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　　British men are couch potatoes who spend nearly half their free-time watching TV, an EU survey has revealed。

　　欧盟的一份调查显示：英国男人都是“电视迷”，他们有将近一半的空闲时间是在电视机前度过的。

　　They watch more TV than women, do less housework, less charity work and less childcare--but spend more time shopping, the poll suggests。

　　调查结果表明，他们看电视的时间比女人们还长，而他们在做家务、参加慈善事业和看护孩子方面做的较少，却将更多的时间花在购物上。

　　Analysts from Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, interviewed working men and women in 10 countries。

　　欧盟统计局的分析师们采访了来自10个国家的男性和女性工作者。

　　Britain, where men devoted 49% of their free-time to the box, came a narrow second to the Hungarians with 51%。

　　英国男人将49%的空闲时间贡献给了电视，仅略低于匈牙利人的51%。

　　German and Norwegian men watched the least TV--just over one third of their spare time。

　　德国和挪威男人看电视的时间最少，仅仅略多于业余时间的1/3。

　　The statisticians took the average of the figures for the whole year including holidays and weekends。

　　统计学家们把全年的数字累加起来算出平均数，其中包括假期和周末。

　　They broke down the "average day" into five categories--free-time, sleep, meals and personal care, travel, domestic chores and work/study。

　　他们把一天的活动分为五大类，包括空闲时间、睡觉、吃饭和个人护理、旅行、家务琐事和工作学习。

　　It shows that British men have four hours and 41 minutes free time each day--20 minutes more than women。