Today it exceeds any country but Japan, where industrial employees log 2,155 hours a year, compared with 1,951 in the US, and 1,603 in the former West Germany.

如今，它已超过了除日本以外的任何国家。日本的工业员工每年工作2155小时，而美国的这一数据为1951小时，前西德为1603小时。

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According to a survey, primary and middle school students in China only spend 12 minutes a day on chores, compared with 72 minutes in the US, 42 minutes in South Korea and 30 minutes in France.

一项调查显示，中国中小学生每天只花12分钟做家务，而美国的中小学生花72分钟，韩国42分钟，法国30分钟。

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The UK allows up to 52 weeks of maternity leave, compared with 12 weeks in the US.

英国允许最多52周的产假，而在美国则只有12个星期。

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The UK was performing well compared with the US, where CD sales were down 20% in the first three months of the year, he added.

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Compared with the US's current version of GPS, Galileo promises more accurate and more precise fixes, although the Americans themselves are planning to upgrade their infrastructure in the coming decade.

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Banks in Europe, including the UK, are far more important to the provision of credit than is the case in the US. Roughly, European banks provide 80% of our credit needs, compared with 20% in the US - where securitisation that allows investors to lend is massively more significant.

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