Study reveals the most vacation-deprived and most well-rested ｃountries in the world
South Koreans have emerged workaholics, while Europeans live the high life.
That's according to the latest Expedia survey of worldwide vacation habits, that polled 9,273 workers around the world on the number of vacation days they're entitled to, and the number of vacations days they actually take.
Overall, South Koreans have emerged the most hard-working, and vacation-deprived. Though they're entitled to 15 days a year, the average Korean takes only six days off.
That could be because Koreans expressed the most guilt (67 percent) for taking all their vacation time, citing the disapproval of their bosses.
At the other end of the spectrum, workers in Germany, France, Spain, Finland and Brazil get about 30 days of paid holidays and most use them all up.
In the US, the report found that Americans let four of 15 days of vacation go to waste. Canadians, who also get an average of 15 days, are more likely to take all of theirs.
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VOCABULARY WORDS:
1. Emerge (v.) ~ become apparent, important, or prominent
2. High life (n.) ~ an extravagant social life as enjoyed by the wealthy
3. Entitled (adj.) ~ believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment
4. Deprived (adj.) ~ suffering a lack of a specified benefit that is considered important
5. Cite (v.) ~ to mention or bring forward as support, illustration, or proof
6. Spectrum (n.) ~ used to classify something, or suggest that it can be classified, in terms of its position on a scale between two extreme or opposite points
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:
1. According to the survey, South Korea is the most vacation-deprived ｃountry in the world. How do you feel about this?
2. How many vacation days are you entitled in your work? How many of those do you actually avail?
3. According to the survey, one of the reasons why South Korean workers don’t use up all of their vacation days is that they feel guilty. Why would you feel guilty about going on vacation?
