英国人度假首选西班牙 好逛街不爱健身

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

While far-flung holidays 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.

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

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

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

如果你姓史密斯，今天是6点45分起床的，正在筹划去西班牙度假，那你并不是个特例。

一项最新研究从姓名、消费习惯和生活方式等方面进行调查，揭示了典型英国人的主要特征。

调查发现，英国姓史密斯的人最多，开福特“嘉年华”的人最普遍，选择去西班牙度假的人最多。这一结果表明，上世纪七八十年代和现在的多数英国人都过着差不多的生活。

保险业巨头阿维瓦公司对其100多万名客户的资料进行分析后发现，史密斯竟是英国最普遍的姓氏，其次是琼斯和威廉姆斯。

多数英国人每天在6点半至7点之间起床，然后离开他们的“小屋”，开车去上班。多数家庭拥有一辆福特“嘉年华”，不过现在越来越多的家庭拥有两辆车。其次受欢迎的车型是沃克斯豪尔•雅特和沃克斯豪尔•科萨。

另外，多数人爱在办公桌前吃午餐，主要的休闲方式是逛街买衣服，而不是锻炼身体。

绝大多数英国人（71%）甚至一周不去健身房、不骑车、不慢跑、不游泳。

在选择度假目的地方面，尽管现在选择去远东、加勒比海甚至澳洲等地度长假的人比过去多，但调查发现，西班牙仍是英国人最青睐的度假地。经济状况较好的人也比较喜欢去佛罗里达。

尽管住宅小区和市中心的公寓楼越来越多，但典型的英国家庭住宅仍是爱德华七世时期的那种带有三个卧室的独立小屋。

而英国家庭多年来添置的电子物件、珠宝和衣服的价值平均为2.8万英镑。

在过去一年中，英国家庭保险理赔中最常见的物品是32英寸的东芝电视机，三星笔记本电脑和索尼PS游戏机。

Vocabulary:

far-flung:漫长的