2025年全球最智慧城市的生活是什么样的？

近日，世界知识产权组织（WIPO）发布《2025年全球创新指数》百强创新集群，“深圳-香港-广州”创新集群首次排名全球第一。

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🤔️小作业：

1. Based on the article, which of the following best reflects the author's view of the innovation clusters described?

A. They demonstrate how planning can limit creativity.

B. They show that innovation flourishes only through competition.

C. They highlight the synergy between cultural heritage and modern technology.

D. They suggest that AI is replacing human creativity in urban design.

无注释原文：

What it's like to live in the world's smartest cities for 2025

From: BBC

Between the rapid rise of AI, self-driving cars and green energy going mainstream, innovation is advancing faster than ever. New inventions and patents are emerging from countries and cities across the globe, but a few places stand out as driving the greatest progress.

The 2025 Global Innovation Index (GII), published annually by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), ranks the top countries and metro-city clusters based on criteria including investment patterns, technological progress, adoption rates and overall socioeconomic impact. Collectively, the 100 leading clusters – from San Francisco to Shenzhen – account for more than 70% of global patents and venture capital activity.

We spoke to residents of the top innovation clusters to discover how technology shapes daily life and how visitors can experience their cutting-edge ideas – often before they reach the rest of the world.

China broke into the GII's top 10 for the first time this year, propelled by its surging number of patents, scientific investment and venture capital growth. It now hosts 24 of the 100 leading clusters in the report, with the South China tech centre of Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou coming in at number one.

In this region, technology is woven into everyday life and innovation is embedded in the culture. Hong Kong resident Jamie River says you can be at a street market where vendors use QR codes for payments next to handwritten price signs, while small shop owners manage their delivery orders through three different apps. "The collision of old and new creates this weird energy where nobody's scared to try stuff," says River, who has lived here for three years.

Hong Kong's Octopus card, which originally launched in 1997 as a payment method for public transport, is now a favourite everyday tech solution that can be used to pay for everything from vending machines to parking meters.

To experience Hong Kong's cutting-edge technology, River recommends visitors take the Star Ferry at night and watch the Symphony of Lights show, which synchronises a musical score with lights, lasers and LED screens across 43 buildings. For a glimpse of creative crossover, PMQ (a former police quarters) now houses studios, shops and cafes. "You'll see 3D-printing workshops next to traditional calligraphy studios," he said.

Home to global corporations from Huawei to Tencent, Shenzen's transformation from fishing village to tech powerhouse was an intentional move by the Chinese government when it designated the city as its first Special Economic Zone in 1980, offering tax breaks and incentives to spur innovation. Its status as a hub for creativity only grew after it was named a Unesco Creative City in 2008, with investment funding makerspaces such as the Shenzhen Open Innovation Lab.

"This supportive framework enables rapid scaling and experimentation," said Leon Huang, a resident since 2008. "Makerspaces such as the OCT Loft and Shekou's Design Society are available to everyone, granting affordable access to advanced tools, including VR setups. The variety of people who frequent these spaces, including hobbyists, students and professionals from tech companies like Huawei and DJI, contributes to a truly inclusive atmosphere."

Huang suggets visitors catch one of the elaborate drone shows that take place over Shenzhen Talent Park Bay or during major events such as the Spring Festival and National Day. The city recently set the record for the world's largest drone show, employing nearly 12,000 drones.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

What it's like to live in the world's smartest cities for 2025

From: BBC

Between the rapid rise of AI, self-driving cars and green energy going mainstream, innovation is advancing faster than ever. New inventions and patents are emerging from countries and cities across the globe, but a few places stand out as driving the greatest progress.

随着人工智能的迅猛发展、自动驾驶汽车以及绿色能源的普及，创新的步伐前所未有地加快。新发明和专利在全球各地不断涌现，但只有少数城市群成为真正的创新引擎。

mainstream /ˈmeɪn.striːm/ 表示“（思维、思想或信念等）主流的”，英文解释为“considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by most people”举个🌰：This is the director's first mainstream Hollywood film. 这是该导演在好莱坞的首部主流影片。

patent /ˈpeɪ.tənt/ 可以作名词，也可以作动词表示“申请专利”，英文解释为“to get the official legal right to make or sell an invention”举个🌰：If you don't patent your invention, other people may make all the profit out of it. 如果你不为你的发明申请专利权，其他人就会从中渔利。

The 2025 Global Innovation Index (GII), published annually by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), ranks the top countries and metro-city clusters based on criteria including investment patterns, technological progress, adoption rates and overall socioeconomic impact. Collectively, the 100 leading clusters – from San Francisco to Shenzhen – account for more than 70% of global patents and venture capital activity.

由世界知识产权组织（WIPO）每年发布的《2025年全球创新指数》（GII），综合投资模式、技术发展、应用程度及整体社会经济影响等标准，对各国及城市群进行排名。总体来看，从旧金山到深圳的前100个领先城市群贡献了全球七成以上的专利与风险投资活动。

intellectual property /ɪn.təlˌek.tju.əl ˈprɒp.ə.ti/ 表示“知识产权”，英文解释为“someone's idea, invention, creation, etc., that can be protected by law from being copied by someone else”

IP即为intellectual property的缩写，原意表示知识产权。据百度百科，互联网界的“IP”可以理解为所有成名文创（文学、影视、动漫、游戏等）作品的统称。也就是说此时的IP更多的只是代表智力创造的比如发明、文学和艺术作品这些著作的版权。

📍进一步引申来说，能够仅凭自身的吸引力，挣脱单一平台的束缚，在多个平台上获得流量，进行分发的内容，就是一个IP，它是能带来效应的“梗“或者“现象”，这个“梗”可以在各种平台发挥效应，因此IP也可以说是一款产品，能带来效应的产品。

metro /ˈmet.rəʊ/ 表示“大都市的”，英文解释为“relating to a large city and the area surrounding it”举个🌰：This guidebook includes a map of the Phoenix metro area. 这本旅游指南中有一幅菲尼克斯城区图。

cluster /ˈklʌs.tər/ 作动词，表示“群集，丛生；聚集”，英文解释为“be ore come into a cluster or close group; congregate”举个🌰：The children clustered together in the corner of the room. 孩子们聚集在房间的角落里。

作名词，1）表示“（人或动物的）群，团，组”，英文解释为“a group of people, animals or things close together”如：a cluster of spectators 一群旁观者；

2）表示“（同类物丛生或聚集的）簇，团，束，串”，英文解释为“a group of things of the same type that grow or appear close together”

criterion /kraɪˈtɪərɪən/ 表示“（判断的）标准，准则，原则”，复数形式为criteria，英文解释为“A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something.”举个🌰：The most important criterion for entry is that applicants must design and make their own work. 参加的最重要标准就是申请人必须设计并制作自己的作品。

We spoke to residents of the top innovation clusters to discover how technology shapes daily life and how visitors can experience their cutting-edge ideas – often before they reach the rest of the world.

我们走访了全球排名前列的创新城市群居民，探寻科技如何融入他们的日常生活，以及游客如何能抢先感受这些尚未在全球普及的创新体验。

cutting-edge /ˌkʌt.ɪŋˈedʒ/ 表示“尖端的，前沿的”，英文解释为“Cutting-edge techniques or equipment are the most advanced that there are in a particular field.”举个🌰：What we are planning is cutting-edge technology never seen before. 我们正在筹划的是前所未见的尖端技术。

🎬电影《像素大战》（Pixels）中的台词提到：I'm thinking this is a cutting-edge multinational enterprise. 我想是某先进跨国组织干的。

📍state-of-the-art表示“（技术上）最先进的”，英文解释为“If you describe something as state-of-the-art, you mean that it is the best available because it has been made using the most modern techniques and technology.”

📍leading edge表示“（某活动领域的）最重要位置，领先地位；（尤指技术上的）前沿，尖端”，英文解释为“The leading edge of a particular area of research or development is the area of it that seems most advanced or sophisticated.”如：at the leading edge of scientific research 在科学研究的前沿。

China broke into the GII's top 10 for the first time this year, propelled by its surging number of patents, scientific investment and venture capital growth. It now hosts 24 of the 100 leading clusters in the report, with the South China tech centre of Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou coming in at number one.

中国今年首次跻身全球创新指数前十，得益于专利数量激增、科研投入扩大及创投资本增长。在报告中，全球100个创新城市群里中国占据24席，南方科技重镇“深港穗”荣登榜首。

propel /prəˈpel/ 表示“推动；驱动；推进”，英文解释为“To propel something in a particular direction means to cause it to move in that direction.”举个🌰：The tiny rocket is attached to the spacecraft and is designed to propel it toward Mars. 微型火箭附在宇宙飞船上，用来推进飞船飞向火星。The film propelled him to international stardom. 这部电影使他成为了国际巨星。

In this region, technology is woven into everyday life and innovation is embedded in the culture. Hong Kong resident Jamie River says you can be at a street market where vendors use QR codes for payments next to handwritten price signs, while small shop owners manage their delivery orders through three different apps. "The collision of old and new creates this weird energy where nobody's scared to try stuff," says River, who has lived here for three years.

在这里，科技早已融入日常，创新深植于文化之中。香港居民杰米·里弗表示，在街市上你会看到摊贩一边用二维码收款，一边仍写着手写价签；而小店老板则通过三款应用同时接收外卖订单。“新旧碰撞产生了一种奇妙的活力，人人勇于尝试新事物。”里弗说，他已在此居住三年。

weave /wiːv/ 1）表示“编，编织；编制，编成”，英文解释为“to twist long objects together, or to make something by doing this”举个🌰：We were shown how to roughly weave ferns and grass together to make a temporary shelter. 有人给我们演示了如何将蕨类植物和草简单地编起来，搭成临时的栖身之所。

2）表示“（通过糅合不同的事物）编写；编造”，英文解释为“to form something from several different things or to combine several different things, in a complicated or skilled way”举个🌰：The biography is woven from the many accounts which exist of things she did. 该传记是根据大量现存的对她的事迹的记载编写而成的。

3）表示“（尤指为避开障碍）迂回行进，穿行”，英文解释为“to go or make a path by moving quickly and changing direction often, especially to avoid hitting things”举个🌰：The boy weaved through/between/in and out of stationary traffic on a bicycle. 那个男孩骑着自行车在静止的车流中迂回穿行。

embed /ɪmˈbed/ 表示“把…牢牢嵌入（或插入、埋入）”，英文解释为“to fix something firmly into a substance”

vendor /ˈven.dər/ 表示“小贩；摊主；卖主”，英文解释为“someone who is selling something”举个🌰：For the past few months she's been working as a street vendor, selling fruit and vegetables. 几个月以来，她一直在街头卖水果和蔬菜。

QR code 二维码，全称Quick Response Code. 条形码/条码呢？Barcode.

collision /kəˈlɪʒ.ən/ 1）表示“碰撞，互撞”，英文解释为“an accident that happens when two vehicles hit each other with force”举个🌰：There has been a collision on the southbound stretch of the motorway. 在高速公路南向路段上发生了一起撞车事故。

2）表示“冲突，抵触”，英文解释为“a strong disagreement”举个🌰：There was a collision of interests/opinions. 存在利益冲突/意见不和。

📍be on a collision course 表示“必然导致冲突；势必发生冲突”，英文解释为“If two or more people or groups are on a collision course, they are doing or saying things that are certain to cause a serious disagreement or fight between them.”举个🌰：All attempts at diplomacy have broken down and the two states now appear to be on a collision course. 所有的外交努力都失败了，现在两国发生冲突似乎在所难免。

Hong Kong's Octopus card, which originally launched in 1997 as a payment method for public transport, is now a favourite everyday tech solution that can be used to pay for everything from vending machines to parking meters.

香港“八达通”自1997年推出以来，已从公共交通支付卡演变为全民生活支付神器，从自动售货机到停车付费，无处不在。

vending machine /ˈven.dɪŋ ˌməˈʃiːn/ 表示“投币式自动售货机”，英文解释为“a machine from which you can buy small things such as cigarettes, drinks, and sweets by putting coins into it”举个🌰：The vending machine in the office dispenses really tasteless coffee. 办公楼里的投币式自动售货机售出的咖啡真是一点儿味道都没有。

parking meter /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ ˌmiː.tər/ 表示“停车计时收费器”，英文解释为“a device at the side of the road that you put money into so that you can leave your vehicle there for a particular amount of time”

To experience Hong Kong's cutting-edge technology, River recommends visitors take the Star Ferry at night and watch the Symphony of Lights show, which synchronises a musical score with lights, lasers and LED screens across 43 buildings. For a glimpse of creative crossover, PMQ (a former police quarters) now houses studios, shops and cafes. "You'll see 3D-printing workshops next to traditional calligraphy studios," he said.

若想感受香港的前言科技魅力，里弗建议夜乘天星小轮观赏“幻彩咏香江”灯光秀，音乐与灯光、激光、43幢建筑上LED幕墙的交织令人震撼。若想感受创意融合，可前往前警察宿舍改造的PMQ，这里集工作室、商铺和咖啡厅于一体。“你会看到3D打印工作坊旁边就是传统书法室。”他说。

recommend /ˌrek.əˈmend/ 表示“推荐，介绍；建议”，英文解释为“to suggest that someone or something would be good or suitable for a particular job or purpose, or to suggest that a particular action should be done”举个🌰：I can recommend the chicken in mushroom sauce - it's delicious. 我可以向您推荐蘑菇汁鸡肉——这道菜非常可口。

📍单词“recommend”由词根“-mend”（来自拉丁语“mendare”，表示“赞扬”）和前缀“reco-”（表示强调）组成。

英式 synchronise 美式 synchronize /ˈsɪŋ.krə.naɪz/ 表示“（使）同步，（使）同时发生”，英文解释为“to (cause to) happen at the same time”举个🌰：The show was designed so that the lights synchronized with the music. 根据设计，演出的灯光和音乐是同步的。

calligraphy /kəˈlɪɡrəfɪ/ 表示“书法；书法艺术”，英文解释为“(the art of producing) beautiful writing, often created with a special pen or brush”举个🌰：There's some wonderful calligraphy in these old manuscripts. 这些古老的手稿中有些地方书法极好。

Home to global corporations from Huawei to Tencent, Shenzen's transformation from fishing village to tech powerhouse was an intentional move by the Chinese government when it designated the city as its first Special Economic Zone in 1980, offering tax breaks and incentives to spur innovation. Its status as a hub for creativity only grew after it was named a Unesco Creative City in 2008, with investment funding makerspaces such as the Shenzhen Open Innovation Lab.

作为华为、腾讯等全球企业的总部所在地，深圳从渔村到科技强市的转变，是中国政府在1980年将其设为首个经济特区、提供税收优惠与创新激励的战略举措。2008年被评为联合国教科文组织创意城市后，深圳的创新地位更上一层楼，投入资金建设了深圳开放创新实验室等创客空间。

powerhouse /ˈpaʊə.haʊs/ 表示“强国；权势集团；显贵；身强体壮的人；精力充沛的人”，英文解释为“a country, organization, or person with a lot of influence, power, or energy”举个🌰：Germany is an economic powerhouse. 德国是经济强国。

designate /ˈdezɪɡneɪt/ 1）表示“命名；指定，划定（特征、用途）”，英文解释为“When you designate someone or something as a particular thing, you formally give them that description or name.”举个🌰：There are efforts under way to designate the bridge (as) a historic landmark. 人们在努力把这座桥定为历史地标。

2）表示“指定，选定；委派”，英文解释为“When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job.”举个🌰：Designate someone as the spokesperson. 指派某人为发言人。

📍designated作形容词，表示“指定的；特指的，划定的”

📍类似的有个词dedicated，表示“专用的，专门的”（designed to be used for one particular purpose）举个🌰：Such areas should also be served by dedicated cycle routes. 这些地区也应该可由自行车专用路线到达。

makerspace /ˈmeɪ.kə.speɪs/ 表示“创客空间”，英文解释为“a place where people can come together to create or invent things, either using traditional crafts or technology”举个🌰：Bring your projects along to the makerspace. 把你正在做的东西带到创客空间来吧。

"This supportive framework enables rapid scaling and experimentation," said Leon Huang, a resident since 2008. "Makerspaces such as the OCT Loft and Shekou's Design Society are available to everyone, granting affordable access to advanced tools, including VR setups. The variety of people who frequent these spaces, including hobbyists, students and professionals from tech companies like Huawei and DJI, contributes to a truly inclusive atmosphere."

“这套支持体系让创新能快速孵化与试验，”自2008年起居住在当地的黄立安（音译）说。“像华侨城创意园和蛇口设计互联这样的创客空间对公众开放，提供平价使用包括VR设备在内的先进工具。爱好者、学生以及来自华为、大疆等科技公司的专业人士共同构成了包容的创新氛围。”

frequent /ˈfriː.kwənt/ 作动词，表示“常去，常到”，英文解释为“to be in or visit a particular place often”如：a bar frequented by criminals 犯罪分子经常光顾的酒吧。

hobbyist /ˈhɒb.i.ɪst/ 表示“爱好者”，英文解释为“someone who does something as a hobby”如：a computer hobbyist 计算机爱好者。

Huang suggets visitors catch one of the elaborate drone shows that take place over Shenzhen Talent Park Bay or during major events such as the Spring Festival and National Day. The city recently set the record for the world's largest drone show, employing nearly 12,000 drones.

黄立安建议游客不要错过深圳人才公园湾的无人机灯光秀，尤其是在春节或国庆等节日期间的表演。深圳近期以近1.2万架无人机创造了全球最大规模无人机表演纪录。

elaborate /iˈlæb.ər.ət/ 作动词，表示“详尽说明；阐述”，英文解释为“to add more information to or explain something that you have said”

本身也可以作形容词，表示“精心计划（或制作）的；详尽的；复杂的”，英文解释为“containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts”举个🌰：They're making the most elaborate preparations for the wedding. 他们正为婚礼做极为精心周到的准备。

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