No. I have an article here that appeared in the Boston Globe, dated Sep. 15, 1995, which says Almost Half Adult in states don't read well.

不，我这里有一篇,1995年9月15日，刊登在《波士顿环球报》上的文章，文章指出，在美国，差不多一半的成年人。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

My goal in this course is to allow you or to invite you to read someof the most compelling novels written in the last little over a half century.

我上这门课的目的,就是让你或者说是邀请你,来读一些刚过去的半个多世纪里,最引人注目的小说。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It's this line, "And with forc'd fingers rude" - this is called a broken line or a half-line, and this broken line has been read, I think, rightly as Milton's indication to his reader that he's not even up to the task of writing a sonnet at this point.

是这句，“我不得已伸出我这粗鲁的手指“,-这叫做断裂句，或者半句，将这句理解为,弥尔顿向读者暗示他此时甚至,还不能写好十四行诗是正确的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And a couple of the communards-- one is a woman that you'll read about later, called Louise Michel, who spends half her time in exile in London, who was an anarchist, basically, was very important, along with Elisabeth Dmitrieff.

巴黎公社中的一些社员,你们之后会在阅读材料中读到她,她叫路易斯·米歇尔,她半辈子的时间都被放逐于伦敦,她是无政府主义者,更关键的是因为,她与伊丽莎白·德米特里耶夫的观点一致

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选