Healthiest Cities 健康城市
Americans love “to rank” (to put in order) almost everything.
美國人喜歡將幾乎所有事物“排名”(按順序排列)。
Nearly every day the newspaper has a list of the best or worst of one thing or another.
幾乎每天報紙上都有某些事物的最佳或最差排名。
One interesting ranking from 2009 is from the American College of Sports Medicine, which has an American Fitness Index.
2009年的一個有趣排名來自美國運動醫學學會,它有一個美國健康指數。
“Fitness” refers to how physically healthy you are, usually related to how much you do “physical exercise,” such as run, jog, and play sports.
“健康”指的是你的身體健康狀況,通常與你進行多少“體育鍛煉”有關,比如跑步、慢跑和參加運動。
An “index” is a measurement of something.
“指數”是一種測量某事物的方法。
The American Fitness Index looks at several “factors” (things) to determine which U.S. city is the “healthiest.”
美國健康指數考察了幾個“因素”(事物)來確定哪個美國城市是最“健康”的。
These include: 這些因素包括:
- Availability of parks, walking and bike “trails” (paths; places where you can walk and ride a bike), and “public transportation” (for example, busses, subways);
公園、步行和自行車“道”(路徑;你可以走路和騎自行車的地方)、以及“公共交通”(例如,巴士、地鐵)的可用性; - Percentage of people who exercise regularly, “maintain a healthy weight” (are not too fat or too thin), and eat the recommended amounts of vegetables and fruits each day;
定期鍛煉、“保持健康體重”(不太胖也不太瘦)、以及每天食用建議量的蔬菜和水果的人口百分比; - Percentage of people who “have access to” (are able to use regularly) health care and have health insurance;
有“獲得”(能夠定期使用)醫療服務並擁有健康保險的人口百分比; - Percentage of people who do not smoke.
不吸煙的人口百分比。
So which cities are healthiest?
那麼,哪些城市最健康呢?
Number one is our nation’s capital, Washington D.C.
排名第一的是我們的國家首都,華盛頓特區。
Washington D.C. has a lot of places to walk and ride bikes, has an excellent public transportation system, and has many people who work for the “federal” (national) government and therefore have health insurance.
華盛頓特區有很多步行和騎自行車的地方,擁有優秀的公共交通系統,並且有許多人為“聯邦”(國家)政府工作,因此擁有健康保險。
Here is a list of some of the other top cities:
以下是其他一些排名靠前的城市:
- Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota 明尼蘇達州的雙子城:明尼阿波利斯和聖保羅
- Denver, Colorado 科羅拉多州的丹佛
- Boston, Massachusetts 麻薩諸塞州的波士頓
- San Francisco, California 加利福尼亞州的舊金山
- Seattle, Washington 華盛頓州的西雅圖
- Portland, Oregon 俄勒岡州的波特蘭
- San Diego, California
- 加利福尼亞州的聖地亞哥
- Austin, Texas 德克薩斯州的奧斯汀
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
- 維吉尼亞州的維吉尼亞海灘
- Hartford, Connecticut 康涅狄格州的哈特福德
- Sacramento, California 加利福尼亞州的薩克拉門托
- San Jose, California 加利福尼亞州的聖荷西
重點單字
- rank /ræŋk/ 排名
- fitness /ˈfɪtnəs/ 健康
- index /ˈɪndɛks/ 指數
- factor /ˈfæktər/ 因素
- trail /treɪl/ 小道
- public transportation /ˈpʌblɪk ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən/ 公共交通
- maintain /meɪnˈteɪn/ 維持
- access /ˈæksɛs/ 獲得
- federal /ˈfɛdərəl/ 聯邦的