调查:英国人上网时间显著增长
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British web users are spending 65% more time online than three years ago, according to a survey of net habits.

一线针对英国网民的调查显示,英国人现在上网的时间比过去三年上涨65%。

Britons spend the majority of their time on social networks
Britons spend the majority of their time on social networks

The average surfer spends 22 and a quarter hours on the net each month, according to the UK Online Measurement company (UKOM).

The lions' share of that time is spent on social networks(社交网络) or blogs, which accounts for nearly a quarter of users' time online.

Instant messaging (IM) has been one of the victims of social network growth.

Three years ago 14% of online time was spent using IM but that has fallen to just 5%.

But e-mail, also predicted to suffer as more people used Facebook and its rivals, is still healthy and accounts for 7.2% of time compared to 6.5% of time three years ago.

Networking, communication and playing games remain the most popular online activities.

"These are the pillars(柱状物) on which the internet are built," said Alex Burmaster, a spokesman for UKOM.

The use of online classified adverts1 and auctions2 is creeping up(蠕生,渗上来) the usage table, accounting3 for 4.7% of time.

Online news has also seen strong growth with 2.8% of online time spent browsing4 such sites compared to just 1.5% three years ago.

People spend more time on news sites than they do on adult content, the survey shows.

"It is a bit of a digital myth that everyone online visits adult sites," said Mr Burmaster.

"We divide the internet into 85 different sections so the fact that adult content is in the top 10 shows it is still one of the most heavily used sectors," he added.

He puts the rise of social networking down to its organic nature.

"It is like an organism, feeding off itself and getting bigger. People are plugging more and more of their lives into it," he said.



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1 adverts c82a22098d5133b18bfb64b60b66048d     
advertisements 广告,做广告
参考例句:
  • the adverts on television 电视广告
  • The adverts are not very informative. 这些广告并没有包含太多有用信息。
2 auctions 1c44b3008dd1a89803d9b2f2bd58e57a     
n.拍卖,拍卖方式( auction的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They picked up most of the furniture at auctions in country towns. 他们大部分的家具都是在乡村镇上的拍卖处买的。 来自辞典例句
  • Our dealers didn't want these cars, so we had to dump them at auctions. 我们的承销商都不要这些车子,因此我们只好贱价拍卖。 来自辞典例句
3 accounting nzSzsY     
n.会计,会计学,借贷对照表
参考例句:
  • A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
  • There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
4 browsing 509387f2f01ecf46843ec18c927f7822     
v.吃草( browse的现在分词 );随意翻阅;(在商店里)随便看看;(在计算机上)浏览信息
参考例句:
  • He sits browsing over[through] a book. 他坐着翻阅书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Cattle is browsing in the field. 牛正在田里吃草。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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