環球之旅:走進英國 體驗尋常百姓的生活

If your surname is Smith, you got up at 6.45am today and you're planning a summer holiday in Spain, you're not alone.

如果你姓史密斯，今天是6點45分起牀的，正在籌劃去西班牙度假，那你並不是個特例。

　　A study has provided a snapshot of the typical Briton in terms of name, spending and lifestyle.

一項最新研究從姓名、消費習慣和生活方式等方面進行調查，揭示了典型英國人的主要特徵。

And its revelations that the average adult is most likely to be called Smith, drive a Ford Fiesta and take a Spanish holiday suggest that there is little to choose between most of us now and in the 1970s and 80s.

調查發現，英國姓史密斯的人最多，開福特“嘉年華”的人最普遍，選擇去西班牙度假的人最多。這一結果表明，上世紀七八十年代和現在的多數英國人都過着差不多的生活。

The analysis of just over one million customers by insurance giant Aviva came up, not unsurprisingly, with Smith as the most popular surname, followed by Jones and Williams.

保險業巨頭阿維瓦公司對其100多萬名客戶的資料進行分析後發現，史密斯竟是英國最普遍的姓氏，其次是瓊斯和威廉姆斯。

　　We will rise each day between 6.30am and 7am before leaving our home - most commonly called The Cottage - before driving to work. As a family we are most likely to have a Fiesta, however increasingly there are two cars on the drive. The second most common choices are a Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Corsa.

多數英國人每天在6點半至7點之間起牀，然後離開他們的“小屋”，開車去上班。多數家庭擁有一輛福特“嘉年華”，不過現在越來越多的家庭擁有兩輛車。其次受歡迎的車型是沃克斯豪爾 雅特和沃克斯豪爾 科薩。

Most often, Mr or Mrs Smith will eat their lunch at their desk, and recreation is most likely to include shopping for clothes rather than exercise.

另外，多數人愛在辦公桌前吃午餐，主要的休閒方式是逛街買衣服，而不是鍛鍊身體。

The vast majority of us - 71 per cent - do not go to the gym, cycle, jog or swim even once a week.

絕大多數英國人（71%）甚至一週不去健身房、不騎車、不慢跑、不游泳。

While far-flungholidays to the Far East, the Caribbean or even Australia are more common than a generation ago, the research found that Spain remains the favorite option. Florida is also popular for those who can stretch their finances.

在選擇度假目的地方面，儘管現在選擇去遠東、加勒比海甚至澳洲等地度長假的人比過去多，但調查發現，西班牙仍是英國人最青睞的度假地。經濟狀況較好的人也比較喜歡去佛羅里達。

　　Despite the boom in housing estates and city centre apartments blocks, the average home remains an Edwardian three-bed detached property.

儘管住宅小區和市中心的公寓樓越來越多，但典型的英國家庭住宅仍是愛德華七世時期的那種帶有三個臥室的獨立小屋。

And the trappings of electronic gadgets, jewellery and clothes accumulated over the years will have an average value of ￡28,000.

而英國家庭多年來添置的電子物件、珠寶和衣服的價值平均爲2.8萬英鎊。

The most common items in home insurance claims over the past year were 32in Toshiba televisions, Samsung laptop computers and Sony PlayStation games consoles.

在過去一年中，英國家庭保險理賠中最常見的物品是32英寸的東芝電視機，三星筆記本電腦和索尼PS遊戲機。