“全球最聪明国家与地区榜”发布中国位列第三_BEC初级作文

“全球最聪明国家与地区榜”发布中国位列第三

英国Vouchercloud门户网站近日编制了一份“全球最聪明国家与地区”榜单，排名基于三大因素——诺贝尔奖获得者人数、人口平均智商以及小学生学习成绩，认为这三个因素分别代表一个国家国民过去、现在、未来一代的智力。中国在榜单中排第三位，单项排名分别为第21、第2和第7。

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榜单前10位。

Collectively, we humans are a pretty clever bunch. During our short time on this planet we’ve split the atom, traveled to space, built the limited slip differential and invented an umbrella for dogs. Yep, all clever stuff.

从整体来看，我们人类已经够聪明了。人类在地球上诞生发展并不算长久的历史进程中，我们分裂了原子、去太空旅行、建造了限滑差速器、还发明了狗狗专用雨伞。是的，这都需要智慧。

limited slip differential：限滑差速器

But (most of) these inventions, discoveries and great leaps forward are collective efforts rather than the inspired genius and toil of one lonely, dedicated man or woman. Which begs the question (sort of), of which is the cleverest nation in the world?

但大部分发明创造以及科学进步都是集体智慧的结晶，而并非某个坚忍不拔的人的天分和辛勤劳作的产物。那么问题来了，哪个国家或地区的人们最聪明呢？

Which people have contributed the most to our advancement as a species? Which does best at school, and which has the highest IQ? All important contributing factors when deciding where to visit next, no doubt. Luckily though, Vouchercloud has done the legwork for you and diligently researched and ranked the top 25 countries in the world by intelligence.