旅行英语：全球最强大护照---德国

 　　The German passport has been ranked the most powerfulpassport in the world in the latest Passport Power Indexconducted by consultancy firm Henley and Partners.

　　著名咨询公司Henley and Partners制成的最新护照强度排行榜显示，德国护照成为全球最强护照。

　　The ranking index¹ scored 218 country passports, with pointsaccumulated passports for each visa free country that theirholders can visit without a visa, or they can obtain a visa on arrival.

　　这一排名对218个国家的护照进行打分，持有者免签出入一国或可以获得该国的落地签就增加得分。

　　According to the report, the world is becoming increasingly² globalized and more and more peopleare travelling because of work and lifestyle.

　　根据报告显示，世界正在变得越来越全球化，越来越多的人由于工作和生活方式，选择国际旅游。

　　The German passport offered the most travel freedom, with 177 countries allowing hassle-freeentry to their bearers. In the second spot was the Swedish passport, with free access into 176countries. Third place was shared by the Finnish, French, Italian, Spanish and British, all havingvisa-free access to 175 countries.

　　德国护照为持有者提供的旅行自由度最高，能让其自由进入177个国家。瑞典护照位居第二，持有者可免签进入176个国家。芬兰、法国、意大利、西班牙和英国护照并列第三，持有者均可免签进入175个国家。

　　Croatia's passport was ranked in equal 24th place, dropping 2 positions from the 2015 and 2014index. The passports of Somalia, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan were at the bottom of the index.

　　克罗地亚的护照排名位居第24位，比起2014年和2015年下滑了2位。索马里、伊拉克、巴基斯坦和阿富汗的护照则在该榜单的底部。

 

1 index   

n.食指；索引；标志；指数；v.把...编索引

参考例句：

• Performonce is an index of ability.成绩是能力的标志。
• Manner of walking gives an index to one's charactor.走路的姿态可反应出人的性格。

2 increasingly   

adv.逐渐地，日益地，逐渐增加地

参考例句：

• Rivers are being increasingly made use of by man. 河流正在日益为人类所利用。
• I find it increasingly difficult to live within my income.我发现靠收入过日子越来越难了。