There's some evidence that through some kind of

有证据表明通过
public private partnership some good could take place.

公私合作关系促成了一些成果
When I say we could lead the world in that

我说我们已经在这方面引领全球
it's not because we're out in front

不是因为我们的政府在这些方面
as a government on these issues, we're not,

做的十分出色并不是如此
we lag badly, badly behind most other advanced democratic nations.

我们远远落后于很多先进民主的国家
Japan, to give you one example you may have heard of,

日本举个你们可能听过的例子
has required I think they're still doing this,

已经要求他们应该还在坚持做这个事
every single person in the country

他们国家的每一个人
have something equivalent to their BMI measured and recorded.

测量并记录他们的BMI值
That's a kind of solution that wouldn't go--

这是种解决办法
you couldn't do it in this class,

但是教室里的大家不会这么做