It is behind relatively poor nations such as Estonia, Poland and the Slovak Republic in reading, maths and science.

在阅读、数学和自然科学科目上，英国还不如较为贫穷的国家如爱沙尼亚、波兰和斯洛伐克。

The Czech Republic, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, plus the Mediterranean islands of Cyrus and Malta all became members.

捷克、波兰、斯洛伐克、斯洛文尼亚，再加上赛勒斯、马耳他这些地中海的岛国都成为它的成员。