人们经常从类似这样的图表中得出一个结论是，尽管英国有着一个会让前众议院议长纽特·金里奇（Newt Gingrich）感到头大的公共医疗体系，他们的人均寿命还是要比美国高。

One conclusions that is often drawn from graphs like these is: the UK has an publicly-run health care system that would make Newt Gingrich's head explode, but they still have higher life-expectancy.

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而争论的核心是酒精引起的狂乱：整体上英国人的饮酒量也许没那么多，但当他们饮酒后，一些人陷入狂乱之中，从暴力犯罪到严重的健康问题都接踵而来。

But the core of the argument is binge drinking: Britons may not down that much overall, but when they do, some run amok, and everything from violence to serious health problems result.

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许多英国人压根就没听说过这个地方：在他们的历史课本上，从1066年一直到都铎王朝开始的400年间是一片空白。

Many Britons have never heard of it: school history tends to skip the 400-or-so years between 1066 and the start of the Tudor era.

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