英国大人们为孩子阅读习惯头疼_BEC初级作文

英国大人们为孩子阅读习惯头疼

扫盲慈善团体想方设法提高国民的阅读能力————包括推出让自信心不足的学生养成阅读习惯的“Six Book Challenge”计划，给成年人分发短小易懂的阅读材料的Quick Reads计划、以及让英超明星陪伴学习有困难学生的Premier League Reading Stars计划。在哈里斯登等地区，这些计划成功地让无数学生及成年人亲近书籍，但星星之火，难成燎原之势。

So literacy charities have come together under a single “Reading for Pleasure” campaign in the hope of having greater impact, particularly in lobbying government. “We need to slightly toughen up the message,” says Prior. “There’s a literacy crisis in the country. There shouldn’t be anybody who doesn’t read properly when they leave school.”

所以扫盲慈善机构精诚团结，大张其鼓掀起目标单一的“快乐阅读”运动，以期拥有更大影响力，尤其是游说政府采取行动。“我们必须稍稍强化这一信息，”普赖尔说。“英国面临读写能力危机，每个学生毕业后，都应该有正常的阅读能力。”

Views differ on the most effective interventions. Some focus on the period in which books enter a child’s life; some on the ages of 10 and 11, when other hobbies often take over; and others see the emotionally formative teenage years as the most important. But the wider point is clear: “If you’re going to engage a reader for life, you need to engage them before they become an adult,” says Louisa Livingston, head of consumer insight at Hachette UK.