For example, John Mogger became concerned about the problem of illiteracy three years ago, so he started teaching five prisoners in Brazil.

举说， 三年前文盲问题引起了John Mogger的关心，于是他便开始在巴西为五囚犯授课。

A billion brains seem a more economically potent force in an era of mass education, in contrast to the mass illiteracy that prevailed in the past.

和过去大批文盲盛行的时代相比，在大众教育时代，十亿人在经济上的量似乎更加强大。

But first I have a question for you, Phil. I mentioned a recent UN report on the high numbers of people unable to read and write, but illiteracy is not a new problem.

但首先我有一问题要问你，菲尔。我提到了联合国最近关于大量人无法读写的报告，但文盲并不是一新问题。

UNICEF has found that illiteracy is a bigger problem among girls and young women.

联合国儿童基金会发现，女孩和年轻女性的文盲现象更加严重。

Such courses, Hacker argues, are a remedy to the numerical illiteracy of adults who have completed high-level math like algebra but are unable to calculate the price of, say, a carpet by area.

哈克认为，这类课程对于缺乏算术能的成年人说是一种补救措施，他们虽然学完了像代数这样的高等数学，但却不会算价格，比如按面积计算地毯的单价。

But there were no earnings, there were only debts, and so there were no free schools and there was a generation of children growing up in ignorance who would spread the seeds of illiteracy down the years.

可是现在不但没有赢利，反而欠债，结果也就没有免费的学校了。由于大部分人没钱送孩上学，因此出现了从小在无知中成长起的一代人，他们将在以后若干年中散播文盲的种。

The challenge is to eradicate this cycle of emotional illiteracy and groupthink that allows our males to continue to victimize others as well as themselves.

这种挑战是要根除过去的思想模式那种情感无知和群体效应思想那种思想会让男人继续伤害他人同样也会伤害自己。

Many countries depend on the efforts of people who offer their time to help illiterate individuals. For example, John Mogger became concerned about the problem of illiteracy three years ago, so he started teaching five prisoners in Brazil.

许多国家依靠人民的努给目不识丁的人提供帮助。如，3年前约翰·摩格开始关注文盲问题，于是他在巴西开始教导5名犯人。

This year's report warned that poor quality education is leaving a legacy of illiteracy more widespread than previously believed.

今年的报告警示道，低质量的教育导致的文盲范围比之前认为的更加广泛。

She went to the White House to discuss youth projects, and set up a foundation to fight illiteracy.

她曾在白宫讨论过青年计划，也曾建立以消除文盲为目的的基金会。

It is caused by financial illiteracy and not understanding the difference between an asset and a liability.

而这是由他们在财务上的无知以及不理解资产和负债的区别造成的。

Officials say illiteracy, poverty, and local traditions are the major factors driving child marriage in the country.

官员们表示，文盲、贫困和当地传统是推动该国童婚的主要因素。

So let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism.

让我们共同开展全球性的斗争，对抗文盲、贫困与恐怖主义。

Well we all know, data literacy and illiteracy is greater among women.

我们都知道，数据素养的差距在女性中更大。

I encountered a lot of illiteracy among the rural people I met.

我遇到的农村人中有很多文盲。

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people who contributed to our success and accomplishments, not only this year, but for the past five years since we began our mission to eliminate illiteracy in Trenton.

我想借此机会感谢所有为我们的成功和成就做出贡献的人，不仅是今年，而且自我们开始消除特伦顿文盲的使命以的过去五年里。

But her major successes in this respect primarily came in the 1770s after the census of 1770 to 1771 revealed the scale of illiteracy in Austria and further afield in Bohemia, Hungary and the other Balkan territories.

但她在这方面的主要成就主要出现在1770年代，当时1770年至1771年的人口普查揭示了奥地利以及波希米亚、匈牙利和其他巴尔干地区的文盲规模。

Ms. Rose says illiteracy affects not only the women but also their families, because women are often the main caregivers of children. She says, when women are illiterate, they are less likely to use health services.

罗斯女士表示，文盲不仅影响妇女，还影响到他们的家庭，因为妇女往往是孩的主要看护者。她说，当妇女不识字时，她们更不太可能使用健康服务。

We know communities with high illiteracy rates are often plagued with poverty, poor health and unemployment, while their literate counterparts are healthier, with greater numbers of employment and higher household incomes.

我们知道，文盲率高的社区往往遭受贫困、健康状况差和失业的困扰，而识字率高的社区则更健康，就业人数更多，家庭收入也更高。

So the 20% of illiteracy, so there's a few different assessments that are used, sort of batch assessments, but they're, you know, samples that we can generalize from, they're large enough.

所以这20%的文盲率，有一些不同的评估方法被使用，类似于批量评估，但它们是足够大的样本，我们可以从中进行推断。