2012.8.20 单词 Where is the best city to live?

来源:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/08/120817_witn_global_city.shtml

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A slick advert by the Melbourne tourist board shows pictures of its

enviable schools, beaches, transport system and nightlife, all of

which have helped it earn the number one spot as the world's most

liveable(适于居住的) city. 

The 140 cities in the survey are judged on five broad categories:

stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and

infrastructure. The top scorers tend to be mid-sized cities in

wealthy countries with a low population density. Some seven of the

top ten – including VancouverToronto and Sydney – are in

Australia or Canada. ViennaHelsinki and Auckland also made the topten. 

Of the cities surveyed – and some like Kabul and Baghdad were not

included for safety reasons – Dhaka in Bangladesh was rated the least liveable. LagosHarareAlgiers and Karachi all scored poorly aswell. 

The city that has dropped fastest down the list in the last year is

Damascus, due to the ongoing conflict in Syria, while infrastructure

improvements in China mean that cities like Shanghai and Suzhou

have scored better than they did last year.

Vocabulary

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slick

smart, professional

enviable

desirable

earn

receive

survey

investigation, review

stability

reliability

infrastructure

basic facilities(设施) and services

top scorers

participants(参与者) with the highest marks

density

how crowded somewhere is

the least

the lowest

dropped

fallen, declined

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