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Men enjoy half an hour more leisure (休闲) time each day than women. a report says.The
international survey found men spent more time watching television. meeting friends. playing sport
or enjoying hobbies than women.
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. made up of the world's richest
nations. said Britain came close behind France and America in the list of countries where women
work harder than men.The report called for greater equality for women.It said governments and firms
needed to do more to deal with the sex equality gap (差距).
Former OECD reports have suggested the difference may be more to do with how each sex
chooses to spend its time which was not taken into account (考虑到) in the new report.The OECD
said shopping. having a bath. dressing. taking a nap 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____________a
day than women.
Men generally report spending more time on activities counted as leisure than women.Sex
differences in spare time are wide across OECD countries.The 32minute 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 Ge
rmany.Italian men spend nearly 80 minutes a day more than women on leisure time.
Across the OECD countries,62 percent of women have jobs. and women earn a fifth less than men.
said the Daily Mail.
The_study_showed_the_gap_was_a_result_of_women_taking_time_off_work_to_take_care_of
_their_children.
1. What does the new report mainly show?(Please answer within 10 words.)
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2. List three activities that men spend more time in doing based on the passage.(Please answer within 8 words.)
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3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words.(within 3 words)
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4. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
In general. women report consuming less time on activities that are considered to be leisure activities.
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
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