香港做的最好的10件事情(CNN)--HowcanyounotloveHongKong?(CNN)——你怎能不爱香港?HomeofBruceLee,divinedimsum,loftybuildings,loftierrealestatepricesand--inspiteofallthosebuildings--easyaccesstoincrediblestretchesofgreatoutdoors.It'sbeenmorethan15yearssincetheBritishhandedHongKongovertoChineserulebutlittlehaschanged.HongKongremainsacompetitiveandindependentcity,consistentlyrankedasoneoftheworld'sbestplacestolive.Butdon'ttakeourwordforit.Hereare10thingsthisgreatcitydoesbetterthananywhereelse.李小龙的故乡,美味的点心,高耸的建筑,昂贵的房地产价格,但轻易就可接近大自然,尽管高楼林立。回归已经15年了,可是并没有改变多少。香港是个非常具有竞争力和独立的城市,经常被评为世界最适宜居住地之一。但是不要只听我们说说而已。以下是香港比其他地方做的都好的10件事情。1.Tonaltalents声调人才NativeEnglishspeakerswho'vemanagedtolearnCantonesefromscratch:giveyourselvesapatontheback.Thelanguagehasatotalofsixtoninetones,dependingonwhereyou'rehearingit,comparedtoEnglish'szerotones.NootherAsianlanguagecomesclose.(TherearefourtonesinMandarin,fiveinThaiandsixinVietnamese).That'skindoflikesayingoneEnglishwordcanbepronouncedsixdifferentwaysandhaveatleastsixdifferentmeanings.Localsliketosaythismakesusparticularlygoodatmusic(certainkaraokesessionshaveprovenotherwise)andstudieshaveshownthere'ssometruthtothis.Toaddtothecomplexity--andfun--ofthelanguage,Cantoneseisadialectwithnewslanginventedeverydayandmanywordsaren'tusedinwrittencommunication.Intimidated?英语为母语但成功学会了广东话的人:你应该给自己鼓掌一下。广东话总共有6到9种声调,要看是哪个地方的广东话,而英语根本就没有声调。其他的亚洲语言根本无法和它相比(普通话有四种声调,泰语有5种声调,越南语有6种)。这就好比一个英语单词有6种发音,而且至少也有六种意思。当地人说这让我们特别擅长于音乐(在某些卡拉OK聚会里,这种理论并不成立),也有研究证明了这一点。每天都有新的俚语加入到广东方言中,许多根本就没有在书面交流中使用,所以这增加了这门语言的复杂性和乐趣。害怕了吗?2.Stayingalive存活下来Don'twannagetmurdered?CometoHongKong!Thecitynotonlyhasoneofthelowestcrimeratesintheworld,itranksthirdinalistcompiledbytheUnitedNationsOfficeonDrugsandCrimein2011ofplaceswiththeleasthomicides.HongKong--withanintentionalhomiciderateof0.2per100,000peopleinthelast16years--onlylostouttoMonacoandPalau,wheretherehavebeenzerorecordedmurders.WhenyouconsiderthatHongKonghasapopulationofmorethan7millioncrammedintoacityof1,104squarekilometers,whileMonacoonlyhasabout36,000peopleandidyllicislandnationPalauabout20,000,HongKongdefinitelytriumphsasthesafestcityintheworld.不想被谋杀?那来香港吧!香港不仅是世界上犯罪率最低的城市,在联合国毒品与犯罪办公室的最少杀人犯排名中排第三。过去16年来,香港十万人中只有0.2%的谋杀率,只输给了摩纳哥和帕劳群岛,这两个地方没有谋杀的犯罪记录。可是,香港人口700多万,土地面积1104平方公里,而摩纳哥只有36000人,帕劳只有2万人,所以香港无疑是世界上最安全的城市。3.Gettingyouthere交通方便HongKongisreallygoodatgettingyouwhereyouneedtogo.Thepublictransportationsystemisfamousaroundtheworldforitsefficiencyandprofitability,makingHongKongoneoftheleastcar-dependentcities,withonlyabout710,000registeredvehicles.Inparticular,theMTRCorporationthatoperatesHongKong'ssubwaysystemissogoodatwhattheydotheyrunothercity'strainsaswell,includingoperatingsectionsofsubwaylinesinBeijing,Hangzhou,Shenzhen,LondonandthewholeofMelbourneandStockholm'sundergroundnetworks.香港在把你送到目的地上确实厉害。香...