10张图表揭秘美国生活一天最多工作4小时12分钟 |佛山英语培训

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You may feel like the workweek is just a succession of monotonous days that pass in a blur, each one indistinguishable from the next. And according to the American Time Use Survey, you'd be right -- by and large, the only major difference between Monday and Friday is three letters.

But peel back the top-level data and you'll find some interesting daily rhythms at the margins of American time use. On Tuesdays we work the hardest, and have the hardest time falling asleep. We really don't like running errands on Wednesday. We devote our weekends to our friends and our pets. We watch a ton of TV every day, but especially on Sunday. The 10 charts below reveal these trends and more.

你也许觉得每一周都是一个又一个单调的日子匆匆而过，分不清这一天和另外一天有什么区别。根据《美国人时间使用》的调查，你的感觉没错——基本上，周一和周五的唯一主要区别只有三个字母。

然而如果你详细翻看数据，你会发现美国人时间使用上的一些有趣的日常规律。周二美国人工作最努力、入睡最困难。周三美国人不喜欢跑腿办事。周末美国人大多数时间都与朋友和宠物一起度过。美国人每天都看很多电视，特别是周日。以下十张表能极好地揭示这些趋势。

Everybody really is working for the weekend.

大家都是为了周末的轻松而辛勤工作。

Americans are at their most productive on Tuesdays. We spend about four hours and 12 minutes working each Tuesday, compared to three hours and 52 minutes on Fridays. Keep in mind that these figures, and most of the ones noted in this piece, are averages across all Americans, age 15 and up. If those work hours seem low, it's because they factor in students, retirees and the unemployed.

But overall, the time we spend working, sleeping and playing varies by no more than 20 minutes from weekday to weekday. The big change comes on the weekend, when we work less, sleep more, and play more.

美国人星期二的工作效率最高，有4小时12分钟的时间用于工作，星期五则是3小时52分钟工作。记住这些数据，15岁以上的美国人平均工作时间都是这么多。如果工作时间低于上述值，有可能这些人是学生、退休人员和失业者。

但是总的来说，我们星期一到星期五花在睡觉和玩耍的时间相差不超过20分钟。最大的差别来自周末，工作时间减少，睡觉时间和玩耍时间增多。

We have a harder time falling asleep Tuesday night.

周二晚上更难以入眠。

We don't spend much time tossing and turning in bed -- just a couple minutes a day on average. But that time peaks on Tuesdays, not coincidentally the same day we work the hardest. Sleep comes easiest on Friday nights, when we rest easy knowing the weekend is ahead. But sleeplessness creeps back up as we head into Monday.

美国人没有花太多时间在床上辗转反侧——平均一天只有几分钟。但是星期二失眠时间最长。星期五的晚上最容易入眠，因为我们知道第二天就是周末。但是到了星期一，又会再次失眠。

Pro-tip: Go to the laundrymat near the end of the workweek.

建议：在工作周快结束的时候去洗衣店。

Laundry time peaks on the weekends. If you want your pick of the laundrymat, go on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.

周末是洗衣的高峰期。如果你想使用自助洗衣机，就选择在星期三，星期四和星期五洗衣服。

Wednesday is the best day for grocery shopping.

星期三是日用品购物的最佳时间。

At least it is if you don't want to deal with crowds. I'm not sure why we're averse to laundry and groceries on Wednesdays - any ideas?

如果你不想面对拥挤的人群。我不知道为什么人们不喜欢在星期三洗衣和购物——你知道吗？

Sunday is for couch-potatoes.

周日适合做沙发土豆。

We watch nearly an hour more TV on Sundays than on midweek workdays. Which is astonishing to me, because when was the last time anything good was on TV on a Sunday? Overall the average American spends 20 hours per week watching TV -- like having a part-time job on the couch.

与工作日相比，周日可以多看一个小时的电视。这让我很震惊，我已经不记得上次观看精彩的星期天节目是什么时候了。美国人每周看电视的平均时间是20个小时——就像一份沙发上的兼职工作。

Our eating and drinking behaviors are pretty consistent.

饮食习惯很有规律。

There isn't much variation in the amount of time we spend eating and drinking per day -- even on weekends.

美国人每天的吃饭和饮水数量没有太大差别——包括周末。

We're most social on Saturdays...

大部分交际活动在星期六。

We spend almost twice as much time socializing with friends and family on Saturday as we do on a typical Tuesday.

与星期四相比，周六美国人花近2倍时间与朋友和家人聚会。

...but we don't dress up for it.

尽管要参加聚会，周六我们并不会盛装打扮。

When it comes to hygiene and personal grooming, we max out on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and slack off a bit on Saturday. But overall we are pretty consistent when it comes to grooming time.

星期二和星期三的卫生及个人仪表方面可以打满分，而星期六就会有所松懈。但是总的来说美国人一直坚持装扮自己。

We socialize more with our pets on the weekends, too.

周末与宠物玩耍的时间更久。

Pet owners spend about 10 more minutes per day with their pets on the weekends compared to earlier in the week.

与每周前几天相比，周末宠物的主人会多花十几分钟的时间陪宠物玩耍。

Monday is the least spiritual day.

周一是宗教色彩最淡的一天。

10张图表揭秘美国生活一天最多工作4小时12分钟

We average just four minutes on religious and spiritual activities on Monday -- about the same amount of time we spend tossing and turning in our sleep. Not surprisingly, religious practices spike on Sunday. But even on Sundays, Americans spend more time grooming themselves than they do praying or going to church.

星期一，美国人平均花4分钟的时间用来进行宗教活动——与辗转反侧和入睡的时间相同。没有什么奇怪的，即使是在星期天，美国人也会花更多的时间在打扮上而非祈祷或去教堂。

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