The Literacy Crisis in the United States
行走在识字学习的路上
It is widely known that literacy is tied to everything we do.
众所周知，读写能力与我们所做的一切都息息相关。
Literacy is the foundation to build essential skills to perform better in school and develop an interest in becoming a lifelong learner.
读写能力是培养在学校表现得更好的基本技能，以及培养成为终身学习者的兴趣的基础。
It has a direct impact on one's personal growth, economic welfare, and long-term well-being.
它对个人成长、经济状况和长期幸福有着直接影响。
Even though it is common knowledge that literacy has a direct impact in people's lives, there is a literacy crisis hiding in plain sight.
尽管人们普遍知道读写能力对人们的生活有着直接影响，但一场读写能力危机却在众目睽睽之下存在着。
Approximately 32 million adults in the United States can't read, according to the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy.
根据美国教育部和国家读写能力研究所的数据，美国大约有3200万成年人不识字。
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that 50 percent of U.S. adults can't read a book written at an eighth-grade level.
经济合作与发展组织发现，50%的美国成年人无法阅读八年级水平的书籍。
Illiteracy issues start long before eighth-grade. It starts before young children can talk.
读写能力问题早在八年级之前就开始了。它在幼儿还不会说话的时候就开始了。
The literacy state is not any better for young children.
幼儿的读写能力状况也不容乐观。
Two-thirds of America's children living in poverty have no books at home, and the number of families living in poverty continues to rise.
三分之二生活在贫困中的美国儿童家中没有书籍，而且生活在贫困中的家庭数量还在持续增加。
It is not difficult to imagine that children who do not have access to books or read regularly are vulnerable to falling behind in school, which often leads to juvenile criminality.
不难想象，那些无法接触到书籍或不能经常阅读的孩子在学校很容易落后，这往往会导致青少年犯罪。
Childhood illiteracy poses a real threat to the economic growth and development of our society.
儿童文盲对我们社会的经济增长和发展构成了真正的威胁。
Illiteracy is behind all kinds of issues we see today, from gender inequality and unemployment to malnutrition and infant mortality.
文盲是我们如今看到的各类问题的根源，从性别不平等、失业到营养不良和婴儿死亡率等问题皆受其影响。
It affects people all across the world and it has severe negative impacts on our workforce, the well-being of our communities, our economy and our day-to-day lives around the world.
它影响着世界各地的人们，并且对我们的劳动力、社区的福祉、我们的经济以及我们在世界各地的日常生活都有着严重的负面影响。
翻译：豆包
整理：2025年5月9日于北二环
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