Compared with the West, people in the East place much importance on family.
与西方相比,东方人的家庭观念更浓些。
I've got a lot of things to do before I can leave.
在我能离开以前,我有很多事情做。
If it is not a question of resting the body, then perhaps it is the brain that needs resting? This might be a plausible hypothesis were it not for two factors.