Covid-free Auckland, New Zealand, crowned world's most livable city
没有疫情的城市——新西兰的奥克兰——折桂全球最宜居城市
Auckland has been named the world's most livable city on the strength of New Zealand's pandemic response. The metropolitan area that is home to around 1.6 million people topped a global livability index released by the Economist Intelligence Unit on Wednesday.
由于新西兰疫情防控得力，奥克兰成功当选为全球最宜居城市。周三，《经济学人》智库发布的全球宜居城市指数显示，这个拥有 160 万人口的大城市位居全球之首。
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Cities in other island nations — Australia and Japan — also ranked high on the list, in part due to their covid-19 experiences. Vienna, which had led since 2018, fell below the top 10, joining other cities in Europe that spent much of the past year under forms of lockdown alongside a slow start to vaccination programs.***
其他岛屿国家的城市（例如澳大利亚和日本）在这项榜单上的排名也很靠前，部分归功于它们对疫情的良好应对。从 2018 年开始，维也纳一直在榜单上名列前茅，但这次它和其他欧洲城市一起跌出了前十名。这些城市在过去一年的大部分时间里都处于不同程度的封锁状态，同时疫苗接种项目启动缓慢。
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"The cities that have risen to the top of the rankings this year are largely the ones that have taken stringent measures to contain the pandemic," the consultancy said in a statement. "New Zealand's tough lockdown allowed their society to reopen and enabled citizens of cities like Auckland ... to enjoy a lifestyle that looked similar to pre-pandemic life."
该咨询公司在一份声明中表示：“今年上升到榜单前几名的城市，基本上都是那些采取严格措施控制疫情的城市。新西兰严格的封锁政策让社会重新开放，让奥克兰等城市的市民......享受到与疫情前类似的生活方式。”
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Other cities in the top five — Australia's Adelaide and the New Zealand capital of Wellington — also have relatively low coronavirus case counts by global standards.
排名前五位的其他城市，包括澳大利亚的阿德莱德和新西兰的首都惠灵顿，以全球标准衡量，新冠肺炎确诊的病例数也相对较低。
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Meanwhile, poor pandemic outcomes caused slippage among some European and Canadian cities that often receive high rankings. Vienna, which had topped the EIU's index in 2019, fell to 12th place. The Syrian capital of Damascus remained rooted to the bottom of the league table, followed by Lagos, Nigeria.
与此同时，疫情带来的糟糕结果导致欧洲和加拿大的一些城市排名下滑，而这些城市的排名过去往往很高。维也纳曾在 2019 年的经济学人智库的宜居城市指数中排名第一，但现在已经跌至第 12 位。叙利亚首都大马士革仍然是排名垫底的城市，其次是尼日利亚的拉各斯。
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"Cities across the world are now much less livable than they were before the pandemic began, and we've seen that regions such as Europe have been hit particularly hard," the EIU said.
经济学人智库表示: “世界各地的城市现在的居住条件比大流行病爆发前要差得多，我们看到欧洲等地区受到的打击尤其严重。”
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重点词汇
crown
/kraʊn/
v.（在比赛中）评为最佳者；为......加冕
词性拓展：crown（n. 皇冠；冠军称号，冠军宝座）
搭配短语：to defend the Olympic crown（冠军称号，冠军宝座）
例句：Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953.（为......加冕）
例句：She was crowned Wimbledon champion.（（在比赛中）评为最佳者）
livable
/ˈlɪv.ə.bəl/
adj. 适宜居住的
相关词汇：live（v. 居住）
词根词缀：-able（表示“可以......的”）
同义词：liveable（英式拼写）
name
/neɪm/
v. 选中，选定
词性拓展：name（n. 名字）
搭配短语：be named (as) sth.
例句："Parasite" has been named (as) best picture at the 2020 Oscars. = "Parasite" wins best picture.
on the strength of
由于......，凭借......
近义短语：because of sth.; on the basis of sth.
例句：I got the job on the strength of my experience in teaching.
metropolitan
/ˌmet.rəˈpɑː.lə.tən/
adj. 大都市的
同义词：metro
搭配短语：metropolitan area = metro area（都市区）
文化补充：在西方国家，都市区（metropolitan area）不单指市区或者城区，而是以一座城市为中心，包括周边的郊区以及规模更小的城市，对应中文里“大城市”的概念。
release
/rɪˈliːs/
v. 公开，公布
搭配短语：to release an album
搭配短语：to release a movie
近义词：launch, issue, publish
in part
部分地
英文释义：partly
例句：My success is in part due to luck.
fall below
降到……水平之下
例句：The work has fallen below your usual standard.
例句：The temperature could fall below zero in winter.
vaccination
/ˌvæk.səˈneɪ.ʃən/
n. 接种疫苗
词性拓展：vaccine（n. 疫苗）
例句：Do you have or get the vaccine?
词性拓展：vaccinate（v. 打疫苗）
例句：Have you been vaccinated？
stringent
/ˈstrɪn.dʒənt/
adj. 严格的，苛刻的
词义辨析：stringent, strict
这两个词都有“严格的”的意思。不过，stringent 比 strict 更加严格，一般用来形容法律、规章等非常严格。
搭配短语：stringent safety regulations
搭配短语：stringent lockdowns
contain
/kənˈteɪn/
v. 控制，制止；包含，包括
搭配短语：to contain the disease
搭配短语：to contain the violence
搭配短语：contain oneself
例句：I couldn't contain myself.
count
/kaʊnt/
n. 数量，数字
搭配短语：head count
例句：The firm now has a head count of around 70 staff.
搭配短语：case count
例句：New case counts fall below 100 a day.
slippage
/ˈslɪp.ɪdʒ/
n. 下跌，下降
相关词汇：slip（v. 滑倒；下降）
例句：She slipped on the ice.（她在冰上滑倒了。）
例句：The oil prices slipped.（油价下跌了。）
例句：The stock prices slipped.（股价下跌了。）
例句：The US dollar slipped.（美元贬值了。）
搭配短语：slippage in sales
rooted
/ˈruː.t̬ɪd/
adj. 稳固的，根深蒂固的
词性拓展：root（n. 植物的根）
搭配短语：take root
例句：An idea had taken root in my mind.
例句：Racism is still deeply rooted in the US society.
league table
排行榜，名次表
文化补充：league table 原是足球里的术语，指的是“联赛积分排名表”，在日常语境里，league table 指“排行榜，名次表”。
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