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高职国际进阶英语综合教程1unit5课文原文和译文

HomeentertainmentintheUSA

Whatisthedifferencebetween“entertainment”and

“hobbies”?Well,youdon’treallydoanythingwith

entertainment(yougetentertained),whilehobbiesaremore

active(youdohobbies).

WatchingTVisstillthemostpopularformofhome

entertainmentintheUSA.AccordingtoUSgovernmentstatistics,

watchingTVistheleisureactivitythatoccupiesthemosttime

(2.8hoursperday).Thisisabouthalfofallleisuretimethatthose

aged15andoverhave.

Visitingfriendsorchattingonlineisthenextmostcommon

leisureactivity.Thistakesupnearly45minuteseveryday.

Menaremoreinterestedinspectatorsportsthanwomen–

21percentcomparedwithafigureof16percentforwomen.

Itisnotsurprisingthatonanaverageday,adultsaged75

andoverspend7.8hoursonleisureactivities.Thisismorethan

anyotheragegroup.Becausetheyhavetogotoworkandruna

household,35-to44-year-oldsspendonly4.3hoursonleisure

activities.Thisislessthananyotheragegroup.

Thetimethatdifferentagegroupsspendreading,playing

videogamesorusingacomputerforleisureisdifferent,too.

Peopleaged75andoverreadaboutonehourperweekendday;

theyplayvideogamesoruseacomputerforleisureforabout26

minutes.Peopleaged15to19

readforanaverageofonly5minutesperweekendday,but

theyspendonehourplayingvideogamesorusingacomputer

forleisure.

However,thisisbeginningtochange.Justafewyearsago,

playingcomputergamesandvisitingsocialnetworkingsiteslike

FacebookorMySpacewassomethingalmostonlyyoungpeople

did.Now,moreandmoreolderpeople