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Reality show fame lucrative

真人秀钱途超牛津剑桥?

Forget the struggles of completing an Oxbridge degrees - a group of economists have calculated that appearing as a contestant on British reality TV show Love Island for eight weeks is likely to net you more money over the course of your life than three years at Oxford or Cambridge university.

忘掉读完牛津和剑桥大学学位要付出的艰苦努力吧！一些经济学家估计，在英国电视真人秀《爱岛》作为参赛选手出镜8周给你的一生带来的收入，可能要超过在牛津或剑桥大学苦读3年。

Analysis by Frontier Economics, an economic consultancy, estimated that someone who appears on the show could expect to earn 1.1 million pounds fromsubsequentsponsorship and appearance fees compared with a lifetime average return of 815,000 pounds from completing an undergraduate degree at Oxbridge.

经济咨询机构Frontier Economics的分析估计，参加这档电视节目的人预计可从随后的赞助和出场费中获得110万英镑收入，而完成牛津/剑桥大学本科学位的平均终身回报为81.5万英镑。

"If you've got an offer from Oxbridge and Love Island, you're better off going on Love Island," said Kristine Dislere, who completed her masters degree in economics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

在加拿大温哥华的不列颠哥伦比亚大学完成经济学硕士学位的克里斯蒂娜·迪斯莱尔表示："如果你同时得到牛津/剑桥大学和《爱岛》的邀请，去《爱岛》更有钱途。"

But Dislere cautionedthat despite the financial gains from up to eight weeks of event television, any teenager should still favor theacademicroute because the odds of getting a place are so much better. "One major thing we haven't included are the odds of getting in [to Love Island] and the odds are stacked against you," she said.

但迪斯莱尔告诫称，尽管最多8周的电视节目会带来不菲的金钱收益，但青少年仍应看重学术路线，因为进入大学的几率要大得多。她表示："我们没有计入的重要问题是跻身《爱岛》的几率，这种几率对你十分不利。"

重点词汇

1、consultancy

英 /kən'sʌlt(ə)nsɪ/ 美 /kən'sʌltənsi/

n. 咨询公司；顾问工作

2、subsequent

英 /'sʌbsɪkw(ə)nt/ 美 /'sʌbsɪkwənt/

adj. 后来的，随后的

3、caution

英 /'kɔːʃ(ə)n/ 美 /'kɔʃən/

n. 小心，谨慎；警告，警示

vt. 警告

4、academic

英 /ækə'demɪk/ 美 /,ækə'dɛmɪk/

adj. 学术的；理论的；学院的

n. 大学生，大学教师；学者

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Vienna the most livable city

维也纳获评最宜居城市

Austria's capital Vienna has beaten Melbourne to be ranked the "world's most livable city" in a new annual survey released Monday, ending the southern Australian city's seven-year reign. It is the first time a Europeanmetropolishas topped the annual chart compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

在13日（周一）发布的最新年度调查中，奥地利首都维也纳击败澳大利亚南部城市墨尔本成为"全球最宜居的城市"。此前，墨尔本曾连续七年蝉联榜首。这是欧洲大都会首次问鼎经济学人智库编纂的年度榜单。

Japan's Osaka took third place. Researchers noted that several cities in the top 10 had relatively low population densities, which fostered "a range of recreationalactivities without leading to high crime levels or overburdenedinfrastructure".

日本的大阪市排名第三。研究人员指出，多个跻身榜单前10的城市拥有相对较低的人口密度，从而在创造丰富的休闲娱乐活动的同时不会推高犯罪率或导致基础设施超负荷。

They said wealthy financial capitals such as Paris (19th), London (48th) and New York (57th) tended to be "victims of their own success