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来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/05/19 13:49:53
There are thousands of free libraries about the country.The fact that everyone can use these libraries means that,as a whole,Americans have a greater opportunity to read than any other people in the world .Still,all is not as it should be.
It is difficult to believe,but the hard fact is that half the citizens of our country,where nearly everyone can read,do not read one book a year.An investigation of book reading showed that for a three-year period,48 percent of the people of the United States did not read a book and 18 percent read less than four.That means that over one hundred million Americans did very little of book reading during one of the people who didn't read books didn't read magazines either,and sixteen million did not even read the newspaper.This is a nation to which the world looks for enlightened leadership.

在这个国家里,有数千座免费图书馆.每一个人都可以使用这些图书馆,换句话说,比起其它国家的人来说,美国人有更多的机会去阅读.然后,事实并非如此.
虽然难以置信,但残酷的事实就是如此:虽然我国公民几乎都有阅读能力,但对我们国家的一半以上的公民一年都读不了一本书.最近一项有关书籍阅读的调查显示,48%的美国人没有读书,18%的人三年之内没有读够四本书.