Some are born to roam, but North Americans like to stay home.

　　有些人天生爱漫游，但北美人喜欢呆在家里。

　　People in the US and Canada spend more time indoors than 12 other countries, according to a new study.

　　一项新的研究表明，在美国和加拿大，人们花在室内的时间超过其他12个国家。

　　About 25 percent of 2,239 Americans surveyed spend 21 – 24 hours a day inside, 34 percent spend 0 – 14 hours inside and the remaining 41 percent frolic indoors 15 – 20 hours a day, the data gathered by global architecture company Velux shows.

　　全球建筑公司威卢克斯收集的数据显示，接受调查的2239名美国人中，约有25%的人每天在室内呆21到24个小时，34%的人在室内呆0到14个小时，其余41%的人每天在室内玩耍15到20个小时。

　　Canadians stay inside just a tad more than the US, with 26 percent of 1,005 respondents holed up 21 – 24 hours.

　　加拿大人在室内呆的时间比美国人长一点，在1005名受访者中，有26%的人呆在室内长达21到24小时。

　　Great Britain ranked third for shut-ins, with about 23 percent of 2,159 respondents staying in 21 – 24 hours.

　　英国人呆在室内的时长排名第三，在2159名受访者中，大约23%的人在室内呆21到24小时。

　　On the other side of the Atlantic, both Italians and Czechs spend the least about of time inside, with only 5 percent of 2,010 people who stay under a roof for 21 – 24 hours. Fifty-seven percent of residents in the two European countries spend 0 – 14 hours indoors and 38 percent tend to stay in 15 – 20 hours a day.

　　在大西洋的另一边，意大利人和捷克人在室内呆的时间最少，2010个人中只有5%的人在室内呆21到24小时。这两个欧洲国家的57%的居民在室内花费0到 14小时，38%的人每天倾向在室内呆15到20小时。

　　Velux surveyed 16,000 people in 14 countries including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland and Spain in order to raise awareness about the dangers of indoor air.

　　为了提高人们对室内空气危害的认识，威卢克斯公司调查了奥地利、比利时、丹麦、法国、德国、荷兰、斯洛伐克、瑞士和西班牙等14个国家的1.6万人。

　　Researchers at Denmark’s Aarhus University found inside air is up to five times more polluted than outside air because of cooking, cleaning, showering, candles, and drying clothes, Velux said.

　　威卢克斯公司表示，丹麦奥尔豪斯大学的研究人员发现，由于烹饪、清洁、淋浴、蜡烛和烘干衣物，室内空气的污染程度是室外空气的5倍。