Americans’Favorite Thing To Do
Americans’s favorite activity has long been said to be baseball. But a new study by the U.S. government suggests that is not true. The Bureau
of Labor
Statistics
says Americans seem to enjoy watching television more than anything else.
- 美国人最喜欢的运行据说是棒球,但美国政府的一项新研究表明,事实并非如此.美国劳工统计局说,美国人似乎最喜欢看电视.
Researchers examined
how Americans age 15 and older spent their free time during the years 2013 to 2017. They learned that Americans spend almost three hours every day watching TV.
- 研究人员调查了15岁及以上的美国人在2013年至2017年期间是如何度过空闲时间的.他们了解到美国人每天几乎花三个小时看电视.
The activity includes watching movies,recorded program.and live broadcasts.
- 观看的电视内容包括电影,录制节目和现场直播.
So who watches television the most? People over the age of 65,researchers found.Older people clock in at more than four and a half hours of television every day.
- 那么哪个群体看电视最多呢? 研究人员发现,是年龄超过65岁的老人,老年人每天去看电视的时间超过四个半小时.
Parents with small children spent the least amount of time in front of the tube,as TV is sometimes called.
- 有小孩的父母花在电视机前的时间最少(电视有时也被称为”TV”)
Researchers discovered something else,too : Men watch about 30 minutes more television than women each day.
- 研究人员还发现另一件事: 男性平均每天看电视的时间比女性多30分钟.
I’m Kelly Jean Kelly.
重点词汇
- bureau
(n)
局,处. - labor
(n)
劳动,工作. - statistics
(n)
统计,统计学. - examine
(v)
检查,调查.