So, if you watched our series on world history, you’ll no doubt remember that writing (and the ability to read it) are so- called markers of civilization.

如果你曾看过们世界历史系列，你肯定记得，写作（以及阅读能力）被称为所谓的。

By the end of its first semester in 1990, his test group of students showed a 17% improvement in reading and comprehension, compared to a 10.7% average improvement for the kids who didn't participate.

到1990年第一学期结束时，他的实验组学生的阅读和理解能力提高了17%，相比之下，没有参加实验的学生平均只提高了10.7%。

Their reading skills aren't where they should be, by and large.

总的来，他们的阅读能力没有达到应有的水平。

The idea of public education was for coal miners, who would work in the coal mines all day, then they'd come home and they should have the dignity to be able to read a novel and understand it.

从公共教育的理念来看，一个采煤工人，每天都在煤矿上工作，在回家以后也还是应该有能力去阅读小并且深刻理解。

In terms of human evolution, the brain isn't naturally wired to read.

从人类进化的角度来看，大脑并没有天生的阅读能力。

Similarly, a study by the Basque Research Center found that video games specifically action and shooter games improved visual attention reaction time and even reading ability in a group of children with alexia.

同样，巴斯克研究中心的一项研究发现，视频游戏特别是动作游戏和射击游戏在一组患有失读症儿童中对视觉注意力、反应时间甚至阅读能力有所提高。

Good reading skills are -- need I say?

良好的阅读能力——需要吗？

Is there a difference between men and women in their ability to read non-verbals?

男女之间阅读非语言的能力是否存在差异？

They couldn't believe how well I read, and I was hired there.

他们不敢相信的阅读能力这么好，于是被录用了。

I don't speak Korean too well, and of course I want to communicate with my parents, grandparents, and so I took it to learn how to read and write more effectively.

韩语讲得不是很好，当然想跟父母、祖父母沟通。因此学习这门语言提高自己的阅读和写作能力。

Reading is known to strengthen communicative ability, vocabulary and increase emotional intelligence and social perception.

众所周知，阅读可以增强交际能力、词汇量、提高情商和社会感知能力。

Sweden's students score above the European average for reading ability.

瑞典学生的阅读能力高于欧洲平均水平。

The aim is to improve reading ability.

其目的是提高阅读能力。

Under half of public school students can read at grade level in Minnesota.

在明尼苏达州，不到一半的公立学校学生能够达到小学水平的阅读能力。

The second one is developing your reading comprehension. The second one.

第二个目标是提高你的阅读理解能力。第二个目标。

Your ability to get a script, to read the script and understand exactly what is going on and if you don't understand, know how to do the research beyond just asking Google.

你获得剧本的能力，阅读剧本的能力，以及准确理解剧情的能力，如果你不明白，除了询问 Google 之外，还知道如何进行研究。

So if you wanna improve your reading, what you can do is you can take a finger and just kind of scan it along the line as fast as you want.

所以如果你想提高你的阅读能力，你可以拿一根手指，沿着这条线尽可能快地扫描它。

This newfangled library for men and women who could read and could afford to subscribe owed a huge debt to the emergence of mass printing.

这种新颖的图书馆专为有能力阅读和负担得起订书费的人而设，它欠了大规模印刷的出现一笔巨大的债。

On my show Otherwords, we delve into the amazing facets of human language, and the ability to read is one that almost defies logic.

在的节目《Otherwords》中，们深入研究了人类语言的令人惊叹的各个方面，阅读能力几乎是不逻辑的。

But a study published in 2011 suggests that calling attention to the words and letters on the page may lead to better readers.

但2011年发表的一份研究表明，让孩子注意书中的文字和字母能更有助于培养他们的阅读能力。