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Highlighting differences突出差异/不同
◆This survey highlights a number of differences in the way that teenage boys and girls in the UK spend their free time.这项民意测验凸显出英国十几岁的男孩和女孩在打发闲暇时间上的诸多不同。
◆One of the main differences between the girls and the boys who took part in the research was the way in which they use the Internet.参与了这项研究的女生和男生之间的主要差异之一在于他们使用互联网的方式。
◆Unlike the girls, who use the Internet mainly to keep in touch with friends, the boys questioned in this survey tend to use the Internet for playing computer games.女生使用互联网主要是和朋友联系,这一点和男生不同,参与调查的男生往往是使用互联网来玩电脑游戏。
◆The girls differ from the boys in that they tend to spend more time keeping in touch with friends on the telephone or on social networking websites.与男生不同的是,女生往往花更多的时间通过电话或社交网站与朋友保持联系。
◆Compared to the boys, the girls spend much more time chatting to friends on the telephone.与男生相比,女生花在与朋友电话聊天上的时间要多得多。
◆On average the girls spend four hours a week chatting to friends on the phone. In contrast, very few of the boys spend more than five minutes a day talking to their friends in this way.女生平均每周花四个小时与朋友电话聊天。相比之下,很少有男生每天以这种方式与朋友聊天五分钟以上。
◆The boys prefer competitive sports and computer games, whereas / while the girls seem to enjoy more cooperative activities, such as shopping with friends.男生更喜欢竞技性体育运动和电脑游戏,而女生似乎更喜欢合作性活动,比如与朋友一起购物。
◆When the girls go shopping, they mainly buy clothes and cosmetics. The boys, on the other hand, tend to purchase computer games or gadgets.女生购物时主要买衣服和化妆品,而男生往往会买电脑游戏或小器具。