We have come to realize that creativity is--it takes to keep

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我们必须认识到,创造力才能使一个国家保持高度的竞争力。
我们说：it takes creativity to keep a nation ……。变成名词性从句,用what代替creativity,就成了what it takes to keep a nation highly competitive 。
what引导名词性从句表示“……的东西、事物”