双语调查：女性休闲时间少于男性

 　　Men enjoy half an hour more of leisure time each day than women, a report claims.

　　The international survey found that men spent longer watching television, meeting friends, playing sport or pursuing hobbies than the fairer sex.

　　The Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development, made up of the world's richest nations, said that British men ranked close behind France and America in the league table of countries where women work harder than men.

　　The report, released to mark International Women's Day, called for greater equality for women.

　　It said that "governments and firms need to do more to tackle¹ the gender² equality gap."

　　Previous OECD reports have suggested that the difference may be more to do with how each sex chooses to spend its time which was not taken into account in the new report.

　　The OECD concluded that shopping, soaking in the bath, grooming³, having a lie-in 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 spare time a day than women.

　　The report said: "Men universally report spending more time in activities counted as leisure than women. Gender differences in leisure time are wide across OECD countries."

　　The 32-minute 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 Germany.

　　Italian men spend nearly 80 minutes a day more than women on leisure time.

　　Across the OECD countries, 62 per cent of women have jobs, and women earn a fifth less than men, said the Daily Mail.

　　Officials said the gap was a result of women taking time off work to concentrate on bringing up their children.

1 tackle   

n.工具，复滑车，扭倒；v.处理，抓住

参考例句：

• Don't forget to bring your sports tackle with you tomorrow.别忘了明天带上你的体育用具。
• We have gained sufficient experience to tackle this problem.我们已经有了足够的经验来处理这个问题。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

3 grooming   

n. 修饰, 美容，（动物）梳理毛发

参考例句：

• You should always pay attention to personal grooming. 你应随时注意个人仪容。
• We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。