As the world turns its eyes toward the Olympics in the next few weeks, there's one country whose citizens are most likely to play hooky in order to watch the games: China.

未来几周，就在全球将目光转向奥运会的同时，有一个国家的民众最有可能翘班看比赛，这个国家就是中国。

According to workforce¹ research firm Kronos Incorporated's survey of 9,500 workers in eight countries, Chinese ranked the world's most likely citizens to call in sick to watch a sporting event, with 54% of Chinese employees surveyed confessing that they've ditched work for having stayed up too late watching or attending an athletic² event. That compares to 41% in India and 23% in the U.K., both countries in which sports like cricket can last days on end, according to the survey.

2012年7月14日，上海虹口体育场中的中国球迷。劳动力研究机构Kronos Incorporated在八个国家对9,500名员工进行的调查发现，中国人最有可能为了看比赛而请病假。在接受调查的中国员工中，54%的人承认曾因熬夜看比赛或到现场观赛而不去上班。相比之下，调查发现只有41%的印度受访者、23%的英国受访者会这样做。在这两个国家，板球等运动的赛事能够一连持续举行数天。

The survey found 19% of Australians, 16% of Mexicans and 9% of Canadians also admitting to skipping work to take in a must-see sporting event.

调查结果显示，19%的澳大利亚人，16%的墨西哥人和9%的加拿大人承认，自己曾经为了观看一些不容错过的体育比赛而不去上班。

Vying³ for the fewest number of workers having called their boss with a sports-releated 'illness' were the U.S. with a mere⁴ 7% and France with 1%, the survey said.

美国和法国为了看比赛而谎称生病的员工最少，分别只占员工总数的7%和1%。

So do the survey results mean that China's fans are far more dedicated⁵ than those in any other country? Not exactly. As the survey's authors point out, some fanatics⁶ just need more time to recover than others.

那么，这是否意味着中国体育迷的狂热程度要远大于其他国家？未必。正如调查的发起者所指出的那样，有些人只是想要更多的休息时间。

A separate Kronos survey of 9,500 in the same countries also notes that Chinese are more likely to call in sick to work in general. Seventy-one percent of Chinese surveyed admitted to feigning⁷ sickness to miss a day on the clock.

Kronos在这些国家还对9,500人开展了另一项调查，调查显示，中国人请病假的几率普遍较高。被调查的中国人中，有71%的人承认自己曾为了翘班而装病。