Nurses get top marks when it comes to honesty and ethics, and car salesmen are the least trusted people, according to Gallup's annual U.S. survey of professions.

　　美国调查机构盖洛普公司的一份调查结果显示，护士是所有职业中最诚实、最有道德的职业，而汽车销售商则是一群最不可信和最不可靠的人。

　　Nurses were given a "very high" or "high rating" by 79 percent of those surveyed nationwide in telephone interviews with 1,015 adults, aged 18 or older, conducted Dec.19-21.

　　这项调查是在12月19日至21日进行的，1015名18岁以上的成年人通过电话接受了调查。79%的人认为护士这一职业的诚信度是"非常高"或"高等级"的。

　　Grade school teachers were next highest on the chart of 21 professions at 73 percent, one point higher than pharmacists and military officers.

　　在21种职业中，小学教师的诚实度紧随护士，为73%；药剂师和军官均以72%的得分并列第3名。

　　Car salesmen brought up the rear with only 9 percent rating their honesty and ethics as high. That was one point lower than for people in advertising.

　　汽车销售商只被9%的人认为是诚实可靠的，排在倒数第1位，它比倒数第2的广告业人士还要低一个百分点。

　　Journalists did not fare much better in public approval. TV reporters (23 percent) and newspaper reporters (21) ranked below auto mechanics (26) and nursing home operators (24) on the list.

　　新闻记者这一职业也没有得到公众太多的认同。电视记者为23%，报纸记者为21%，排在汽车修理工(26%)和疗养院护工(24%)之后。

　　The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, Gallup said.

　　盖洛普调查公司承认，该项调查存在3%左右的误差。
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