Meaning of WELL ROUNDED and WORK-LIFE BALANCE - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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- So there's a couple ways to use
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the phrase well rounded in English.
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You can use it to describe a person.
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You can say that someone
is a well rounded person,
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if they are knowledge in
a lot of different areas.
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So maybe you have a friend
who knows a lot about sports
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and they know a lot about science
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and they know a lot about math
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and they know a lot about politics,
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and when you have a discussion with them,
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they can speak intelligently about
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a lot of different things.
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You would say that they
are a well rounded person.
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You can also get a well rounded education.
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When you get a well rounded education,
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it means that you study
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a lot of different subjects in school.
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If you are in university and
you are studying philosophy,
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and you are studying science
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and you are studying music
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and you are studying politics,
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we would say that you are receiving
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a well rounded education.
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So you can be a well rounded person.
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That means that you can talk intelligently
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about a lot of things,
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or you can get a well rounded education.
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This is not a related term,
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but it is a phrase I wanted to talk about,
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because many people are
struggling right now
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with work-life balance.
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Because so many people
are working from home,
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it's hard to stop working and start living
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sometimes during the day.
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I am having this myself right now,
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because I am working from home.
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It's hard to separate my work
from the rest of my life,
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so I need to start doing
that a little bit better.
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I need to schedule my work
for a certain part of the day
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so that I can enjoy my
life the rest of the day.
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So again, a well rounded
person knows a lot
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in a lot of different areas.
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A well rounded education
will teach you a lot
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about a lot of different
areas or subjects,
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and all of us, hopefully,
are finding work-life balance
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as a lot of us are working from home.
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Anyways, Bob the Canadian here.
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Hope you're having a good day.
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I'll see you tomorrow with the next video.
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