A school newspaper The Teens asked over one thousand teenagers how they their spare time. Here they report the result of the survey.

    Physic activity was popular among both girls boys, averaging（平均） between three to six hours a week. Favourite sports among girls were tennis, basketball and swimming.  said they liked football, basketball and skating.

    Speaking of entertainment, music and TV were popular. About half of those teenagers who were surveyed said that music was  favourite activity. This included both listening to and playing music. TV was also very popular. Three quarters said they preferred watching TV to  a book or magazine.

    Unexpectedly（出乎意料地）, as many as three out of ten teenagers mentioned collecting things was something they liked to do in their spare time. They had various（各种各样的） collections from cartoon books and baseball cards  stickers, toys and coins.

    Visiting friends was also. Nine out of ten said they contacted friends through the Internet. Another popular way of contacting friends  the telephone. Everyone we surveyed said they spoke to friends every day. Most said they spoke about twenty minutes  day. Surprisingly, teenagers seldom went dancing, especially girls.

    The survey showed that most teens said they wanted more free time for after-school activities.