Work，Labor，and Play[B]
Guidance for Reciting
The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward，not only the means of sustenance，but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its ******st and most modest forms.
The antithesis to labor is play. When we play a game，we enjoy what we are doing，otherwise we should not play it，but it is a purely private activity；society could not care less whether we play it or not.
Between labor and play stands work. A man is a worker if he is personally interested in the job which society pays him to do；what from the point of view of society is necessary labor is from his own point of view voluntary play. Whether a job is to be classified as labor or work depends，not on the job itself，but on the tastes of the individual who undertakes it.
Notes
1.antithesis [An5tiWisis] n.对立面
2.stand [stAnd] v.处于某种状态
工作，劳作和娱乐（2）
诵读导言
在办公室或工厂里长时间工作给他们带来了酬劳，这不仅是谋生的手段，而且还带来了寻找乐趣的强烈欲望，哪怕是最简单的、最低等的乐趣。
与劳作相对的是玩，当玩耍时我们在享受，否则是不会去玩的，不过这纯粹是私人活动，社会对我们玩或不玩是极不关心的。
处于劳作和玩之间的是工作。如果一个人对社会付酬给他的工作感兴趣的话，他就是工作者；从社会的观点看，工作是必要的劳作也是个人心目中自愿的玩。一件工作被看作是劳动还是工作不取决于工作本身，而是取决于承担这件工作的人的喜好。