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Leisure activities include things like watching television, seeing friends or exercising. Both men and women reported that they spent about half their leisure time watching television. Visiting friends and attending social events was the next most common leisure activity for both sexes. The average adult spends almost two hours a day on household activities like cooking, cleaning and paying bills. Women spend more time on child care and housework than men do even when the women are employed. Men, however, spend more time at work. Men also spend more time on leisure activities and sports. They average five hours twenty minutes a day, half an hour more than women. Older Americans spent more of their leisure time watching TV and reading than younger people. Younger people reported spending more time with friends, using the computer and playing sports. In all, nineteen percent of men and sixteen percent of women played sports on any given day.
休閑活動(dòng)包括看電視,拜訪朋友或運(yùn)動(dòng)這類的事。據(jù)報(bào)告,男性和女性會花大約一半的休閑時(shí)間在電視上。拜訪朋友和參加社會活動(dòng)則擺在第二位。一般人會花將近兩小時(shí)在煮飯,清潔,付賬單等家事上。比起男性來說,女性花更多的時(shí)間在照顧孩子和做家務(wù),即使她們也在工作。男性的大部分時(shí)間則在工作。當(dāng)然,他們也花時(shí)間在休閑活動(dòng)和運(yùn)動(dòng)上,一天一般五小時(shí)又二十分鐘,比女性多了半小時(shí)。 美國老年人花在看電視和閱讀上的休閑時(shí)間比年輕人多。根據(jù)報(bào)告來看,年輕人更多的時(shí)間是和朋友一起的,玩電腦或運(yùn)動(dòng)。而且據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì),無論在哪一天,都會有大約19%的男性和16%的女性在做運(yùn)動(dòng)。 ——譯文來自: 久久揮