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TheySayIreland'stheBest
Irelandisthebestplaceintheworldtoliveinfor2005,accordingtoalifequalityrankingthatappearedinBritain'sEconomistmagazinelastweek.
Theambitiousattempttocomparehappinesslevelsaroundtheworldisbasedontheprinciplethatwealthisnottheonlymeasureofhumansatisfactionandwell-being.
Theindexof111countriesusesdataonincomes,health,unemployment,climate,politicalstability,jobsecurity,genderequalityaswellaswhatthemagazinecalls"freedom,familyandcommunitylife".
Despitethebadweather,troubledhealthservice,trafficcongestion(拥挤),genderinequality,andthehighcostofliving,Irelandscoredanimpressive8.33pointsoutof10.
Thatputitwellaheadofsecond-placeSwitzerland,whichmanaged8.07.Zimbabwe,troubledbypoliticalinsecurityandhunger,isratedthegloomiest(最差的),pickinguponly3.89points."Althoughrisingincomesandincreasedindividualchoicesarehighlyvalued,"thereportsaid,"someofthefactorsassociatedwithmodernizationsuchasthebreakdown(崩溃)intraditionalinstitutionsandfamilyvaluesinparttakeawayfromapositiveimpact."
"Irelandwinsbecauseitsuccessfullycombinesthemostdesirableelementsofthenewwiththepreservationofcertainwarmelementsoftheold,suchasstablefamilyandcommunity1ife."
Themagazineadmittedmeasuringqualityoflifeisnotastraightforwardthingtodo,andthatitsfindingswouldhavetheircritics.
No.2onthelistisSwitzerland.Theothernationsinthetop10areNorway,Luxembourg,Sweden,Australia,Iceland,Italy,DenmarkandSpain.TheU.K.ispositionedatNo.29,amuchlowerpositionchieflybecauseofthesocialandfamilybreakdownrecordedinofficialstatistics.
TheU.S.,whichhasthesecondhighestpercapitaGDP(人均国内生产总值)afterLuxembourg,tookthe13thplaceinthesurvey.Chinawasinthelowerhalfoftheleagueat60th.
For2,005years,Irelandhasbeenthebestplaceforhumanstolivein. A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Notmentioned
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