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。

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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。

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"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。

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He says the extent and quality of long-term literacy is important to individual economic success and quality of life in a community and a nation.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

I have a chart here, which I'll make available to, with a listing of nations with worse literacy record in the world.

现在我手中有一张表格，这个我会公开给大家，这里列出了世界上,具有较差文化素养的一些国家。

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So how should we go about investing in them in terms of ensuring they have literacy skills?

如何保证他们拥有更高的文化素养,以使他们为社会做出更大贡献呢？

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This rapid economic progress was combined with big social advances in literacy and life expectancy.

ECONOMIST: Asian welfare states

"We need more catch-up and stretch - particularly in literacy and numeracy, " says the education secretary.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Struggling pupils get extra help

This has resulted in low achievement levels for students particularly in literacy and numeracy.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN APIA