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The charts below show the comparison of time spent, in minutes per day, by UK males and females on household and leisure activities in 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts below show the comparison of time spent, in minutes per day, by UK males and females on household and leisure activities in 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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Britons spend their
day
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 on household and leisure
activities
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 over a one-year period. The table represents
time
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 spent on leisure
activities
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 and the bar chart shows
time
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 spent on everyday
activities
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.
It is clear that
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men
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 spend a lot of their
time
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 on TV, radio etc and a lot of
women
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's
time
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 is used in cooking.
Overall
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, it appears that
men
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 have a higher ratio of leisure
time
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, with more than a couple of hours every
day
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.
Whereas
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,
women
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 spend almost two hours on household
activities
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. On
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average,
men
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 spend more than four times as much on the media as on Reading and Sports together.
On the other hand
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,
women
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 stay on media for approximately 2 hours a
day
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. They only spend about one-sixth of an hour on sports. Looking at everyday
activities
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,
female
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 spend a significant amount of the
day
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 cooking and washing. They spend almost equal
time
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in
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cooking and washing
as
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together on shopping and doing laundry.
While
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women
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 are not very active in repairing,
men
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 are seen fixing repairs more.
Men
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 altogether, spend an hour doing all the other household chores.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words day, activities, time, men, women with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Comparison
  • Household activities
  • Leisure activities
  • Average
  • Significantly more/less
  • Markedly more/less
  • Striking difference
  • Counterparts
  • Societal norms
  • Differing interests
  • Dedicated time
  • Household tasks
  • Maintenance
  • Repairs
  • Pursuits
  • Socializing
  • Gender divide
  • Traditional roles
  • Allocation of time
  • Reflects
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