1. Leisure activities
In UK and China
By 钟素嫦

2. 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
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5,094
5,976
41,881
Unweighted sample
767
929
1005
4151
3852
1951
2162
14817

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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?

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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

14. Reference: National statistics UK Britain Embassy

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