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 Women have 30 minutes less time to enjoy themselves every day. |
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Men enjoy half an hour more of leisure time each day than women, a report claims. The international survey found that men spent longer watching television, meeting friends, playing sport or pursuing hobbies than the fairer sex. The Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development, made up of the world's richest nations, said that British men ranked close behind France and America in the league table of countries where women work harder than men. The report, released to mark International Women's Day, called for greater equality for women. It said that "governments and firms need to do more to tackle the gender equality gap." Previous OECD reports have suggested that the difference may be more to do with how each sex chooses to spend its time which was not taken into account in the new report. The OECD concluded that shopping, soaking in the bath, grooming, having a lie-in or taking a long lunch all count as work rather than leisure. If these are taken into account British men have only 10 minutes more spare time a day than women. The report said: "Men universally report spending more time in activities counted as leisure than women. Gender differences in leisure time are wide across OECD countries." The 32-minute leisure advantage for men in Britain compares with 38 minutes in the US, 33 minutes in France, 50 minutes in Belgium and 22 minutes in Germany. Italian men spend nearly 80 minutes a day more than women on leisure time. Across the OECD countries, 62 per cent of women have jobs, and women earn a fifth less than men, said the Daily Mail. Officials said the gap was a result of women taking time off work to concentrate on bringing up their children. (Read by Renee Haines. Renee Haines is a multimedia journalist at the China Daily Web site.) (Agencies) |
日前發布的一項報告稱，男性每天的休閑時間比女性多半個小時。 這項國際調查發現，男性在看電視、見朋友、運動或從事其他愛好上所花的時間多于女性。 由全世界最富國家組成的“經濟合作與發展組織”稱，在女性工作比男性辛苦的國家中，英國的狀況僅次于法國和美國。 這一報告為紀念國際婦女節而發布，目的是呼吁性別平等。 報告稱：“政府和公司需要付出更多努力，來解決性別不平等的問題。” 經合組織之前發布的報告表明，男女休閑時間的差別可能更多的與他們如何安排自己的時間有關，而最新發布的報告中沒有考慮這一點。 經合組織總結稱，購物、沐浴、梳妝、睡懶覺或是花很長時間吃午飯都被計入了工作而非休閑活動。 如果把這些活動計入休閑，那么英國男性每天的休閑時間只比女性多10分鐘。 報告說：“普遍來看，男性報告的休閑類活動時間多于女性。休閑時間上的性別差異在經合組織成員國中廣泛存在。” 英國男性的休閑時間比女性多32分鐘，美國男性多38分鐘，法國男性多33分鐘，比利時男性多50分鐘，德國男性則多出22分鐘。 意大利男性每天的休閑時間比女性多將近80分鐘。 據《每日郵報》報道，在經合組織國家中，62%的女性有工作，而女性的收入比男性少五分之一。 有關官員說，造成這一差距的原因是女性要抽出時間照顧孩子。 相關閱讀 （中國日報網英語點津 陳丹妮 編輯蔡姍姍） |
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Vocabulary: league table: a table that shows how well institutions such as schools or hospitals are performing in comparison to each other （學校、醫院等的）排名表 tackle: to make a determined effort to deal with a difficult problem or situation 應付，處理，解決（難題或局面）（Mr. Wells tackled the difficult problem, but he couldn't solve it. 威爾斯先生處理過這一難題，但未能解決。） lie-in: a time when you stay in bed longer than normal in the morning 睡懶覺 |
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