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Okay, so, just to go over how the words are used with the percentages, so for example, "88% of people in the world were illiterate.",
好的，我们来看一下这些词是如何用百分比表示的，比如，“世界上88%的人都不具备读写能力（即为文盲）。”
so when you use a percentage number, you can say 88% of people were or are something,
也就是说，用百分比的时候，你可以说88%的人曾经怎么怎么样或者现在怎么怎么样，
and you can also say "only" if it's a low number: "Only 17% are illiterate.", okay?
你也可以加上“只有”表示强调，如果数值比较低的话，比如“只有17%的人是文盲。”理解了吗？
So that's different ways of using words on either side of the percentage figure.
这就是使用百分比表达或高或低的比例的一些用法。
Right.
好的。
And then here, you can use the word "rates", which is useful: "Literacy rates are below...",
现在大家看这边，我们还可以用“比例”这个词，这个词也很好用：“读写能力普及率低于……”
so you can use rates below, rates are below,
我们可以说“比例低于”，
and you can also say rates are above, whether they're above or below, rates are below 30%, okay?
也可以说“比例高于”，高于或低于都可以，比如，比例低于30%，好吗？
So, that's just some examples of how you can use the words connected with the figures.
好的，以上就是我给大家举的描述数字时会用到的一些词语的例子啦。
Right, so we'll move on now and look at the final part of the lesson and just to finish off this subject. Ok.
好的，现在我们继续来看今天这节课的最后一个部分，好吧。
Okay, so just to round off this subject and also look at some more ways of using percentages with other words,
好的，最后，我们来了解几种百分比的其他用法，
we'll look at a few more statistics connected with literacy.
还是以跟读写能力有关的统计数据为例来讲。
Okay, so we have a few sentences here that contain percentages.
好的，这里有几个同样用到了百分比的例子。
So, for example, "Adult literacy rates are greater than 90% in some countries.".
比如，“部分国家成人读写能力的普及率达到了90%以上。”
So that's the better literacy rates in some countries, more than 90% of people are literate.
也即是说，一些国家读写能力的普及率还是比较好的，达到了90%以上。
So you can talk about rates, literacy rates, are greater than, and then the percentage, greater than 90% in some countries, okay?
我们可以说，一些国家的比例，读写能力的普及率，超过了，后面跟百分比，一些国家超过了90%，没问题吧？
And then, also, you can give an approximate percentage by saying "around" or you could say "about"...around or about,
同样，我们也可以用“左右”，“大约”来给出大致的百分比，
so the global, meaning for the whole world, the global adult literacy rate is around, or about, 84%, okay?
比如全球，也就是全世界，全球成人的读写能力普及率在84%左右，或者约为84%，明白了吗？
So that's just for adults, not for children, so the figures will vary according to whether children are included or not included,
也就是说，只考虑了成人，没有考虑儿童，换句话说，这个数据是不唯一的，考虑或不考虑儿童，
or whether the figures for children is shown separately, okay?
儿童的数字是否有单独列出来等等。
So, around 84%.
这里就是84%左右。
And then, no percentage in this sentence, but we have a large figure. 775 million adults.
接下来，这句话里没有用到百分比，但这里有一个很大的数字。7.75亿成年人。
That's in the whole world - lack, meaning they don't have, minimum - the basic - literacy skills,
这是全世界的数据，缺乏，也就是没有，最低水平的，也就是最基本的，读写技巧，
meaning that large number of adults cannot read and write very well at all.
这就意味着有大量的成年人都没有很好的读写能力。
They don't even have the basic literacy skills to be able to write their name, for example,
他们连最基本的，比如写出自己的名字，
or the name of the place where they live, anything like that, okay?
或写下自己的住址这样的读写能力都不具备。
So, and then we have an interesting - percentages can be used to show differences between different sets of people,
好的，还有一个比较有趣的……百分比也能用来表示不同人群之间的差异，
either by class or age or gender or, as I mentioned, adults and children,
无论是班级、年龄或性别差异，也可以是像上面提到的那种成人和儿童的差异，
so here we're just looking at the gender difference for literacy, between men and women, okay?
今天我们只讲读写能力普及水平方面的性别差异，也就是男性和女性之间的差异，好吗？
So again, using a percentage here, 90% and the word "rate",
这里也用到了百分比，90%，还用到了“比例”这个词，
the global - meaning the whole world - the global literacy rate for all males, or men, is 90%.
全球——意思就是全世界——全球，所有男性，或男人的读写能力普及水平为90%。
So, the rate for a particular group of people is 90%, okay?
也就是说，这个特定人群的（普及）比例是90%，好吗？
So, that's high.
可见，这个比例是很高的。
That's globally, that's the whole world on average, 90%, so that's quite high.
这是全球的水平，也就是全世界的平均水平，90%，所以是相当高的。
And then again for women, the global literacy rate for all females, for women, is a little bit lower, 82.7%.
女性这边，全球所有女性的读写能力普及水平稍低一些，为82.7%。
Sometimes, you get a little dot there and you just say "point", point.
有时候，百分比里还会带个点，我们只要说“点”就可以了，点。
It's actually a decimal point, so point is that little circle there,
它其实是个小数点，就是那个小圆圈，
so when you say it, you say "82 point 7 percent", so if you're good at math, you will know what a decimal point is.
具体描述的时候，我们说“82.7%”，数学比较好的话，你就会知道小数点是什么。
It's 82 and almost 83, really, if it's .7, a little bit more and it would be 83%, but it's not quite 83%.
82点几，差一点83，如果是0.7，那稍微再多一点就是83%，但并不到准确的83%。
So, that's lower for women than for men, so it shows there's a slight difference,
可见女性的比例是要比男性的低的，两个人群的比例是有细微的差别的。
but that very slight difference represents a very large number of people
但这点儿细微差别代表的其实是很大一群人，
because we're talking about the whole world here, the population of the whole world, okay?
因为我们讨论的是全世界的人口，好吧。
So, you can also put it this way and use a fraction rather than a percentage: 2/3.
大家也可以这么表达，不用百分数用分数来表达：2/3。
So, "Women represent almost two-thirds (2/3) of all illiterate adults globally.”
“女性几乎占到了全球所有文盲成年人的三分之二(2/3)。”
So, if women are two-thirds, then men are just one-third (1/3) so that's a lot more women than men are illiterate.
如果女性占三分之二，那么男性就只占三分之一(1/3)，可见，文盲女性比文盲男性多得多。
Two thirds of women are illiterate, one third of men, so that's quite a big difference.
三分之二的女性都不具备读写能力，而男性只有三分之一，可见差异是相当大的。
Also, things like access to the internet, a lot more men globally have access to the internet and it's a bit similar, really.
除此之外，还有上网的机会，能够上网的男性也比能够上网的女性多得多，这点和读写能力是差不多的。
2/3 men, 1/3 women, so that's also not a very equal situation.
三分之二的男性，三分之一的女性，这也是一个比较不平等的问题。
So, you can use what's called a fraction as well, two-thirds, one-third, to show a situation.
所以，我们也可以用所谓的分数，三分之二，三分之一这种，来描述一种情况。
So, "Women represent almost two-thirds of all illiterate adults globally.” Okay.
我们来看这个例子，“女性几乎占到了全球所有文盲成年人的三分之二。”
And then you can say something like "The gender difference is most noticeable in...”
你可以说“性别差异在……方面最为显著”啊，
and then you can name and shame a country or more than one country once you've had at a look at the UNESCO website,
然后，你就可以“点名羞辱”某个国家或某些国家了，查阅了联合国教科文组织的网站，了解了那些国家的名字之后，
you will know which countries are - have the worst record for illiteracy and also for-
你就会知道哪些国家的扫盲工作做得最差，然后……
because the UNESCO figures show in columns, male literacy, female literacy in percentages,
因为联合国教科文组织是按照百分比把男性识字率，女性识字率以列表的形式排列出来的，
you can see the difference, and for some countries, there's a wide difference in literacy.Okay.
所以你能清楚地看到各个国家的差异，有一些国家之间的差异是非常明显的，好吧。
So I hope that's been useful to explain how you can talk about percentages and that, you know, these are figures and they're very specific,
好的，希望今天的内容能够帮助到大家讨论百分比问题，然后，因为涉及的都是数字嘛，都是比较具体的数字，
so if you're doing a test or an exam and you're given a table or a graph to write about and you see percentages in it,
所以，如果你是正在准备考试或测验，题目里给出了一张表格或图表，里面有百分比，让你写一篇作文，
then I hope that will - this will help you to put the words together to be able
那么我希望今天这节课能够帮助你把这些词组合起来，
to say something specific about the situation as shown through the percentage figures, okay?
讨论用百分比说明的具体情况好吗？
And also, maybe, in an exam, you're asked to write an essay on a topic,
又或者考试的时候，让你就某个主题写一篇作文，
so if you have the choice of writing about literacy as an essay subject,
如果你可以选择写跟读写能力有关的作文的话，
then I hope this lesson's given you a little bit of information for that as well.
我希望这节课能给你一些提示。
So, I hope you've found it useful and if you ever get the opportunity to help somebody who is trying to improve their reading and writing skills,
好的，希望大家这节课有所收获，另外，如果你有机会帮助正在努力提高读写技能的朋友，
maybe someone who is actually illiterate,
说不定他就是一个文盲，
you might want to do, what we say, do your bit to help, to spend a little bit of time with somebody
你可能会想，那句话怎么说来着，略尽绵薄之力，抽出一点时间去帮助他们，
and try to help them to improve their reading and writing skills
努力帮助他们提高读写技能，
and it can be very satisfying and it can really change a person's life once they've learned how to read and how to write.
这么做不仅能给大家带来很大的满足感，掌握读写能力真的是会改变一个人的一生的。
It can make a very, very big difference, so I hope you'll take any opportunity to can to help somebody in that way.
他们的生活是会发生大大的改观的，所以，我希望，这个时候大家能够抓住一切机会伸出你们的援手。
So, okay, so, that's percentages and how to talk about them.
好的，以上就是有关百分比以及如何谈论百分比的全部内容啦。
If you'd like to go to the website www.engvid.com , there's a quiz on this topic,
如果你有兴趣访问www.engvid.com网站的话，网站上还有一个关于这个主题的小测验，
so please give that a try and see how you do,
大家不妨试一试，看看掌握得怎么样，
and thank you for watching and hope to see you again soon, okay?
感谢大家的收看，我们下期节目再见。
Bye for now.
回头见。
