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人大附中2021新高考高考英语外刊素材积累（阅读写作提升20） 急速退步的美国，已不再是我们想象中那个国家 导读 新数据表明，美国是世界上少数几个正在倒退的国家之一。 双语阅读 The newest Social Progress Index, shared with me before its official release Thursday morning, finds that out of 163 countries assessed worldwide, the United States, Brazil and Hungary are the only ones in which people are worse off than when the index began in 2011. And the declines in Brazil and Hungary were smaller than America’s. 在周四早上官方发布之前分享给我的最新的社会进步指数表明，在全世界范围内所评估的163个国家中，只有在美国、巴西和匈牙利，公民的生活比于2011年该指数开始评估时变差。而巴西和匈牙利的下降幅度小于美国。   The United States ranks No. 1 in the world in quality of universities, but No. 91 in access to quality basic education. The U.S. leads the world in medical technology, yet we are No. 97 in access to quality health care. 美国在大学质量方面排名世界第一，但在获得优质基础教育方面排名第91位。美国在医疗技术方面领先世界，但在获得高质量医疗服务方面排名第97位。   The Social Progress Index finds that Americans have health statistics similar to those of people in Chile, Jordan and Albania, while kids in the United States get an education roug