VOA慢速英语2018 美国的百万富翁都住在哪里?

Millionaires in America: Where Are They?

Nearly six percent of Americans are millionaires. They each have at least one million dollars in savings¹.

6%的美国人是百万富翁，他们每人至少有100万美元存款。

Millionaires are found in some parts of the United States, but not others. Where they live might surprise you.

美国的百万富翁只存在于部分地区，他们居住的地方可能会让你大吃一惊。

Many live near what have been called ‘wealth-building engines,’ says David Thompson, a wealth expert with Phoenix² Marketing³ International.

凤凰国际营销公司的财富专家大卫·汤普森表示，很多人都住在所谓的“造富引擎”附近。

By this expression, he means areas with a lot of industries -- such as technology, finance and defense⁴ -- that can make people wealthy.

他指的这些地区拥有众多让人暴富的行业，例如科技、金融和国防。

About 5.8 percent of the U.S. population — 7.2 million households — are millionaires. And that means they have at least one million dollars in the bank or investments. This measurement does not count the value of their home or other property, retirement⁵ plans or business partnerships⁶.

美国大约5.8%的人口，也就是720万个家庭是百万富翁，这意味着他们在银行或投资中至少有100万美元。这个统计不计算他们的房屋或其它财产、退休金以及商业合资公司的价值。

Some people might argue that a million dollars cannot buy what it could years ago, but it is still a lot of money.

有些人可能会争辩说，现在的一百万没前些年值钱了，但是这仍然是一笔大钱。

Kiplinger, publisher of business and financial information, joined with Phoenix Marketing International to find where the millionaires live. They looked at 933 urban areas, cities and towns with at least 50,000 people.

美国商业和金融信息出版商吉普林联手凤凰国际营销公司找出了这些百万富豪的居住地。他们调查了933个市区和城镇的至少5万人。

The Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk area of Connecticut was at the top of the list. About nine percent of the people who live there — 31,506 people in all — can call themselves millionaires.

康涅狄格州的布里奇波特-斯坦福德-诺沃克地区位居首位。该地区大约9%的居民，一共31506人可以自称为百万富翁。

This part of Southeastern Connecticut is close to New York City. It is also home to a number of financial businesses and investment companies. Other businesses like Priceline’s owner and Xerox⁷ have offices there.

康涅狄格州东南的这个地区靠近纽约市，它也是众多金融企业和投资公司的所在地。其它像普利斯林母公司和施乐公司都在那里设有办事处。

The study found that the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk area has more millionaires than California’s Silicon⁸ Valley. Silicon Valley is all technology, but this part of Connecticut “is finance. It’s consulting,” David Thompson said.

这项调查发现，布里奇波特-斯坦福德-诺沃克地区的百万富翁比加州硅谷还多。汤普森表示，硅谷全是科技行业，但康涅狄格州的这部分地区是金融行业和咨询行业。

That represents nine percent of all families. The area is home to some of the biggest technology companies in the world, and Google, Apple and Facebook are nearby.

这占到了全部家庭的9%。该地区是全球一些大型科技公司的所在地，谷歌、苹果和Facebook也在附近。

The U.S. capital, Washington, D.C., is next on the list. Many highly educated Americans looking for influential⁹ jobs work and live in Washington, nearby Maryland and Northern Virginia. The D.C. area is home to 206,361 millionaire households. That represents 8.9 percent of the total population.

美国首都华盛顿特区紧随其次。许多受过高等教育、寻求有影响力工作的美国人在华盛顿工作和生活。这里邻近马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州。华盛顿特区有206361个百万富翁家庭，占到全部人口的8.9%。

Military spending and a naval¹⁰ base put Saint Mary's County, Maryland, on the millionaire map. The Lexington Park area of the county is filled with defense and aerospace¹¹ research businesses. The U.S. military has business deals with several private companies based in Lexington Park. These contractors¹³ use highly skilled and educated workers who are paid well. Of 40,545 total households, 3,429 — about 8.5 percent — can call themselves millionaires.

军费开支和海军基地将马里兰州的圣玛丽县也推上了百万富翁地图。该县的列克星敦园区遍布国防和航空航天研究企业。美国军方与列克星敦园区的几家私营企业进行商业交易。这些承包商雇佣高技能和受过良好教育的工人，他们的薪酬客观。在40545户居民中，大约占8.5%的3429人可以自称为百万富翁。

The San Francisco area finished fifth on the U.S. millionaires’ list. The California city's cost of living is 93 percent higher than the national average. Just over eight percent of San Francisco's 1,781,731 families have $1 million in savings.

旧金山地区在百万富翁榜单上排名第五。这个加州城市的生活成本比全国水平高出93%。旧金山地区占8%以上的1781731户家庭拥有100万美元存款。

Another part of the country with a high percentage of millionaires is Barnstable, Massachusetts, home to Cape¹⁴ Cod¹⁵ and Hyannis Port.

美国百万富翁比例很高的另一个地区是马萨诸塞州的巴恩斯特布尔，这里是科德角和海恩尼斯港的所在地。

Hawaii is number 10 on the list. Thompson calls Hawaii a "different animal" because the rich go there and do not earn their money there.

夏威夷位居榜单第10位。汤普森称夏威夷是特例，因为富翁奔向那里，并且他们的钱不是在那里赚到的。

Not one area in the middle of the country made the list.

美国中部没有任何地区入榜。

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Words in This Story

consult – v. to share one’s expertise¹⁶ or to offer advice

urban – adj. of or relating to a city or heavily populated area

household – n. people who live in the same home, and are usually members of a family

contractor¹² - n. a business that agrees to perform work or provide supplies

1 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

2 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

6 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句

7 xerox   

n./v.施乐复印机，静电复印

参考例句：

• Xerox and Lucent are two more high-tech companies run by women.施乐和朗讯是另外两家由女性经营的大科技公司。
• You cannot take it home,but you can xerox it.你不能把它带回家，但可以复印。

8 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

9 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

10 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

11 aerospace   

adj.航空的，宇宙航行的

参考例句：

• The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
• Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。

12 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

13 contractors   

n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

15 cod   

n.鳕鱼；v.愚弄；哄骗

参考例句：

• They salt down cod for winter use.他们腌鳕鱼留着冬天吃。
• Cod are found in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.北大西洋和北海有鳕鱼。

16 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。