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.

和过去大批盛行时代相比，在大众教育时代，十亿人在经济上力量似乎更加强大。

Not bad for an illiterate girl from the sticks.

对于一个来自乡下女孩来说，这真是太厉害了。

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

联合国儿童基金会发现，女孩和年轻女现象更加严重。

But that's not because you're animal-size illiterate or something.

但这并不是因为你是动物大小或什么。

The biggest reason people grow up illiterate is not going to school, and that's especially true for people living in the coastal towns of Bangladesh.

人们成长为最大原因是没有上学，对于居住在孟加拉国沿海城镇人来说尤其如此。

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.

可是现在不但没有利，反而欠债，结果也就没有免费学校了。由于大部分人没钱送孩子上学，因此出现了从小在无知中成长起来一代人，他们将在以后若干年中散播种子。

While Herzog has stated he doesn't consciously consider the themes in his films, and despite his insistence that film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates, I think we can nevertheless draw some illuminating connections.

尽管他说他不会自主地思考电影主题，并认为电影是艺术而非学者之事，但我们还是能从中得到些启发。

" Early in my experience as a minister I discovered that, in spite of romance and good intentions, many couples who come to the marriage altar are matrimonial illiterates. " Matrimonial illiterates!

在我当牧师早期我便意识到，很多新人来到婚姻神坛时只怀有浪漫情怀和美好心愿，他们对婚姻本身理解简直是 （婚姻白痴！）。

He was just a semi-literate " scattered soul" who was trying to make his mark on the world, and was doing it in Cserdi.

博格丹只是一个半“疏散灵魂”，试着在这个世界上留下他印记，地点就是在切尔迪。

LitWorld says, there is an urgent need to invest in education so we can benefit from the unquantifiable potential of those who currently cannot read.

LitWorld称“我们急需在教育上进行投入”，所以，我们能够从那些无法计算数量中获益。

Instead, terms like " desperate illiterates" and " the fish that slipped through the net of the nine-year compulsory education" are receiving more critical attention.

相反，像“绝望”和“从九年制义务教育漏网鱼”这样词汇受到了更多批评。

The U.N. Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization -- UNESCO says programs are needed to help illiterate women learn, although they are passed school age.

联合国教科组织(UNESCO)称需要发起帮助妇女读书项目，尽管她们已经过了上学年龄。

The man informed Ove that " Illiterate bastard! " was a very bad choice of words for bringing up that subject.

那人告诉欧维，要引出这个议题，“该死”是个非常糟糕开场白。

The findings are based on the U.N. Educational, Science and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, literacy data on 27 emergency countries.

这些发现是根据联合国教科组织发表关于27个紧急状态国家率报告得出。

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

今年报告警示道，低质量教育导致范围比之前认为更加广泛。

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，也曾建立以消除为目基金会。

Women make up two-thirds of all illiterate adults. The majority of these women live in West Africa, many girls in that area never go to school.

妇女占成年人三分之二，大多数居住在西非，当地很多女孩从未上过学。

It would certainly have been better than the alternative, which was to hiss: " So maybe you've learned to read signs now! Illiterate bastard! "

可以这么说，至少肯定比他对那人说“去学学念标牌吧，你个该死”之后情况要好。

Stained glass was used to help teach Bible stories to the illiterate medieval masses.

彩色玻璃被用来帮助向中世纪群众讲授圣经故事。

Why shouldn't they be able to understand what is understood by a simple illiterate merchant?

为什么他们不能理解一个简单商人所理解东西？