Leisure activities In UK and China By 钟素嫦

indoor activities in UK Selected leisure activities: participation rates in the 4 weeks before interview by age Leisure activities Age 16-19 20-24 25-29 30-44 45-59 60-69 70 and over Total Watching TV 100 99 Listening to radio 92 93 89 82 76 88 Listening to records/tapes 98 97 95 91 83 71 57 Reading books 63 67 66 65 64 Singing/playing an instrument 21 15 12 10 7 11 Dancing 23 14 8 9 5 Painting 24 13 Writing stories/poetry 4 3 2 Running arts events Performing in a play 1 Weighted base (000's) = 100% 2,300 2,968 3,057 #### ### 5,094 5,976 41,881 Unweighted sample 767 929 1005 4151 3852 1951 2162 14817

Most popular indoor activities watching television (99%) listening to the radio (88%) . listening to records or tapes （83％） reading books （65％）

Why so many British watch TV? 25 hours per person every week at least one television set In 1999, 13% of households had satellite television and 9% cable television. BBC1, BBC2, TV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 a mixture of drama, light entertainment, films, sport, educational, children’s and religious programs, news and current affairs, and documentaries

Why so many British watch TV? A wild range of TV programs available little time and energy left after work or taking care of the family people place home and family as the main focus of interest

Outdoor activities in UK Leisure activities away home 1998 all aged 16 and over Activities percentages visit a public house 74 meal in a restaurant 69 meal in a fast food restaurant 48 library 40 cinema 34 historic building 32 short break holiday 31 disco or night club 27 spectator sports event 26 museum or art gallery 22 fun fair 19 theatre 17 theme park camping or caravanning 12 bingo 11 visit a betting shop 9

Pub culture over 60,000 pubs in the UK Public bar and lounge bar sell pub lunches, cheese, bread, pie, fried potatoes, and chicken Various games, especially dart, as well as skittles, dominoes, snookers, billiards, and quizzes etc.

Pub culture The traditional pub represents the most typical local culture in Britain. The British people are known for reserve，but pub culture perfectly promotes sociability in their communication and entertainment activities. The bar counter is possibly the only site in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered entirely appropriate and rea1ly quite normal behavior

some local rules in the pub Do not wait for table service. Do not block all access to the bar while you cannot decide what to order. How to meet the locals? Buying rounds of drinks in turns How to buy a drink?

Leisure activities in China Developing fast More spare time: 114 days of public holiday More money: annual income--10,000 per capita in 2005 Government is encourage people to spend money on leisure activities to stimulate national consumption

indoor activities in China According to a survey by “Zero Survey Company”, watching TV, by 60% playing mah-jong－25％ visiting friends and family Having a good sleep going online playing chess and reading.

Outdoor activities in China shopping buying things, tasting foods, hairdressing, entertainments traveling 1/4 of the interviewed citizens say traveling is their major leisure activity going to cinema enjoying the special effect and environment in the cinema doing sports pay to do sports in the gymnasiums or do exercise in the pubic facilities

Britain: the greater part of most people’s leisure time is spent in the home (SR-> textbook P100) 45% of their free time watching television, 24% of their free time socializing, 22-23% on sport and hobbies, 10% on other activities (SR-> a recent survey by the EU statistics office) China: more and more time on outdoor activities meanwhile the time spent at home is also increasing

Reference: National statistics UK Britain Embassy http://www.china.org.cn/

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