Chinese youths fall for the Internet |
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| Chinanews, Beijing, January 23 – Statistics1 show that there are more than 132 million Internet surfers in China nowadays. According to a recent online questionnaire survey, 81.4% of the 2,952 responders choose surfing the Internet as their major entertainment, much higher than watching TV (65.6%) and reading (52.8%).
In the last five years, Chinese youths read less and less. In 2003, averagely 51.7% of educated youths read at least 1 book every month, and only 46.4% of them had the habit of reading magazines, while the figure in 1999 was 57%.
In fact, 43% of the responders complain that they are too busy to read, and 21.3% of those who read books only browse2 several pages before going to bed, other 12% only read as a pastime3 in the restrooms. No more than 11.8% of the responders say they read for longer than 1 hour every day.
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statistics
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| n.统计，统计数字，统计学 |
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- We have statistics for the last year.我们有去年的统计资料。
- Statistics is taught in many colleges.许多大学都教授统计学。
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browse
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| vi.随意翻阅，浏览；(牛、羊等)吃草 |
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- I had a browse through the books on her shelf.我浏览了一下她书架上的书。
- It is a good idea to browse through it first.最好先通篇浏览一遍。
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pastime
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| n.消遣，娱乐 |
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- Playing chess is his favourite pastime.下棋是他最喜爱的消遣。
- Baseball is the national pastime.棒球是全民性的休闲运动。
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