They wouldn’t spend any time working or commuting, and only two minutes on housework, and another two minutes with the children. The researchers, from the University of Bremen in Germany and the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US, said: ‘Greater wellbeing includes spending a little more time with friends, a lot more time with relatives, and a lot less time with the boss and co-workers.

‘A likely, but short-sighted, reaction would be to fully maximise the time spent with intimate relations and minimise the amount of time we spend commuting.

‘But the joy we get out of the first hour of shopping is likely to be greater than during the fifth or sixth hour. Another problem is that certain activities are attractive because we do them so rarely.

‘Scarcity can therefore be expected to be a central feature of why we enjoy intimate relations more than work.’

(Read by CJ Henderson. CJ Henderson is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)

双语资讯

(Agencies)

背负着来自工作、孩子与家庭的繁重重担，你也许认为女性的完美一天的安排通常会包括闲适地泡温泉。

但你也许错了。根据一份最新研究，其实女性理想的日常安排中，最重要的活动是与伴侣亲密相伴，精确地说，是一天为此花费106分钟。

研究人员调查了900名平均年龄在38岁左右的女性，问她们每天的日常安排及感觉，从而得出“女性完美一天”的安排表。

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