As well as having fewer Bank Holidays, Britons also work the longest hours in Europe, with the latest figures suggesting employees have put in more than £23 billion of unpaid overtime this year.

除了公休假少之外，英国人还是欧洲人中工作时间最长的。最新数据表明，英国员工今年无偿加班创造的产值高达230亿英镑。

Around five million people work an average of seven hours 24 minutes without pay every week, worth £4,500 a year in extra pay, according to the TUC. The union centre claims 1.5 million managers are working unpaid overtime worth £9,000 a year.

英国劳工联合会指出，英国约500万人每周无偿加班时间达7小时24分钟，这些劳动价值相当于每年多挣4500英镑。该工会还称英国150万管理人员每年无偿加班创造的产值达9000英镑。

And as the amount of overtime Britons work has increased, so have our official working hours. A study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has found that Britain is the only industrialised nation in the world which has seen an increase in working hours compared to the 1980s.

随着英国人加班时间的增加，正常工作时间也随之增加。经济合作与发展组织的一项研究发现，英国是世界上唯一一个与上世纪80年代相比，工作时间增加的工业化国家。

词汇学习：
statutory: 法定的
at the discretion of: 随……的意见；由……自己处理
plethora: 过多
bank holiday: 英国指法定假日，美国指星期六、日以外的政府规定的假日
holiday allowance: 容许的假期
TUC: Trades Union Congress（英国）劳工联合会议