标题:all work and no play？
when was the last time you rolled down a hill, swung on a swing, or spent the afternoon colouring in? chances are you haven’t done any such thing since childhood. butibet you miss that delicious joy and freedom you felt as a ten-year-old, playing your favourite game.
all work and no play: 这个短语是对“只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻”这一谚语的引用，用来说明工作和娱乐之间需要平衡。
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rolled down a hill:
roll down a hill: 动词短语，意为“滚下山丘”，是一种儿童时期的活动。
swung on a swing:
swung: 动词的过去分词，与on连用，表示“荡秋千”的动作。
spent the afternoon colouring in:
spent: 动词，这里指“度过时间”。
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fternoon: 名词，意为“下午”。
colouring in: 动名词，指“涂色”这一活动。
chances are:
chances are: 表达可能性的短语，意为“很可能”。
delicious joy and freedom:
delicious: 形容词，在这里用来形容“joy”（欢乐）非常美妙、令人愉悦。
joy: 名词，意为“快乐”。
freedom: 名词，意为“自由”。
felt as a ten-year-old:
felt: 动词的过去式，这里与as连用，表示“作为…感受到的”。
playing your favourite game:
playing: 动名词，表示“玩耍”。
favourite game: 名词短语，意为“最喜欢的游戏”。

语法点:
现在完成时: 使用现在完成时来表达从童年到现在都没有进行过某事。
动名词和现在分词: 使用动名词和现在分词来描述活动。
比较结构: 来表达对过去情感的怀念
reaching adulthood means many of us consciously disconnect from the ability to play freely just for the sake of it. that’s something children do – something we, as working adults with obligations, often feel we don’t have time for, can’t justify, or see no point in.

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reaching adulthood:
reaching: 动名词，表示。
adulthood: 名词，意为。
consciously disconnect:
consciously: 副词，意为。
disconnect: 动词，意为。
the ability to play freely:
ability: 名词，意为。
play freely: 动词短语，意为。
just for the sake of it:
just: 副词，用于强调。
sake: 名词，意为。
of it: 指代前面的活动或事物。
that’s something children do:
that’s: 缩写形式，全称是。
something: 代词，用于指代前面提到的活动。
working adults with obligations:
working adults: 名词短语，指。
obligations: 名词复数，意为。
often feel we don’t have time for:
often: 副词，意为。
feel: 动词，表示。
can’t justify, or see no point in:
can’t justify: 动词短语，表示。
see no point in: 动词短语，意为。

语法点:
动名词作主语: 作为动名词短语，用作整个句子的主语。
副词的使用: 作为副词，分别修饰动词和整个句子，表明动作发生的意识层面和频率。
定语从句:，说明孩子们玩耍这一行为。
as we get older, life becomes more serious and structured, as we take on increasing responsibilities. and, often, people’s lives are so busy, moving from one commitment or task to the next, that they have lost touch with more playful parts of themselves,’ says therapeutic counsellor roberta king.

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as we get older:
as: 连词，表示。
get older: 动词短语，意为。
life becomes more serious and structured:
becomes: 动词，表示。
serious: 形容词，意为。
structured: 形容词，意为。
as we take on increasing responsibilities:
take on: 动词短语，意为。
increasing: 形容词，意为。
responsibilities: 名词复数，意为。
people’s lives are so busy:
busy: 形容词，意为。
moving from one commitment or task to the next:
moving: 动名词，表示。
commitment: 名词，意为。
task: 名词，意为。
lost touch with more playful parts of themselves:
lost touch: 动词短语，意为。
playful: 形容词，意为。
parts of themselves: 名词短语，指。
therapeutic counsellor roberta king:
therapeutic: 形容词，意为。
counsellor: 名词，英式拼写，美式英语为。

语法点:
比较级: 使用比较级形容词来表达生活随年龄增长变得更加严肃和有组织。
结果状语从句: 结构来表达人们因为忙碌而失去了与自己好玩的部分的联系。