The average IQ of the British is declining，英国平均智商正在下降。
British越来越'笨'了（怪不得他们能脱欧），研究表明，从维多利亚时代开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年来已经把西方国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.
欧洲的新的研究表明，西方国家的平均智商,在一个世纪以来下降了惊人的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.
研究人员在星期四发表在网络杂志intelligence的研究报告中写到:“为了验证维多利亚时期的人比现代人聪明，我们使用了高质量仪器，即配对分析研究中的简单视觉反应测量。”
Simple reaction time measures correlate substantially with measures of (general intelligence) and are considered elementary measures of cognition
简单测量视觉反应时间的方法与测试人智商的方法基本一致，这种简单反应测试被认为是测试认知的基本方法。
The results might a Surprise Some. Especially if the researchers were simply measuring visual response time.
结果让人震惊,尤其是研究者仅仅看简单视觉反应时间。
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.
毕竟现在是数码产品为了吸引人眼球持续竞争的世界，人们似乎应该对视觉刺激物反应更快了。然而结果表明的却是不一样的答案。
The Victorian era ran roughly from 1837 to 1901，Coniciding with the reign of England's Queen Victoria.
维多利亚时代在大约是1837年到1901年，恰好是英国女皇维多利亚统治的时期。
Some have credited the Reform Act of 1832 with sparking an era of previous unprecedented peace and prosperity in U.K.
一些人将英国开启这一空前繁荣和和平的时代（维多利亚时代）归功于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.
就像合众社提到的一样，所以为什么英国人的智商有持续稳定的下降呢？早先的研究发现，平均而言高智商女性更难生孩子。这说明英国的人口增长主要是靠低智商人群控制的。大量的低智商人群后代会影响总体的平均智商。
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，英国正常智商的人口每10年减少1.23%。研究总结到，“这些发现。强有力的证明了，维多利亚时期的普通人的智商总体上比现代的人要高。”
名词（词组）
cognition and intelligence 认知和智商
动词（词组）
with respect to 关于~ about
tested the（point or hypothesis）测试验证观点或假说。
compete for others attention 博人眼球
climbed（增加），爬山
dropped（减少），跌落 by 1 point per decade（以xx速度减少）
coinciding 同时发生 with，巧合coincide with
completing 完成 结束 end
形容词（词组）
sharp 急剧的 （fast and strong）
steady 持续的，稳定的 growth/drop 稳定增长/下降
precedent 名词先例
unprecedented 史无前例 peace and prosperity/ success ，U.K. was develop at an unprecedented rate in VICTORIAN
史无前例的和平与繁荣/成功，
维多利亚时期英国以空前的速度发展繁荣
副词（词组）
insignificant 不重要的，微不足道的，negligible （奶个力鸡脖）
substantially ，基本上，大体上，大大地 80%＋，=broadly
namely 就是 就叫
