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Mr and Mrs Average: The typical British family holidays in Spain, according to a new survey |
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(diǎn)45分起床的,正在籌劃去西班牙度假,那你并不是個(gè)特例。 一項(xiàng)最新研究從姓名、消費(fèi)習(xí)慣和生活方式等方面進(jìn)行調(diào)查,揭示了典型英國(guó)人的主要特征。 調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn),英國(guó)姓史密斯的人最多,開(kāi)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(jié)果表明,上世紀(jì)七八十年代和現(xiàn)在的多數(shù)英國(guó)人都過(guò)著差不多的生活。 保險(xiǎn)業(yè)巨頭阿維瓦公司對(duì)其100多萬(wàn)名客戶(hù)的資料進(jìn)行分析后發(fā)現(xiàn),史密斯竟是英國(guó)最普遍的姓氏,其次是瓊斯和威廉姆斯。 多數(shù)英國(guó)人每天在6點(diǎn)半至7點(diǎn)之間起床,然后離開(kāi)他們的“小屋”,開(kāi)車(chē)去上班。多數(shù)家庭擁有一輛福特“嘉年華”,不過(guò)現(xiàn)在越來(lái)越多的家庭擁有兩輛車(chē)。其次受歡迎的車(chē)型是沃克斯豪爾?雅特和沃克斯豪爾?科薩。 另外,多數(shù)人愛(ài)在辦公桌前吃午餐,主要的休閑方式是逛街買(mǎi)衣服,而不是鍛煉身體。 絕大多數(shù)英國(guó)人(71%)甚至一周不去健身房、不騎車(chē)、不慢跑、不游泳。 在選擇度假目的地方面,盡管現(xiàn)在選擇去遠(yuǎn)東、加勒比海甚至澳洲等地度長(zhǎng)假的人比過(guò)去多,但調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn),西班牙仍是英國(guó)人最青睞的度假地。經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況較好的人也比較喜歡去佛羅里達(dá)。 盡管住宅小區(qū)和市中心的公寓樓越來(lái)越多,但典型的英國(guó)家庭住宅仍是愛(ài)德華七世時(shí)期的那種帶有三個(gè)臥室的獨(dú)立小屋。 而英國(guó)家庭多年來(lái)添置的電子物件、珠寶和衣服的價(jià)值平均為2.8萬(wàn)英鎊。 在過(guò)去一年中,英國(guó)家庭保險(xiǎn)理賠中最常見(jiàn)的物品是32英寸的東芝電視機(jī),三星筆記本電腦和索尼PS游戲機(jī)。 相關(guān)閱讀: 英國(guó)調(diào)查:女性花錢(qián)比男性更謹(jǐn)慎 ?(中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 蔡姍姍 編輯:馮明惠) |
Vocabulary: far-flung:漫長(zhǎng)的 |