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More than 50 years ago, the United Nations declared that literacy is a basic human right.
50多年前，联合国宣布识字是人的一种基本权利。
It's very important for improving the lives of individuals.
这对改善人们的生活意义重大。
However, it is estimated that 880 million adults around the world are illiterate,
然而，据估计，全世界约有8.8亿人是文盲，
that is, they are unable to read or write.
也就是说，他们没有读写能力。
A majority of them are women.
这其中大多数是女性。
More than 110 million school age children in the world do not attend school.
世界上有超过1.1亿的学龄儿童没有上学。
Many others complete school or fail to finish their studies without learning to read or write.
除此之外还有许多完成学业或中途辍学的人，也并没有学会读和写。
Many countries depend on the efforts of people who offer their time to help illiterate individuals.
许多国家依赖于那些努力奉献的人，他们贡献自己的时间来帮助不识字的人。
For example, John Mogger became concerned about the problem of illiteracy three years ago,
例如，约翰·摩格从三年前开始关注文盲问题，
so he started teaching five prisoners in Brazil.
因此他开始在巴西对五个囚犯进行教学。
In his teaching, he developed a system with this group of prisoners.
在教学中，他跟这些囚犯自创了一个学习系统。
He says his way of teaching can help anyone learn how to read and write with about 30 hours of study.
他说他的教学方式能够帮助任何人，通过约30个小时的学习，学会读和写。
To learn his system, people must first know how to write letters of the alphabet and learn which sounds they represent.
要学习他的这个系统，人们必须首先知道如何书写字母表中的字母，并学习它们的发音。
The system divides letters into three groups.
该系统把字母分成了三组。
The first group of letters can be written between two lines.
第一组字母是写在两行线之间的。
The second can be written between two lines but part of the letters is above the top line.
第二组字母是写在两行线之间但有一部分在上一行线以上的。
The third group has letters that are partly written below the lower line.
第三组字母是有部分写在下一行线以下的。
John Mogger taught his students to write simple words from the letters.
约翰·摩格教他的学生用字母写一些简单的单词。
In this way, his students learned more than 700 words.
通过这种方法，他的学生学习了700多个单词。
Many of them can now write to family members.
他们中许多人现在已经可以给家里人写信了。
They also can read newspapers and magazines.
他们也可以阅读报纸和杂志了。
