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True to their reputation as leisure-loving gourmets, the French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world's wealthy nations, according to a study published on Monday. 法国人不愧被誉为“休闲美食家”，本周一公布的一项调查表明，与世界其它发达国家相比，法国人花在睡觉和吃饭上的时间最多。 The average French person sleeps almost nine hours every night, more than an hour longer than the average Japanese and Korean, who sleep the least in a survey of 18 members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 这项由经合组织对其18个成员开展的调查表明，普通的法国人每晚的睡眠时间达近9个小时，比日本人和韩国人长一个多小时，日韩两国人的睡眠时间为受调查国中最短。 Despite their siesta habit, Spaniards rank only third in the poll after Americans, who sleep more than 8.5 hours. 尽管西班牙人有午睡习惯，但他们在该调查中也仅名列第三位，居睡眠时间超过8.5小时的美国人之后。 And while more and more French people grab a bite at fast-food chains these days or wolf down a sandwich at their desk, they still spend more than two hours a day eating. 虽然如今有越来越多的法国人选择在快餐店就餐或者在办公桌前吃块三明治了事，不过他们每天花在吃饭上的时间仍超过两个小时。 That means their meals are twice as long as those of the average Mexican, who dedicates just over an hour a day to food, the OECD's "Society at a Glance" report on work, health and leisure in Asia, Europe and North and South America found. 这意味着法国人花在吃饭上的时间为墨西哥人的两倍，墨西哥人每天花在吃饭上的时间仅略多于一小时。经合组织的这项调查报告名为“社会综览”，主要对亚洲、欧洲和南北美洲人的工作、健康和休闲生活进行了调查。 The Japanese, scrimping on sleep and burdened with long commutes and working hours, still manage to spend close to two hours a day eating and drinking, placing them third behind New Zealanders. 尽管日本人睡眠时间少、通勤和工作时间长，但他们每天仍会在吃喝上花上近两个小时，因此日本在该项排名第三位，仅次于新西兰。 Despite the moderate amount of time Americans spend eating each day--about an hour and a quarter--U.S. obesity rates are the highest in the 30 members of OECD. 美国人每天花在吃饭上的时间较为适中，约为1小时25分钟，但美国的肥胖率在经合组织的30个成员国中最高。 The Japanese like to spend what remains of their scarce free time watching television or listening to the radio. This takes up 47 percent of leisure time in Japan. 日本人喜欢把他们宝贵的闲暇时光花在看电视或听广播上，这两项占日本人日常休闲时间的47%。 Turks, on the other hand, spend more than a third of their leisure time entertaining friends. 而土耳其人则有三分之一的休闲时光用在交友上。 Norwegians spend the most time at leisure, just over a quarter of their day, while at the low end, Mexicans spend just 16 percent of their time having fun. 挪威人花在休闲上的时间最多，他们一天中有四分之一的时间用于休闲，而墨西哥人的休闲时间最少，仅用去一天的16%。 The OECD has 30 members. The survey covers only the countries for which appropriate figures were available. 经合组织共有30个成员国。该调查的范围仅限于能提供确切数据的国家。
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The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city." The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid." 【译文】 城里老鼠和乡下老鼠 从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。 过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。”
