研究生英语上册第三单元B剖析.pptVIP

Europeans Just Want to Have Fun 2. Work hours in Europe and in America In the early seventies hours worked per person were about the same in the U.S. and in Western Europe. Today they are almost 50 percent less in Europe than in the U.S. Americans average 25.1 working hours per person in working age, Italians 16.7, French 18.0 and German 18.7. The average employed American works 46.2 weeks per year; the average French 40.5; the average Swede 35.4. 3. The overworked American In the last twenty years the amount of time Americans have spent at their jobs has risen steadily. Americans report