But the reading gap at least may be narrowing.

但至少二者间的阅读差距正在缩小。

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"The gulf between our 15-year-olds' reading abilities and those from other countries is stark -a gap that starts to open in the very first few years of a child's education", said Mr Gibb.

吉布先生指出，“我国的15岁少年阅读能力与其他国家的差距是非常明显的——这种差距在儿童教育的早期就开始出现了。”

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For the past five years, the national conversation on education has focused on reading scores, math tests and closing the "achievement gap" between social classes.

过去的5年中，全国范围内关于教育的讨论集中在阅读分数，数学考试，消除社会各阶层之际成就差距上。

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If the element of surprise is to become absolutely central and paramount in the reading process, the gap has to get bigger.

如果“惊讶“元素在阅读过程中是,绝对中心，至高无上的，那么这个间隙必须会更大。

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However, the gap in reading scores not only remained, but got bigger as the sexes became more equal.

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So once you adjusted for the lack of reading and mathematics, the pay gap would disappear.

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At the foot of the table, Queens Park Rangers closed the gap between themselves and second-from-bottom Reading to three points with a 2-1 win away to Southampton.

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