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And I was so thrilled with this study, I started to take questions out in presentations. I was referring to it.
我對(duì)這個(gè)研究感到很興奮，并開始在各種演講中提出這個(gè)問題。
Now, I did a presentation at St. Paul's School for Girls in Hammersmith,
我曾經(jīng)在哈默史密斯的圣保羅女子中學(xué)做過一個(gè)演講，
and I had an audience rather like this, except it was comprised entirely of sixth-form girls.
當(dāng)時(shí)我有一群像現(xiàn)在這樣的觀眾，唯一的差別是觀眾都是六年級(jí)的女學(xué)生。
And I said, "Girls, how many teenage girls do you think the British public think get pregnant every year?"
我說道，“姑娘們，你們覺得英國公眾認(rèn)為每年有多少個(gè)青春期女孩懷孕？”
And the girls were apoplectic when I said the British public think that 15 out of every 100 teenage girls get pregnant in the year.
當(dāng)我說出答案，女孩們是非常生氣的，我說英國公眾認(rèn)為每一百個(gè)青春期女孩中每年有15個(gè)懷孕。
And they had every right to be angry, because in fact,
當(dāng)然她們有生氣的緣由和權(quán)利，因?yàn)閷?shí)際上
I'd have to have closer to 200 dots before I could color one in, in terms of what the official figures tell us.
根據(jù)官方數(shù)字，按比例，我必須要有近200個(gè)點(diǎn)才能將一個(gè)空白圓圈涂滿色。
And rather like numeracy, this is not just an English problem.
和計(jì)算能力一樣，這同樣不僅僅是英國的問題。
Ipsos MORI expanded the survey in recent years to go across the world.
伊普索莫利機(jī)構(gòu)在最近幾年在世界范圍內(nèi)擴(kuò)展了調(diào)查研究。
And so, they asked Saudi Arabians, for every 100 adults in your country, how many of them are overweight or obese?
他們問沙特阿拉伯人，在你們國家，每一百個(gè)成年人中有多少個(gè)超重或是有肥胖癥？
And the average answer from the Saudis was just over a quarter.
平均答案是四分之一多一點(diǎn)。
That's what they thought. Just over a quarter of adults are overweight or obese.
那是他們認(rèn)為的。僅僅是四分之一多一點(diǎn)的成年人超重或有肥胖癥。
The official figures show, actually, it's nearer to three-quarters.
官方數(shù)據(jù)顯示，實(shí)際上，這個(gè)數(shù)字接近四分之三。
So again, a big variation.
這又是一個(gè)巨大的差異。
And I love this one: they asked in Japan, they asked the Japanese, for every 100 Japanese people, how many of them live in rural areas?
下面這個(gè)調(diào)查我很喜歡：他們問了日本人，每一百個(gè)日本人里面 有多少人住在鄉(xiāng)下？
The average was about a 50-50 split, just over halfway.
平均答案大概是一半，稍高于50%。
They thought 56 out of every 100 Japanese people lived in rural areas. The official figure is seven.
他們認(rèn)為每100個(gè)日本人中有56個(gè)居住在鄉(xiāng)村地區(qū)。而官方數(shù)字是7。
