白人男孩对阅读最不积极,近1/6的接受调查者称在上个月未读过一本书,而黑人女孩中同样情况的仅为1/20.
In contrast, 16% of black girls said they had read at least 10 books or more during the previous month, the highest reported figure among all ethnic groups of the children who responded.
与此同时,16%黑人女孩称,在此前一个月里读了至少10本书.这也是接受调查的所有群体中阅读数量最多的.
The trust said parents needed to be told how important their engagement is for a child's development, after nearly one pupil in four agreed with the statement: "My parents don't care if I spend any time reading."
有近1/4学生坦言："父母对我的课外阅读漠不关心."因此,该基金会表示,家长必须意识到参与孩子阅读过程对孩子发展具有的重要意义.
Jonathan Douglas, director of the National Literacy Trust, said: "More must be done to help parents realise what a difference reading with their children from a young age can make to their future."
英国国家识字基金会理事乔纳森·道格拉斯（Jonathan Douglas）说道："必须采取更多的办法帮助家长意识到,在孩子年幼时与孩子一起阅读会对孩子未来影响重大.要做到这一点,我们还必须付出更多努力."
Cressida Cowell, the author of How to Train Your Dragon and a national literacy ambassador, said: "Reading a book with a child, even an older child, is one of the most important things a parent can do to develop their child's literacy.
《驯龙高手》（How to Train Your Dragon）的作者及英国国家文学大使克雷茜达·考埃尔（Cressida Cowell）说道："与孩子一起读书,即便是大孩子,能提升孩子的文学修养,这是父母能为孩子们成长做的一件重要的事."
"I like to read a variety of books with my children and I think reading regularly is the key to writing well and broadening communication skills."
"我喜欢和孩子们一起读各类书,我觉得经常性地阅读是提高写作水平,扩展交流话题的关键所在."
The study found that more girls than boys said they enjoyed reading "very much" by 30% to 19%, with 62% of girls enjoying reading either very much or quite a lot compared with 47% of boys, among ages ranging from eight to 18.
这项调查还发现,在八岁至十八岁年龄层的孩子中,30%女生表示"十分热爱"阅读,而男生为19%.此外,62%女生表示"热爱"阅读,男生为47%.
Nearly twice as many boys as girls said they do not enjoy reading at all, by 13% to 7%.
相反,表示丝毫不喜爱阅读的男生比例几乎为女生的两倍,分别为13%和7%.
More girls than boys said they read for fun outside of class every day, while more than a fifth of boys rarely or never read for fun outside of a classroom.
相比男孩,女孩更喜欢每天阅读课外读物,而超1/5的男孩在课外很少或从不阅读.
"Too many boys still seem disinterested in reading, and far, far too many children simply never become readers at all. So we writers and illustrators and storytellers, and parents and teachers, and publishers and booksellers, must continue to play our part," said Michael Morpurgo, whose novel War Horse was one of the most popular books cited.
作家迈克尔·莫珀戈（Michael Morpurgo）说道："太多男孩子似乎仍对阅读不感兴趣,还有非常非常多儿童仍称不上读者.因此,我们作家、插图画家、故事作者还有家长、老师、出版商和销售商都必须继续发挥作用".其所著的《战马》（War Horse）曾为最受欢迎的图书之一.
One finding from the study was that young people who received free school meals said they were more likely to read poetry outside of class than those who did not qualify for free lunches.
这项研究还有一个发现,即享受学校免费午餐的年轻人比起无资格享受免费午餐的年轻人更喜欢课外阅读诗歌.
