China still has 116 mln illiterates_文化教育

China still has 116 mln illiterates

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Chinanews, Beijing, April 11 - Though China has been working hard on the development of education, the illiterate¹ population in China had increased by 30 million between 2000 and 2005, to some 116 million (only smaller in number than India), taking up some 11.3% of the total illiterate population in the world.

It is widely believed that most illiterate persons in China live in the western part of the country. However, according to the survey in 2006, only 40 million of them lived there. In fact, in Shandong Province alone, there are 9.63 million illiterates².

Poverty should be blamed for high illiteracy³ rate in rural areas in western China, as many people there can hardly afford schooling⁴, but things are different in the east, where the problem is even more serious. Many parents in the east send their children to work, without knowing that they are trading their children's future for a little money earned at present.

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1 illiterate
adj.文盲的；无知的；n.文盲
参考例句：
There are still many illiterate people in our country.在我国还有许多文盲。 I was an illiterate in the old society,but now I can read.我这个旧社会的文盲，今天也认字了。

2 illiterates
目不识丁者( illiterate的名词复数 )；无知
参考例句：
In 1996, an additional four million young and adult illiterates learned to read and write. 1996年，全国又减少了400万青壮年文盲。 Even semi-illiterates can read the writing on the wall, and many are throwing in the towel. 即使是知识不多的人也能看出不祥之兆。许多人认输了。

3 illiteracy
n.文盲
参考例句：
It is encouraging to read that illiteracy is declining.从读报中了解文盲情况正在好转，这是令人鼓舞的。 We must do away with illiteracy.我们必须扫除文盲。

4 schooling
n.教育；正规学校教育
参考例句：
A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。 Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

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