet to clients overseas. He has checked e-mails on his BlackBerry and sent a half-dozen instant messages from his laptop.现在是早上7点。Joe还在床上。但他已经打了2个电话给海外的顾客。他已经检查了邮件，还发了一打短信For Joe and his wife, Christina Mireles, new technology means their work day isnt 9 to 5. Its 5 to 9.高科技对他们来时不是工作从9-5点，而是5-9点Because we have wireless access, you can work wherever, says Joe.无线网络允许我们在任何地点工作 We can be in the kitchen. We can be in our bedroom, we can be here in the living room, Christina points out.With a masters and a law degree each, theyre not exactly underachievers. Joe logs 12- to 15-hour days as vice president of an Internet travel Web site.?Sometimes, Joe admits he gets up at night to send e-mails.?joe承认晚上起来发邮件Sometimes I cant sleep and Ill get up at 2 or 3 (a.m.), yeah, to do e-mails, definitely, he said, while his wife was shaking her head.有时我没法睡觉，会在2,3点起来。Or youll set your alarm, you know to wake up at one,