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Activity 2. Guess the answers to the questions below. Then read the text on page 2 to find out if you were right.
In which countries do people work the longest hours? Which country is number one as far as the length of a working day is concerned? In which countries would you be expected to work shorter hours?
In this respect, they are the opposite of Americans, who spend the least time cooking each day (30 minutes). What is interesting, they also spend less time eating, a habit that is believed to contribute to higher obesity rates in the United States. Americans might like to think of themselves as the worlds hardest workers, but they work 8 hours and 26 minutes a day, which is only 26 minutes longer than the average of all OECD countries. The Japanese, followed by the South Koreans and Chinese, work the most paid hours in a day, though they devote fewer hours to unpaid work. The report also shows that shopping makes up a big part of unpaid work. Most people in OECD countries spend 23 minutes a day shopping, with the French spending the most (32 minutes), and the Koreans the least (13 minutes).
Activity 3. Read the article again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Mexicans devote more hours to unpaid work than the people of any other country. 2. The average Belgian works 3 hours more than the average Mexican. 3. Mexicans and Americans spend a lot of time cooking. 4. Americans, who work 8 hours and 26 minutes a day, are considered to be the hardest workers of all OECD countries. 5. The Koreans spend fewer minutes a day shopping than other people in OECD countries.
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