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

  1. bureau (n) 局,处.
  2. labor (n) 劳动,工作.
  3. statistics (n) 统计,统计学.
  4. examine (v) 检查,调查.