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Looking to work overseas? Head to Canada, Australia or Thailand, according to an annual global survey which found recession-hit Britain was one of the worst locations to live for expatriates. The second annual Expat Experience survey, commissioned by HSBC Bank International, revealed that expats in Canada have the best quality of life and found it among the easiest places in the world to integrate with the local population. Australia and Thailand also came in the top three in the survey of 3,146 people working in 30 different industries and 50 countries, even though Thailand was one of the countries worst-hit by the recession for expats. "We have seen that there is a distinct trade-off between income and overall quality of life, as many of the top performers ... scored towards the bottom of this report's league table (of the best places to make and save money)," said Betony Taylor, spokeswoman for HSBC Bank International. "What is clear is that the locations where salaries may not be as high, such as Canada and Australia, are where expats are really enjoying not only an increased quality of life but are also finding it easy to fit in to their new communities." Last year Germany, Canada and Spain were the top three countries deemed to have the best lifestyle for expats. This year Britain was one of the lowest ranked locations when it came to lifestyle after being named as one of the most expensive places for expats with the recession taking its toll. About 44 percent of expats in Britain are considering returninghome, compared with only 15 percent of expats overall. About 41 percent of expats in Britain find it difficult to find somewhere to live, most find the quality of their accommodation drops after moving to Britain, and a third claim their health has deteriorated since moving there. "Despite this, the UK does hold the crown for being expat entertainment capital of the world, with over half (58 percent) of expats in the UK saying that the quality of entertainment had increased," said Taylor. She added that 62 percent of expats also said that employment prospects were the main reason keeping them in the region. Another different section of the survey, which was conducted by research company FreshMinds, released earlier found Russia was home to the highest proportion of expats earning more than $250,000 with 30 percent of international workers there banking that amount, followed by Hong Kong and Japan. The lowest-paid expats live in Australia and Belgium with the majority -- 63 percent and 61 percent respectively -- earning less than $100,000. (Read by Nancy Matos. Nancy Matos is a multimedia journalist at the China Daily Web site.) 點(diǎn)擊查看更多雙語新聞
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想去海外工作？那就去加拿大、澳大利亞或泰國(guó)。一項(xiàng)年度全球調(diào)查顯示，這三國(guó)是海外工作生活的首選地，受經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)重創(chuàng)的英國(guó)則是最不理想的海外移居地之一。 這項(xiàng)由匯豐國(guó)際委托開展的第二屆“海外工作生活體驗(yàn)”的年度調(diào)查顯示，在加拿大工作生活的外國(guó)人生活質(zhì)量最高，而且最易與當(dāng)?shù)厝巳诤稀?/font> 進(jìn)入前三名的其它兩國(guó)是澳大利亞和泰國(guó)——盡管泰國(guó)是受經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)影響最嚴(yán)重的國(guó)家之一。參與該調(diào)查的3146名受訪者從事30個(gè)不同的行業(yè)、來自50個(gè)國(guó)家。 匯豐國(guó)際的女發(fā)言人貝特尼?泰勒說：“我們發(fā)現(xiàn)收入和整體生活質(zhì)量之間存在明顯的抵換關(guān)系。在排在前列的國(guó)家中，有很多在（最適合賺錢和存錢的）排行榜上排名卻很靠后。 “很明顯，在加拿大和澳大利亞這些薪水不算太高的國(guó)家，外國(guó)人不僅真正享受到了生活質(zhì)量的提高，而且也容易融入當(dāng)?shù)氐男颅h(huán)境。 去年的前三甲分別是德國(guó)、加拿大和西班牙。 英國(guó)在今年的最佳移居國(guó)排行榜上排名靠后。由于受經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)的重創(chuàng)，該國(guó)被評(píng)為對(duì)于外國(guó)人來說生活成本最高的國(guó)家之一。 目前英國(guó)約有44%的外國(guó)人正考慮回國(guó)，而這一比例在整個(gè)調(diào)查中僅為15%。 41%的外國(guó)人認(rèn)為在英國(guó)很難找到住所，絕大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為移居英國(guó)后他們的居住條件下降，三分之一的受訪者稱，他們移居英國(guó)后健康狀況退化。 泰勒說：“盡管如此，英國(guó)仍享有‘全球移居者娛樂之都’的美譽(yù)。一半以上（58%）移居該國(guó)的外國(guó)人稱自己娛樂生活的質(zhì)量得以改善。” 她稱，62%的移居者稱，就業(yè)前景是他們留在該國(guó)的主要原因。 FreshMinds調(diào)查公司早先開展的另一項(xiàng)調(diào)查顯示，在俄羅斯，年薪超過25萬美金的海外人士所占比例最高，30%的外籍雇員將錢存入銀行。其次是香港和日本。該調(diào)查為“海外工作生活體驗(yàn)”年度調(diào)查的一部分。 在澳大利亞和比利時(shí)工作生活的外國(guó)人薪水最低。大部分受訪者（分別占63%和61%）年薪不足十萬美元。 相關(guān)閱讀 （中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 Julie 編輯蔡姍姍） |
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Vocabulary: expatriate: one who has taken up residence in a foreign country（移居國(guó)外者） trade-off：the exchange of one thing for another of more or less equal value, esp. to effect a compromise（權(quán)衡，協(xié)調(diào)） league table：比賽名次表，比賽成績(jī)表 take its toll: be damaging or harmful, cause loss or destruction（造成損失） |
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