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Mr and Mrs Average: The typical British family holidays in Spain, according to a new survey |
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If your surname is Smith, you got up at 6.45am today and you're planning a summer holiday in Spain, you're not alone. A study has provided a snapshot of the typical Briton in terms of name, spending and lifestyle. And its revelations that the average adult is most likely to be called Smith, drive a Ford Fiesta and take a Spanish holiday suggest that there is little to choose between most of us now and in the 1970s and 80s. The analysis of just over one million customers by insurance giant Aviva came up, not unsurprisingly, with Smith as the most popular surname, followed by Jones and Williams. We will rise each day between 6.30am and 7am before leaving our home - most commonly called The Cottage - before driving to work. As a family we are most likely to have a Fiesta, however increasingly there are two cars on the drive. The second most common choices are a Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Corsa. Most often, Mr or Mrs Smith will eat their lunch at their desk, and recreation is most likely to include shopping for clothes rather than exercise. The vast majority of us - 71 per cent - do not go to the gym, cycle, jog or swim even once a week. While far-flung holidays to the Far East, the Caribbean or even Australia are more common than a generation ago, the research found that Spain remains the favorite option. Florida is also popular for those who can stretch their finances. Despite the boom in housing estates and city centre apartments blocks, the average home remains an Edwardian three-bed detached property. And the trappings of electronic gadgets, jewellery and clothes accumulated over the years will have an average value of ￡28,000. The most common items in home insurance claims over the past year were 32in Toshiba televisions, Samsung laptop computers and Sony PlayStation games consoles. ?(Agencies) |
如果你姓史密斯，今天是6點45分起床的，正在籌劃去西班牙度假，那你并不是個特例。 一項最新研究從姓名、消費習慣和生活方式等方面進行調查，揭示了典型英國人的主要特征。 調查發現，英國姓史密斯的人最多，開福特“嘉年華”的人最普遍，選擇去西班牙度假的人最多。這一結果表明，上世紀七八十年代和現在的多數英國人都過著差不多的生活。 保險業巨頭阿維瓦公司對其100多萬名客戶的資料進行分析后發現，史密斯竟是英國最普遍的姓氏，其次是瓊斯和威廉姆斯。 多數英國人每天在6點半至7點之間起床，然后離開他們的“小屋”，開車去上班。多數家庭擁有一輛福特“嘉年華”，不過現在越來越多的家庭擁有兩輛車。其次受歡迎的車型是沃克斯豪爾?雅特和沃克斯豪爾?科薩。 另外，多數人愛在辦公桌前吃午餐，主要的休閑方式是逛街買衣服，而不是鍛煉身體。 絕大多數英國人（71%）甚至一周不去健身房、不騎車、不慢跑、不游泳。 在選擇度假目的地方面，盡管現在選擇去遠東、加勒比海甚至澳洲等地度長假的人比過去多，但調查發現，西班牙仍是英國人最青睞的度假地。經濟狀況較好的人也比較喜歡去佛羅里達。 盡管住宅小區和市中心的公寓樓越來越多，但典型的英國家庭住宅仍是愛德華七世時期的那種帶有三個臥室的獨立小屋。 而英國家庭多年來添置的電子物件、珠寶和衣服的價值平均為2.8萬英鎊。 在過去一年中，英國家庭保險理賠中最常見的物品是32英寸的東芝電視機，三星筆記本電腦和索尼PS游戲機。 相關閱讀： ?（中國日報網英語點津 蔡姍姍 編輯：馮明惠） |
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Vocabulary: far-flung:漫長的 |
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