2015年在职MBA英语考试阅读精选练习资料(17)
发布时间：2012/2/15 19:01:27 来源：城市学习网 编辑：admin
Those in the North-East are the quickest to put their hands into their pockets, according to the research. A quarter will spend their wages within a week of being paid and an astonishing 8 per cent get through the lot on pay day.
调查显示，英格兰东北部的人花钱速度最快。四分之一的人在一周内就把整个月的薪水花光，8%的人在领薪水当天就荷包见底。
Yorkshire residents are the most frugal, with half claiming their pay lasts until the end of the month.
住在约克郡的人是最节俭的，那里一半的人表示他们的薪水可以用到最后一天。
Folk in the North-East also top the list of the nation's fastest lovers. One in six spends less than ten minutes in the throes of passion and 3 per cent spend less than two minutes having sex.
英格兰东北部的人连做爱都是最快的。六分之一的人做爱时间不超过10分钟，3%的人不到两分钟就完事。
In contrast, those from Birmingham spend the longest time having sex, with 14 per cent regularly making love for more than 45 minutes.
比较而言，伯明翰人做爱时间最长，有14%的人平均花45分钟享受性爱生活。
Overall, a third of us spend less than 20 minutes having sex. And in stark contrast to our European neighbours, a fifth of Britons spend ten minutes or less eating a typical evening meal. Almost half finish dinner in less than 15 minutes.
几乎有三分之一的英国人做爱时间少于20分钟。与欧洲邻里国家形成鲜明对比的是，五分之一的英国人晚饭用餐时间不超过10分钟，几乎一半的人少于15分钟。
Psychologist Honey Langcaster-James said we are now living at a "crazy pace".
心理学家兰霍尼.卡斯特.詹姆斯警告说，英国人生活步调“快得令人疯狂”。
