If you are going to be chained to your desk, you'll want to be comfortable.

如果你要长时间伏案工作，你会希望过得得舒服点。

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The present should never be chained to customs which have lost their usefulness.

绝不可用那些已经无用的习俗来束缚现在的手脚。

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"We tend to think we have to be chained to our desks for 11 hours a day," Klaus says.

Klaus说：“我们倾向于认为自己每天必须在办公桌前呆11个小时。”

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Will we still be chained to our living room sets or will we be carrying live TV with us everywhere using a tablet?

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There is a pervasive belief in our society that in order to be productive, we need to be chained to our desks with our heads down.

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Yet too many people see longer working lives as a worry rather than an opportunity and not just because they are going to be chained to their desks.

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