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Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on November 22nd, and having gorged on turkey and cranberry sauce,
美國人在11月22日慶祝感恩節，享受火雞和小紅莓果醬，
will take the next day off as well to do some Christmas shopping. That represents a rare break in what, by global standards, is a Stakhanovite regime.
第二天放假可以去采購一些圣誕節用品。從全球標準來看，這是斯達漢諾夫政權中的一次罕見休假。
In a typical year the average American works 100 more hours than a Briton, 300 more than a French employee and 400 more hours than a German.
在一個典型年中，美國人平均工作時長比一名英國人多100個小時；比一位法國員工多300小時；比一名德國人多400個小時。
The gap with Europe is partly explained by the number of days' holiday that Americans take each year.
美國人每年的假期天數可以解釋其和歐洲差距的部分原因。
In 2017 the average American took 17.2 days of vacation. That was a slight rise on the 16 days recorded in 2014 but still below the 1978- 2000 average of 20.3 days.
2017年，美國人平均休假17.2天。相較2014年16天的休假天數稍有增長，但仍低于1978年至2000年的平均20.3天。
Around half of all workers do not take their full allotment of days off, which averages around 23 days.
將近一半的員工沒有休完他們所有的假期，未休完假期平均約為23天。
In effect, many Americans spend part of the year working for nothing, donating the equivalent of $561 on average to their firms.
實際上，很多美國人一年里有部分時間都是在免費工作，他們把平均561美元的工資捐給了公司。
In the European Union workers are guaranteed by law a minimum of 20 paid days of holiday each year,
歐盟的法律為員工提供每年最少20天帶薪休假的保障，
with public holidays in addition to that (there is no mandatory minimum in America).
除此之外，還有公定假日（在美國沒有強制性最低標準）。
The workers who can put their feet up for longest are those in Spain and Sweden, who get 36 days of holiday each.
休息天數最長的是西班牙和瑞典的員工，他們有36天的假期。
It is true that Americans do well in terms of public holidays; they have ten, two more than workers in Britain. But that doesn't make them relaxing.
確實美國人在公共假期方面做的不錯；他們有10個公共假期，比英國多2個。但這也沒讓他們輕松下來。
In both 2015 and 2016 the Sunday after Thanksgiving was the busiest day of the year for air travel.
在2015年和2016年，感恩節后的那個星期天是航空旅行一年中最繁忙的日子。
After a cramped flight and a long wait in the security line, workers may end up feeling worse than if they had never left the office.
擠在狹小的飛機上，在警戒線排完長隊后，員工們或許會感覺比上班還累。
Americans also put in more hours per week. This was not always so.
美國人每周工作時間也更長。但并非一直如此。
In 1870 the average European worker toiled for almost 66 hours a week, and those in America averaged 62.
在1870年，歐洲員工平均一周辛苦工作近66小時，美國人則為平均62小時。
By 1929 there was little difference between the continents, with European hours at 47.8 and American ones at 48.
到1929年，兩國差別很小，歐洲為47.8小時，美國為48小時。
By 2000 American males were well ahead, grinding out 43.3 hours against a European average of 39.2 (the female gap was smaller, at 37.2 to 36.1 hours).
到2000年，美國男性遙遙領先，他們的工作時長為43.3小時，而歐洲則為平均39.2（女性員工之間的差距更小，為37.2比26.1）。
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