英国人更健康 美国人更长寿

    According to the Daily Telegraph of November 4, people in the US are twice as likely to contract diabetes¹ and a third more likely to develop cancer than those among similar aged² people in England。
    But despite this, Americans, aged 65, can expect to live on average around three months longer than their equivalent retirees across the Atlantic。
    The discrepancies³ suggests that while English people have healthier lifestyles than Americans, the latter's health care system is better able to patch them up。
    The study, co-authored by the Institute for Fiscal⁴ Studies in London, involved analyzing⁵ information from two comparable surveys of people aged 50 and over in the United States and England。
    But both sets of pensioners⁶ had a similar life expectancy⁷ (82 for men, 85 for women) with Americans actually living on average a few months longer。
    Mr Smith said that research suggested that "higher-quality medical care in the United States than in England" meant people were less likely to die from chronic⁸ illnesses。
    据英国《每日电讯报》11月4日报道，美国患有糖尿病的人是英国的两倍，患有癌症的人要比英国多三分之一。
    尽管如此，年龄在65岁的美国人平均要比生活在跨太平洋的英国的退休人士寿命要长3个月。
    这些差异表明，尽管英国人的生活方式要比美国人更健康，但是美国的医疗保健体系要比英国更完善，老年人的寿命要略长一些。
    该研究报告是由伦敦财政研究学会人员共同撰写，报告分析了来自美国和英国分别针对年龄在50岁以及以上的老年人进行的两份调查。
    两个国家的退休人群的寿命相似(男性平均82岁，女性平均85岁)，但是美国人实际上平均寿命要比英国人多几个月。
    史密斯先生说，研究表明“美国高水平的医疗保健体系要比英国更胜一筹，”这也意味着美国人死于慢性疾病的人少之又少。

1 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

2 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

3 discrepancies   

n.差异，不符合（之处），不一致（之处）( discrepancy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• wide discrepancies in prices quoted for the work 这项工作的报价出入很大
• When both versions of the story were collated,major discrepancies were found. 在将这个故事的两个版本对照后，找出了主要的不符之处。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

5 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句

6 pensioners   

n.领取退休、养老金或抚恤金的人( pensioner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He intends to redistribute income from the middle class to poorer paid employees and pensioners. 他意图把中产阶级到低薪雇员和退休人员的收入做重新分配。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. 我自己就是一个我们的高贵的施主遗留基金的养老金领取者。 来自辞典例句

7 expectancy   

n.期望，预期，（根据概率统计求得）预期数额

参考例句：

• Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.日本人的平均寿命非常长。
• The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。

8 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。