British越來(lái)越'笨'了（怪不得他們能脫歐），研究表明，從維多利亞時(shí)代開(kāi)始西方高智商人群的生育率和子女存活率都低于低智商人群，100年來(lái)已經(jīng)把西方國(guó)家的平均智商水平拉低了14.1。

A new study from researchers in Europe claims?that the average IQ in western nations dropped by a staggering?14.1 points over the past the century.?

歐洲的新的研究表明，西方國(guó)家的平均智商,在一個(gè)世紀(jì)以來(lái)下降了驚人的14.1。

“We tested the hypothesis?that Victorians were cleverer than modern populations, using high-quality instruments，Namely measure?of simple visual?reaction time in the mate-analytic?study.”The researchers wrote in the study, which has published online in the JOURNAL Intelligence on?Thursday.?

研究人員在星期四發(fā)表在網(wǎng)絡(luò)雜志intelligence的研究報(bào)告中寫(xiě)到:“為了驗(yàn)證維多利亞時(shí)期的人比現(xiàn)代人聰明，我們使用了高質(zhì)量?jī)x器，即配對(duì)分析研究中的簡(jiǎn)單視覺(jué)反應(yīng)測(cè)量?！?/p>

Simple reaction time measures correlate substantially with measures of (general intelligence) and are considered elementary measures of cognition

簡(jiǎn)單測(cè)量視覺(jué)反應(yīng)時(shí)間的方法與測(cè)試人智商的方法基本一致，這種簡(jiǎn)單反應(yīng)測(cè)試被認(rèn)為是測(cè)試認(rèn)知的基本方法。

The results might a Surprise Some. Especially if? the researchers were simply measuring visual response?time.

結(jié)果讓人震驚,尤其是研究者僅僅看簡(jiǎn)單視覺(jué)反應(yīng)時(shí)間。

After all, in a digital world constantly competing for our attention, it would seem?people generally respond more?quickly visual?stimuli. however,the results appear to indicate something different.

畢竟現(xiàn)在是數(shù)碼產(chǎn)品為了吸引人眼球持續(xù)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的世界，人們似乎應(yīng)該對(duì)視覺(jué)刺激物反應(yīng)更快了。然而結(jié)果表明的卻是不一樣的答案。

The Victorian era ran?roughly from 1837 to 1901，Coniciding?with the reign?of England's?Queen Victoria.

維多利亞時(shí)代在大約是1837年到1901年，恰好是英國(guó)女皇維多利亞統(tǒng)治的時(shí)期。

Some have credited the Reform Act of 1832 with sparking an era of previous unprecedented peace and prosperity in U.K.

一些人將英國(guó)開(kāi)啟這一空前繁榮和和平的時(shí)代（維多利亞時(shí)代）歸功于1832年的改革法案。

So why has there been such a steady drop？As UPI notes, Previous research studies has found that women of higher intelligence tend to have fewer children on average,Meaning that population groups may be driven by those with lower IQ. And over time,The abundance of less intelligence of fspring would affect the overall IQ average.

就像合眾社提到的一樣，所以為什么英國(guó)人的智商有持續(xù)穩(wěn)定的下降呢？早先的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，平均而言高智商女性更難生孩子。這說(shuō)明英國(guó)的人口增長(zhǎng)主要是靠低智商人群控制的。大量的低智商人群后代會(huì)影響總體的平均智商。

On average，The general intelligence of those population measured drop by. 1.23 points per decade. “Those findings strongly indicate that with?respect to general intelligence The Victorians were Substantially cleverer than more modern western population.” the study says.

平均而言，英國(guó)正常智商的人口每10年減少1.23%。研究總結(jié)到，“這些發(fā)現(xiàn)。強(qiáng)有力的證明了，維多利亞時(shí)期的普通人的智商總體上比現(xiàn)代的人要高。”

名詞（詞組）

cognition and intelligence 認(rèn)知和智商

動(dòng)詞（詞組）

with respect to 關(guān)于~ about?

tested the（point or hypothesis）測(cè)試驗(yàn)證觀點(diǎn)或假說(shuō)。

compete for others?attention 博人眼球?

climbed（增加），爬山

dropped（減少），跌落 by 1 point per decade（以xx速度減少）

coinciding?同時(shí)發(fā)生?with，巧合coincide with

completing 完成 結(jié)束 end

形容詞（詞組）

sharp 急劇的 （fast and strong）

steady? 持續(xù)的，穩(wěn)定的 growth/drop 穩(wěn)定增長(zhǎng)/下降

precedent 名詞先例

unprecedented 史無(wú)前例? ?peace and prosperity/ success ，U.K. was develop at an unprecedented rate?in VICTORIAN

史無(wú)前例的和平與繁榮/成功，

維多利亞時(shí)期英國(guó)以空前的速度發(fā)展繁榮

副詞（詞組????）??

??insignificant 不重要的，微不足道的，negligible? ?（奶個(gè)力雞脖）

substantially ，基本上，大體上，大大地 80%＋，=broadly

namely 就是 就叫