Episode 11: Overtime

Watch the episode, then listen to the lines and repeat
1. My goodness, nothing's locked. Do you think we've been ?
2. they're thousands!
3. And I left out my elephant mug and my lady-curve nail file. They better not them!
4. Anna, you've really been at both ends lately.
5. Yes, you've been doing hours and hours of .
6. If you're not careful, you'll ! Then you'll really to anyone.
7. You'll be as useful as a .
8. It's good that you're Anna, but you should calm down.
9. I need to sleep properly, otherwise I'll trying to sell bananas instead of lemons.

Let's discuss
1. What risk did the narrator warn Anna about? Do you agree with him?
2. Anna was doing hours and hours overtime. Was it worth it?
3. Do you put in extra hours at work?
4. What are the DOs and DON’Ts when you try to avoid burnout?More advanced vocabulary

Working too much

1. You’re overstretching yourself with all these late nights.
2. She’s clearly overextending her capacity with the amount of work she’s taking on.
3. You're spreading yourself far too thin.
4. It looks like Anna is teetering on the edge of exhaustion.
5. He’s been shouldering an unsustainable workload recently.
6. She's running herself ragged trying to meet all these deadlines.
7. I think he's dangerously close to hitting his breaking point.
8. She’s been driving/running/working herself into the ground with all these extra tasks.
9. He is on the verge of professional burnout.
10. She’s been working at an unsustainable pace far too long.
11. Perhaps he's biting off more than he can chew.
12. You're pushing yourself to the brink.
13. It's like you're on a treadmill that never stops.
14. She's running on fumes.