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The following table gives statistics showing the aspects of quality of life in five countries. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information in the table below. You should write at least 150 words.
Countries GNP per head
(1982.
US dollars)
Daily calorie
supply per
head
Life expectancy
at birth
(years)
Infant mortality
rates (per 1000
live births)
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Egypt
Indonesia
USA
140
570
690
580
13160
1877
2086
2950
2296
3652
40
50
56
49
74
132
124
97
87
12
Selected statistics showing aspects of the quality of life in 5 countries

【正确答案】The table uses four broad economic indicators to show the standard of living in five selected countries in 1 982.As can be seen,the USA—an industrialised country--had the highest GNP and daily calorie intake,the longest life expectancy and the lowest infant mortality rate.The other developing countries had a considerably lower quality of life.
Egypt,Indonesia and Bolivia were similar in their range of indicators,with Egypt haying the highest quality of life among the three.However,Egypt's infant mortality rate was slightly higher than Indonesia's,at 97 deaths per 1000 compared to 87 in Indonesia.
Bangladesh had by far the lowest quality of life in all the four indicators. Its GNP was one hundred times smaller than the USA. The figures in terms of the daily calorie supply per head and life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh are only the half of those respectively in USA, and its infant mortality rate was 10 times greater.
In conclusion, it can be seen from the economic indicators that the four developing countries have to develop a lot more before reaching the same level of quality of life as the USA.
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