People enjoy different indoor and outdoor activities in Britain. A recent European survey (调查) discovered that people in Britain spend about 45% of their free time watching television, 24% of their free time doing social (社会的) activities, 22-23% on sports and hobbies, and 10% on other activities. Other popular activities are listening to the radio, listening to music, reading, gardening, eating out and going to the cinema.
Television.
The most common activity in the UK is watching television. People often spend 25 hours every week on TV. Almost every household (家庭) has at least one television set at home. In 1999, 13% of households had satellite television and 9% cable television.
Radio
People in Britain listen to about 15 hours and 50 minutes of radio every week.
Entertaining (娱乐)
Another popular activity in Britain is visiting or entertaining friends.
Cinema
About 123 million British people went to the cinema in 1998. It is the most popular cultural (文化的) activity in the UK.
Eating Out
More and more British people like to eat out. In 1999 every British person spent ＄5.63 every week on food outside.
