British people now have more free time and holidays than they
did twenty years ago. The average number of working hour has fallen, and by the
mid-1980s almost all fulltime (36) employees were entitled to
four weeks’ holiday or more, in (37) to public holiday
including Christmas and (38) . The increasing number of
unemployed, (39) the young, means that large sections of the
population have found themselves with more (40) time. Typical
popular pastimes in the UK include listening to pop music, going to bar, playing
and watching sport, going on holidays, enjoying outdoor activities, and watching
TV. The number of people playing sports has risen, partly due to the
(41) of more sporting facilities such as (42)
leisure centers. As. more people become (43) of the
necessity for exercise, (44) . Among the most popular
sporting activities are walking, swimming, snooker and darts; fishing is the
most popular country sport. Football, cricket, horse racing and motor sports are
all popular spectator sports. (45)
Multi-screen cinemas have become more common and the number of people
going to the cinema increased in the mid-1980s, after having fallen by more than
a half between 1981 and 1984. (46) : Britain has one of the
highest rates of home video ownership in the world.
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