Working day• Do you like

working?•How much time do you work a day?

•Do men spend more time working for pay than women?

Lets build our vocabulary.Try to understand the new words.

A survey is a group of questions someone asks a large number of people.

Give an example of a survey.

•asking your brother what he likes to do on the weekend•asking your mother what she usually makes for dinner•asking several customers what they like about your company

•asking several customers what they like about your company

Answer the question.We spend time-use time.Do you spend time reading or

watching TV?

I spend time reading

I want time reading

I spend a lot of money on

television

I spend time reading

Are these sentences correct?Your can choose more than

one answer.Average can be a noun or a verb. It means “ the amount that is usual for a group of people or things”

Men averaged 8.2 working hours a day

Do employed people average more or fewer hours in your native country

Do teenagers average more or fewerhours of reading time a day in your native

contry

15-19 year olds averaged six minutes of reading time

Socialize means “to spend time with other people for fun”. Give

examples of socializing.

Going to a partyHaving dinner with friends

Watching TV alone

Playing video games alone

Going to a partyHaving dinner with friends

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Listen the text.Name the text.

Choose the correct answer:

• Americans free time• Work ours in the U.S.• Americans like reading

Read the textWhat are the usual work hours of Americans? How do Americans spend their free time?The Bureau of Labor Statistics asked Americans these questions in a survey. The American Time Use Survey began in 2003. It shows how Americans spend their time.

Krantz-Kent is program manager of the American Time Use Survey. She says that employed men worked, on average, more hours than employed women.

“One of the interesting things we know from the American Time Use Survey is that, on average, American men spend more time working for pay than American women. However, while men work more hours than women, we also observe that women are spending more time providing childcare and doing household work such as cleaning and food preparation.”

Based on the 2010 survey, employed people work an average of seven and a half hours a day. Full-time male workers average 8.2 hours a day. Women average 7.8 hours a day.

More people work on weekdays than on Saturday and Sunday. 82% of employed people work on weekdays. 35% work on weekends.

From 2005 – 2009, over 50% of American workers started their jobs each day by 8:00 a.m.

The report also tells how Americans spend their time away from work. On an average day, nearly everyone watched television, socialized, or exercised. People spent an average of 2.7 hours a day watching television.

Adults 75 years and older averaged 1.1 hours of reading a day on weekends. People between 15 and 19 years old averaged about six minutes of reading a day. People 15 – 19 years old spent more time playing games or using a computer.

Lets test our understanding.Choose the correct answer:

The American Time use survey shows…how to do

many different jobs how to study

better

how Americans spend their

time

how to be healthy

how Americans spend their

time

Choose the correct answerThe survey showed that men

worked longer ours for money. Women worked for money and …

• Spent time taking care of children and doing housework

• Spent a lot of time dancing• Had a lot of free time

Drag the correct answer

When they were not working, what did most Americans

do?Went fishing and played

golf

Cooked for a lot of people and made clothes

Watched television,

socialized or exercised

Wrote songs

Choose the correct answerOlder Americans spent more free

time…..

Washing floors

reading

Playing video games

Choose the correct answer:usual spend average survey questions take

What are the usual work hours of Americans? How do Americans their free time?The Bureau of Labor Statistics asked Americans these questions in a . The American Time Use began in 2003. It shows how Americans their time.

Krantz-Kent is program manager of the American Time Use Survey. She says that employed men worked, on , more hours than employed women.

“One of the interesting things we know from the American Time Use Survey is that, on , American men spend more time working for pay than American women.

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