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世界上最聪明孩子是如何炼成? 　　根据一项研究表明，在全球教育排行中，芬兰和韩国分别占据第一和第二位，而美国仅排在第17位。究竟是什么使芬兰和韩国的教育能够出类拔萃呢？政府的财政支持、浓厚的教育文化、高素质的教师队伍是其中不可或缺的重要因素。美国作家Amanda Ripley为此作了调查，并完成新作《The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way》，其中以芬兰和韩国为典型国家，探究他们获得成功的法宝以及希望以此对美国和其他国家提供经验。 世界上最聪明的孩子是如何炼成的呢？下面就让我们一起来了解一二吧。 Jacki Lyden （Host）： Its often said that great teachers should be paid more than great athletes. But do highly-paid teachers really make kids smarter？ Author Amanda Ripley 1）crisscrossed the world to find out. In her new book， “The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way，”she 2）tags along with American school kids who left home on exchange programs and landed in classrooms from South Korea to Finland. And she joins us to share whats working and what’s not in classrooms around the world. Amanda Ripley， thank you for coming in. Amanda Ripley： Thanks for having me. Lyden： To begin， why dont you remind us where American kids stand with respect to kids in all other parts of the world in terms of how well educated we are？ Ripley： American 15-year-olds perform about 26th in the world in a test of critical thinking in math， 17th in science and 12th in reading. And our high school graduation rate is now below that of about 20 other nations. Lyden： So it means its something that we need to address， obviously. Ripley： Yeah. And I think weve tried to address it， in our defense. So many years weve tried and tried， and it starts to feel hopeless. But whats exciting is if you look around the world， you see wild improvement and change. And so we havent really changed much， but other countries have changed a lot. Lyden： You went around the world to look at how well kids were doing. Tell me a little bit about the 3）premise of this. What were you looking for？ Ripley： I kept hearing about these countries， you know， that you hear about on the headlines―Finland， Korea―they were outperforming us in education year after year. But I couldnt quite imagine what it was like