Research company Globescan has produced a poll by country that asks individuals whether they agree that most rich people in their nation deserve their wealth. As the Economist notes, culture appears to play a role. Anglo-Saxon nations such as theU.K., Australia, Canada and the U.S. tend to agree with the statement more readily, while Europeans and Latin Americans are more skeptical.But there are also political and economic issues at play. Communist China ranks relatively high, likely because economic growth in the country has pulled so many people out of poverty in recent years. Growth may even supersede views of corruption. Indonesia and India, two countries along with China that rank high in Transparency International's index of corruption perceptions, also tend to be more sanguine about their rich. But both those countries have benefited from decenteconomic growth.

Clearly, the worst attitudes toward the rich are in places where corruption is high and economic growth is low. Greece, which sits at the bottom of the list with just 9% of respondents agreeing that the rich deserve their wealth, also has the worst economy and one of the highest perceptions of corruption.The below sortable chart shows the percentage of people in each country who agree or strongly agree that the rich deserve their wealth, it also includes the Corruption PerceptionsIndex score (a high number means less corruption), and the annual growth rate of GDP from 2007 to 2011.

詞匯點(diǎn)撥：

1、poll n.民意測驗(yàn), 投票, 票數(shù) v.做民意測驗(yàn), 獲得 ... 票

例句:
The poll reported Labour to be leading.
民意測驗(yàn)顯示工黨領(lǐng)先。
Mr. Hill polled over 3000 votes.
希爾先生獲得3000 多票。
The result of the poll won't be known until midnight.
投票結(jié)果要到半夜才能知道。

2、individual 個人，個體

She is acting as a private individual in this matter.
她在這個問題上只代表她個人意見。

3、deserve 應(yīng)受，值得

He deserved to be punished.
他應(yīng)當(dāng)受到懲罰。
You've been working all morning---you deserve a rest.
你已經(jīng)干了一個上午了，該休息一下了。

4、tend to 傾向于

It's probably not as bad as she says she does tend to pile it on.
大概不像她說的那么糟－－她確實(shí)有意夸大事實(shí)。

5、skeptical 表示懷疑的

The leader had the gift of being able to infuse enthusiasm into the most skeptical member of the group.
那位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人很有天賦，能使團(tuán)體中最持懷疑態(tài)度的人都充滿熱情。

6、 corruption 貪污，受賄

7、sanguine adj.樂天的, 自信的, 紅潤的

We are sanguine that we shall be succeeding.
我們自信會成功。

8、respondent 被告，應(yīng)答者