a recent usa today article reported that 90 million americans are functionally illiterate 最近《今日美國》有一篇文章報道說,有九千萬美國人是半文盲。
even in the wealthiest countries with universal education, many people are functionally illiterate 甚至在實施普及教育的最富有國家,許多人在文字應(yīng)用能力上還是文盲。
go into any prison or hospital, and you will find a disproportionate number of people who are functionally illiterate 只要到任何監(jiān)獄或醫(yī)院,你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)功能性文盲的人不成比例的多。
up to 50 % of prisoners on release cannot read or write well enough to hold down a job, and up to 85 % of young offenders are functionally illiterate 多達(dá)50%的犯人在釋放之后不能閱讀或書寫一份足以申請工作的信函,并且多達(dá)85%的年輕罪犯者是機(jī)能上的文盲。
as an author, i am naturally concerned that a surprisingly large percentage of the population of the united states is functionally illiterate; if they can't read or cannot understand what they read, they won't buy books, or this magazine 我作為一名作家,自然地要關(guān)心在美國人口中驚人比例的實用文盲,如果他們不能讀或不能理解他們所讀內(nèi)容,他們就不會買書或是雜志。