In literacy, they were actually doing better than their peers in other countries.
在读写能力方面，他们实际上比其他国家的同龄人做得更好。
This increase in literacy, in reading, led to an increase in demand for eyeglasses.
读写能力，阅读能力的提高，导致了对眼镜需求的增加。
Impressive gains in education include a rise in literacy.
教育引人注目的收获之一是识字的人增多了。
"Recent increases in literacy and Indian per-person income might have thus contributed to increased selective abortion of girls," it said.
“最近印度人文化程度的提高和收入的增加也许在助长性别选择性堕胎的增加，”报告说。
The centre is run by the Afghan national police and British soldiers, and recruits learn policing techniques, military skills and receive lessons in literacy and numeracy.
该中心由阿富汗国家警察和英国士兵联合经营，其招募者学习警务技术、军事机能，还接受一些文化和算术课程。
David Wray, an expert in literacy and education at Warwick University, says that coming to literature through films is a more sociable way of getting to know about cultural heritage.
华威大学文化与教育专家大卫瑞说，通过电影进入文学是一种更具社交性的了解文化传统的方式。
The OECD ranks Britain 17th among 57 countries in literacy, 24th in mathematics (below the average) and 14th in science-a poor showing for a rich country with a fine intellectual tradition.
在57个国家中，英国公民的识字水平被OECD排到第17位，数学水平排到24为(低于平均水平)，科学水平排第14位——对一个有良好教育传统的富裕国家来说是很差的水平。
Far from helping British children catch up with their peers in other countries, the campaigners say, such a "head start" in literacy may cause emotional and behavioural problems later on.
这些专家称：这样一个文化知识方面的“提前教育”不但不能是英国儿童赶上其他国家的同龄儿童，反而会在随后引起情感和行为方面的问题。
At best, watching television can be educational as well as entertaining, but nobody wishes to raise literacy levels by simply sitting in front of a TV box.
电视至多有教育和娱乐功能，但没人指望简单地通过看电视来提高读写水平。
Standards in Finland have vastly improved in reading, math and science literacy over the past decade, in large part because its teachers are trusted to do whatever it takes to turn young lives around.
在过去的十年里，芬兰的阅读、数学和科学素养标准都有了很大提高，很大程度上因为人们信任芬兰的老师们会尽其所能来改变年轻人的生活。
It is notoriously difficult to teach adults skills that do not have an immediate impact on their everyday lives, and many literacy campaigns in other countries have been much less successful.
众所周知，教成年人一些对他们日常生活没有直接影响的技能是非常困难的，而其他国家的许多扫盲运动都远远没有我们这么成功。
In both 1850 and 1914, the Scandinavian countries had the highest literacy rates in Europe, or in the world, and the Netherlands was well above the European average.
在1850年和1914年，斯堪的纳维亚半岛各国的教育普及率是全欧洲或全世界最高的，而荷兰则远远高于欧洲平均水平。
Little Free Library spreads the idea that literacy is of great importance and pushes people to learn and grow in their own literacy.
小小免费图书馆传播识字极为重要的理念，促使人们学习和提高自己的读写能力。
In 1985, after the National Literacy Crusade had ended, the infant mortality figures for those who remained illiterate and for those educated in primary school remained more or less unchanged.
1985年，在全国扫盲运动结束后，那些仍处于文盲状态的妇女和接受过小学教育的妇女生出来的的婴儿的死亡率基本没有变化。
Studies have shown that books in the hands of children have a meaningful influence on improving literacy.
研究表明，孩子手中的书籍对提高其读写能力影响重大。
In 1979, the government of Nicaragua established a number of social programmes, including a National Literacy Crusade.
1979年，尼加拉瓜政府建立了若干社会方案，其中包括一项全国扫盲运动。
There is a crisis of literacy in this country.
在美国存在着读写能力的危机。
This year's observance of International Literacy Day highlights the central role of literacy in the empowerment of women.
今年的国际扫盲日纪念活动突出展示识字在增强妇女能力方面的中心作用。
It is also time to install a vigorous programme of scientific literacy in schools, a programme additional to normal science subjects.
现在也是在学校设置一个有力的科学素养项目的时候了，这个项目是正常的科学课程的补充。
Recruitment has been hugely cranked up, attrition rates are well down, and recruits now gets a crash course in basic literacy and numeracy—many, the foreign instructors find, cannot even count.
征兵已经大面积启动，消耗率也大大降低，而且征兵现在获得一个在基本的识字和识数外，还有不可估计的一些外国教师类速成的课程。
Classes in media literacy are a pressing need.
媒介素养课程是一项迫切的需要。
In the latest PISA survey, in 2009, Finland placed second in science literacy, third in mathematics and second in reading.The u.
最近的一次PISA测试是在2009年，芬兰在科学素养方面名列第二，在数学方面名列第三，在阅读方面名列第二。
In the latest PISA survey, in 2009, Finland placed second in science literacy, third in mathematics and second in reading. The u.
最近的一次PISA测试是在2009年，芬兰在科学素养方面名列第二，在数学方面名列第三，在阅读方面名列第二。
In the latest PISA survey, in 2009, Finland placed second in science literacy, third in mathematics and second in reading.
最近的一次PISA测试是在2009年，芬兰在科学素养方面名列第二，在数学方面名列第三，在阅读方面名列第二。
The literacy rate in is Liberia 57.5%. For women the figure is 41.6%.
利比里亚识字率占总人口57.5%，女性识字率比例为41.6%。
The literacy rate in is Liberia 57.5%. For women the figure is 41.6%.
利比里亚识字率占总人口57.5%，女性识字率比例为41.6%。
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