晨讀英語美文： Leisure Time

　　Leisure Time

True to their reputation as leisureloving gourmets，the French spend More time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world's wealthy nations, according to a study published on Monday.

The average French person sleeps almost nine hours every night, more than an hour longer than the average Japanese and Korean, who sleep the least in a survey of 18 members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) .

Despite their siesta habit, Spaniards rank only third in the poll after Americans, who sleep more than 8.5 hours.

And while more and more French people grab a bite at fast-food chains these days or wolf down a sandwich at their desk, they still spend more than two hours a day eating.

That means their meals are twice as long as those of the average Mexican, who dedicates just over an hour a day to food, the OECD's "Society at a Glance" report on work, health and leisure in Asia, Europe and North and South America found.

The Japanese, Scrimping on sleep and burdened with long commutes and working hours, still manage to spend close to two hours a day eating and drinking, placing them third behind New Zealanders.

Despite the moderate amount of time Americans spend eating each day -about an hour and a quarter -U.S obesity rates are the highest in the 30 members of OECD.

The Japanese like to spend what remains of their scarce free time watching television or listening to the radio. This takes up 47 percent of leisure time in Japan.

Turks, on the other hand, spend more than a third of their leisure time entertaining friends.

Norwegians spend the most time at leisure, just over a quarter of their day, while at the low end, Mexicans spend just 16 percent of their time having fun.

The OECD has 30 members. The survey covers only the countries for which appropriate figures were available.

　　閒暇時間

法國人不愧被譽爲"休閒美食家本週一公佈的一項調查表明，與世界其它發達國家相比，法國人花在睡覺和吃飯上的時間最多。

這項由經合組織對其 18個成員開展的調查表明，普通的法國人每晚的睡眠時間達近 9個小時，比日本人和韓國人長一個多小時，日韓兩國人的睡眠時間爲受調查國中最短。

儘管西班牙人有午睡習慣，但他們在該調查中也僅名列第二位，居睡眠時間超過 8.5小時的美國人之後。

雖然如今有越來越多的法國人選擇在快餐店就餐或者在辦公桌前吃塊二明治了事，不過他們每天花在吃飯上的時間仍超過兩個小時。

這意味着法國人花在吃飯上的時間爲墨西哥人的兩倍，墨西哥人每天花在吃飯上的時間僅略多於一小時。經合紐織的這項調查報告名爲"社會綜覽"，主要對洲人的工作、健康和休閒生活進行了調查。

儘管日本人睡眠時間少、通勤和工作時間長，但他們每天仍會在吃喝上花上近兩個小時，因此日本在該項排名第二位，僅次於新西蘭。

美國人每天花在吃飯上的時間較爲適中，約爲1小時 15 分鐘，但美國的肥胖率在經合組織的 30個成員國中最高。

日本人喜歡把他們寶貴的閒暇時光花在看電視或聽廣播上，這兩項佔日本人日常休閒時間的 47%。

而土耳其人則有二分之一的休閒時光用在交友上。

挪威人花在休閒上的時間最多，他們一天中有四分之一的時間用於休閒，而墨西哥人的休閒時間最少，僅用去一天的 16%。

經合組織共有 30個成員國。該調查的範圍僅限於能提供確切數據的國家。