雙語- 美國退休黨們的悠閑生活 吃飯睡覺購購物

When you retire, you gain eight or more extra hours of leisure time each day. Retirees are generally using that extra time to linger a little longer over meals, sleep, do household chores, and watch a lot more TV, according to recently released American Time Use Survey data for 2011. Here's how people age 65 and older are filling their days:

當(dāng)你步入退休生活后，就會至少擁有8個(gè)小時(shí)的額外休閑時(shí)間。根據(jù)近來發(fā)布的美國居民時(shí)間支配調(diào)查數(shù)據(jù)顯示，一般而言，退休黨們會將這些額外的時(shí)間用于多玩一會兒、吃飯、睡覺、做家務(wù)以及看更多的電視。以下便是在65歲及其以上年齡段的老年人們打發(fā)時(shí)光的做法：

Relax。

休閑放松。

As you might expect, retirees have a lot more time for leisure activities than people who are still working. People age 65 and older spend an average of just over seven hours per day on leisure and sports, compared to just over five hours among the overall population。

"These are people who have fulfilled the dream of having the complete choice of anything they want to do, and the things they choose are surprising," says John Robinson, a sociology professor at the University of Maryland and coauthor of Time for Life: The Surprising Ways Americans Use Their Time。

"The three things that retirees spend the most extra time on are reading, resting, and TV."

Retirees spend twice as much time relaxing and thinking (0.6 hours) and reading (0.7 hours) compared to the overall population (0.3 hours for both activities). And senior citizens are equally as likely as younger people to surf the Internet for leisure and spend time socializing with friends, and only slightly less likely to exercise。

如你所想，退休人員比工作人士擁有更多用于休閑活動的空閑時(shí)間。同所有居民每天5小時(shí)的運(yùn)動時(shí)間相比，65歲以上的老人每天花在休閑運(yùn)動上的時(shí)間至少就有7個(gè)小時(shí)。

馬里蘭大學(xué)(University Of Maryland)社會學(xué)教授，《生命中的時(shí)間：美國人消遣時(shí)間的奇異方式》的合著者約翰·羅賓遜(John Robinson)表示“這是一群做出了所有令人震驚的選擇并實(shí)現(xiàn)了自身的夢想的群體。”

“退休黨們將額外時(shí)間大都花費(fèi)在閱讀，休息和看電視上。”

退休黨們將花費(fèi)超乎所有公民2倍多的時(shí)間去輕松自我，思考人生(0.6個(gè)小時(shí))以及閱讀書籍(0.7個(gè)小時(shí))，而普通大眾卻僅僅在這方面花費(fèi)0.3個(gè)小時(shí)。同年輕人一樣，老年人也會選擇上網(wǎng)休閑的方式輕松自我，并花時(shí)間同朋友相聚交談，而在鍛煉方面僅會花費(fèi)很少的時(shí)間。

Watch TV。

看電視。

Americans watch an average of two hours and 45 minutes of TV per day. Retirees watch even more, averaging 4.2 hours of TV-viewing each day. Men age 65 and older watch an hour more of TV daily (4.73 hours) than older women (3.74 hours). And people age 75 and older watch more TV than any other age group。

美國人平均每天看2個(gè)小時(shí)45分鐘的電視。退休黨們看得更多，平均每天4.2個(gè)小時(shí)。65歲以上的男性每天看電視時(shí)間為4.73個(gè)小時(shí)，比同齡女性(3.74小時(shí))多1個(gè)小時(shí)。75歲以上的老年人看的電視比任何其他年齡段的人都多。

Sleep。

睡覺。

The only thing seniors spend more time on than leisure activities is sleep. Retirees spend nine hours per day sleeping, compared with 8.7 hours daily among the population as a whole。

老年人在休閑活動上唯一花費(fèi)最多時(shí)間的便是睡覺。同大多數(shù)人8.7個(gè)小時(shí)的睡眠時(shí)間相比，退休黨們每天要花費(fèi)9個(gè)小時(shí)的睡眠時(shí)間。

Household chores。

做家務(wù)。

Retirees took an average of 2.4 hours per day to tackle household chores, compared to 1.8 hours among all Americans. People age 65 and older spend slightly longer on housework, food preparation and cleanup, and lawn and garden care。

與全美所有公民1.8個(gè)小時(shí)的家務(wù)活時(shí)間相比，退休黨們每天便要花費(fèi)2.4個(gè)小時(shí)來處理各種家務(wù)勞動。65歲及以上的人們將花費(fèi)更多的時(shí)間用以家務(wù)、烹飪、清掃、草坪和花園的護(hù)理上。

Eat and drink。

吃吃喝喝。

The typical American spends about an hour and 15 minutes each day eating and drinking. Retirees linger slightly longer over meals, for an average of about an hour and a half each day。

典型的美國人每天將花費(fèi)75分鐘的時(shí)間用于餐飲。退休人員們在這方面花費(fèi)得略微長久，平均合計(jì)下來每天共90分鐘。

Work。

工作。

Not all people age 65 and older are retired. The typical senior citizen spends nearly an hour each day working. But seniors are less likely to work than the population as a whole, which spends just over 3.5 hours per day working. "Older cohorts of individuals are less likely to be employed, so they spend less time working," says Rachel Krantz-Kent, program manager of the American Time Use Survey. Retirees also seldom spend any of their time persuing formal education, compared to an average of about a half hour per day among the entire adult population。

并不是所有65歲以上的人們都會選擇退休。典型的老年人群每天將花費(fèi)1個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間用于工作。但是同整體公民相比，老年人又不會在工作方面花費(fèi)太多的時(shí)間，平均每天僅有3.5個(gè)小時(shí)。美國人時(shí)間使用調(diào)查的項(xiàng)目經(jīng)理雷切爾·肯特(Rachel Krantz-Kent)表示“老年群體一般不太容易就業(yè)，所以他們的工作時(shí)間也就相對較少。”與成人群體每天花費(fèi)半小時(shí)用于學(xué)習(xí)，退休黨們也很少在接受正規(guī)教育上花費(fèi)時(shí)間。

Shop。

購物。

Retirees have plenty of time to research and comparison-shop for their purchases, and they spend 0.87 hours per day doing so. Americans overall spend 0.72 hours acquiring goods and services。

退休黨們擁有足夠的時(shí)間去做“市場調(diào)查”并通過商家之間的對比來購買物品，這樣算來，每天光在這些事兒上他們就要花費(fèi)0.87個(gè)小時(shí)而全體美國公民僅會花費(fèi)0.72個(gè)小時(shí)來購買商品和享受商家服務(wù)。

Volunteer。

志愿者。

Retirees spend very little time caring for household members (0.07 of an hour) and helping people outside their household (0.2 hours). In contrast, Americans overall spend half an hour per day caring for family members, primarily children, and about the same amount of time as retirees caring for people outside their household. However, retirees spend slightly longer than most Americans volunteering and pursing religious and spiritual activities, doing each for an average of almost 15 minutes each day。

退休人員們一般花很少的時(shí)間(0.07個(gè)小時(shí))來照顧家庭成員但卻花費(fèi)0.2個(gè)小時(shí)來照顧家庭之外需要幫助的人士。相比而言，全美公民每天將近花掉半個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間來照顧家人、小孩，這同退休黨們照顧外人所花費(fèi)的時(shí)間大大相同。然而，退休人員卻比大多數(shù)美國人更致力于志愿服務(wù)和宗教信仰等精神活動之中，在這些活動上他們每天便要花費(fèi)15分鐘的時(shí)間。
 

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