And, just as in beautiful Ireland or Italy or Spain, tough times have made our search for the good life more challenging of late.
同样地,就像在美丽的爱尔兰、意大利或者西班牙,艰难时期使我们去寻找美好的生活更具挑战性。
It would be interesting, in fact, to see where the United States would rank if a worldwide quality-of-life survey were conducted in 2012.
这会是一件非常有趣的事情,事实上,2012年在世界范围内展开生活质量调查的话,看看美国会排名如何。
A possible indicator, though - and not a very promising one - is the Mercer Human Resources Group's worldwide quality-of-living ranking of cities, completed last year...
一个可能的迹象,尽管——希望稍显渺茫——在去年美世人力资源集团完成的全球城市生活质量排名中,__________________________________________