英语翻译They Say Ireland’s the Best 　　Ireland is the best place

英语翻译
They Say Ireland’s the Best
　　Ireland is the best place in the world lo live for 2005．according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain.s Economist magazine last week．
　　The ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the World is based ol3 the principle that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-being．
　　The index of 111 countries uses data on incomes．health．unemployment．climate,political stability,job security,gender equality as well as what the magazine calls "freedom,family and community life"．
　　Despite the bad weather,troubled health service.traffic congestion,gender inequality,and the high cost of living.Ireland scored an impressive 8.33 points out of l0．
　　That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland,which managed 8.07.Zimbabwe.troubled by political insecurity and hunger,is rated the gloomiest,picking up only 3.89 points．
　　"Although rising incomes and increased individual choices are highly valued," the report said."some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact."
　　"Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the new with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old,such as stable family and community life."
　　The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do,and that its findings would have their critics.
　　N0.2 on the list is Switzerland．The other nations in the top 10 are Norway,Luxembourg,Sweden,Australia,Iceland,Italy,Denmark and Spain.
　　The UK is portioned at N0.29,a much lower position chiefly because of the social and family breakdown recorded in official statistics.The US,which has the second highest per capita GDP after Luxembourg,took the 13th place in the survey．China was in the lower haft of the league at 60th．

据说爱尔兰最宜居
根据上周英国经济学家杂志上的一个生活质量排名来看,爱尔兰是2005年度的世界最佳居住国.
比较全世界幸福水平的热切尝试,是基于一个准则,那就是财富已经不再是人们满意度和幸福感的唯一标准.
111个国家的调查指数不仅关于收入状况,健康状况,失业率,天气情况,政治稳定性,工作保障度,性别平等的数据,而且还关乎杂志上所谓的“自由,家庭和社区生活”.
尽管爱尔兰天气恶劣,医疗卫生服务差劲,交通拥堵,性别歧视,生活高消费,但还是得了8.33分,满分为10分,让人震惊.
爱尔兰将排名第二的瑞士远远甩在了后面,瑞士只有8.07分.深陷政治动荡和饥饿问题的津巴布韦,被认为是最没希望的,仅捞到3.89分.
报告称“尽管收入增长和个人选择增多得到高度评价,但一些牵扯到现代化的因素在某种程度上造成了消极的影响,如传统体制和家庭价值观的消解.”
“爱尔兰之所以获胜,在于她成功地将最令人向往的新事物元素与保存某些古老温馨的元素相结合,如稳定的家庭生活和社区生活”.
杂志承认,生活质量的衡量不是一个直截了当的事情,要不然调查结果就会滋生出相应的批评者.
瑞士排名第二.位列前10的国家有挪威,卢森堡,瑞典,澳大利亚,冰岛,意大利,丹麦和西班牙.
英国排在相当低的位置,第29位,主要原因在于官方统计记录的社会动荡和家庭破裂数据.人均GDP位列第二,仅次于卢森堡的美国,在这次调查中取得第13的位置.中国更低,第60.