Typical popular pastimes in the UK include shopping, listening to pop music, going to pubs, playing and watching sport, going on holidays, doing outdoor activities and watching TV.

传统的休闲活动包括逛街、听流行音乐、去酒吧、进行体育运动或观看体育比赛、外出度假、进行户外活动和看电视。

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GfK Roper, a consultancy specialising in consumer behaviour, notes that in every recession since 1981 American consumers cut back on going out to eat and play and on holidays.

专门研究消费者行为的市场咨询公司——捷孚凯(Gf K Roper)指出，自1981年以来的每一次经济衰退，美国消费者都削减了外出吃饭、游玩、度假的开支。

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It's no big deal going to college. you'll see your parents on the holidays.

上大学不是什么大不了的事，你可以在假日见到你的父母。

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"Obviously a time would come when we have obligations to people going on their summer holidays, " added the spokesman.

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People who are going to work voluntarily on holidays and weekends are apt to use whatever technology they like to get the work done.

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This feeling usually comes around big holidays or events like a birthday or the million wedding things that are going on.

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