2013世界最佳出生地：瑞士

时间：2012-12-03 08:12:35

（单词翻译:单击）

Switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013, and the US is just 16th.

瑞士是2013年世界上的最佳出生地，而美国只排在第16位。
 
A new study produced by the Economist1 Intelligence Unit says American babies will have a dimmer future than those born in Hong Kong, Ireland and even Canada.
 
The EIU, a sister company of The Economist, attempted to measure how well countries will provide the best opportunities for a healthy, safe and prosperous life in years to come.
 
People born in Switzerland will tend to be the happiest and have the best quality of life judged in terms of wealth, health and trust in public institutions, according to the analysis.
 
The Scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden and Denmark also all make the top five in a 'quality-of-life' index highlighting where it is best to be born next year.
 
In 1988, the US came top of a rank of 50 countries, though has not achieved the top spot since.
 
The index links the results of subjective2 life-satisfaction surveys - how happy people say they are - to objective determinants of quality of life across countries.
 
One of the most important factors is being rich, but other factors come into play - including crime, trust in public institutions and the health of family life.
 
In total, the index takes into account 11 indicators3.
 
These include fixed4 factors such as geography, others that change slowly over time such as demography5（人口统计学）, social and cultural characteristics, and the state of the world economy.
 
The index also looks at income per head in 2030, which is roughly when children born in 2013 will reach adulthood6.
 
Small economies dominate the top 10 countries, with Australia coming second and New Zealand and the Netherlands not too far behind.
 
Half of the top 10 countries are European, but only one, the Netherlands, is from the euro-zone.
 
The crisis-ridden south of Europe, including Greece, Portugal and Spain, lags behind despite the advantage of a favourable7 climate.
 
Interestingly, the largest European economies - Germany, France and Britain - do not do particularly well.
 
Nigeria has the unenviable title of being the worst country for a baby to enter the world in 2013.

分享到：


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 economist AuhzVs     
n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人
参考例句：
  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。
2 subjective mtOwP     
a.主观(上)的，个人的
参考例句：
  • The way they interpreted their past was highly subjective. 他们解释其过去的方式太主观。
  • A literary critic should not be too subjective in his approach. 文学评论家的看法不应太主观。
3 indicators f46872fc1b5f08e9d32bd107be1df829     
（仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的）指针( indicator的名词复数 )； 指示物； （车辆上的）转弯指示灯； 指示信号
参考例句：
  • The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
  • It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。
4 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的
参考例句：
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。
5 demography pw7xs     
n.人口统计，人口学
参考例句：
  • Demography is the analysis of population variables.人口学是对人口变量的分析。
  • It was once a rule of demography that people have fewer children as their countries get richer.按人口统计学的一贯规律，一个国家里的人民越富有，他们所拥有的孩子就越少。
6 adulthood vKsyr     
n.成年，成人期
参考例句：
  • Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
  • Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。
7 favourable favourable     
adj.赞成的，称赞的，有利的，良好的，顺利的
参考例句：
  • The company will lend you money on very favourable terms.这家公司将以非常优惠的条件借钱给你。
  • We found that most people are favourable to the idea.我们发现大多数人同意这个意见。

©2005-2010英文阅读网