And answer a listener question about the most literate cities in the United States .

VOA: special.2009.03.27

The result of literate population is not only people can read, to utilize tools effectively, to go through their environment.

一个有文化素养人,不仅可以阅读，可以有效使用工具，适应生存的环境。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

So, one of the things that you can do is to become technically literate so you can become part of the discussion and help formulate sensible policy.

其中你能做的一个就是,成为技术达人,这样的话你就能够参与讨论,并且帮助制定可靠的政策。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Mister Miller found that a literate society generally tends to practice many forms of reading.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

The democracy itself needs a literate citizen rate in order to keep it in check.

为了保持国家的持续进步,一个民主国家需要更多的高文化素养的公民。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

Chun-Quan Meng wants to know about America's most literate cities.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

At the same time, he fears that being a poet means -and this is a fear that literate young men and women have to this very day -- to be a poet means in some way not to be acting responsibly or politically.

与此同时，他也担忧成为一个诗人意味着,这是直到今天文青和文艺女青们共有的一种担忧,成为一个诗人某种意义上,意味着不能负责地践行政治行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

A literate person is able to read and write.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

Nonetheless, they were very ordinary literate poor people.

虽然如此,他们都是非常普通的,但有文化的穷人

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

"It's just about having scientifically literate citizens.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

And then, just so that you will be literate in the rest of the Periodic Table, if you look at the higher ones, this is how you name them.

然后，你对周期表的,其他方面也都知道了，如果你观察高一点的元素，这是你们叫它们的方式。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

India's literacy rate is 64 percent. But studies have shown that a number of those counted as literate can barely read or write.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Second thing, we started talking about the periodic table and I believe that it's a hallmark of any educated person in the 21st century who is technically literate to know the periodic table by heart.

第二点，我们之前讨论过元素周期表,我相信这是个标志性的特征,对于那些在21世纪里,用心去学习,元素周期表的人来说。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

and adds stronger science programs in schools and colleges will not only put more women and minorities in science fields, but also fuel a more literate democracy.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"And he wrote a small book of about 60 or 70 pages that was specifically focused on Luo speaking Kenyans that were learning to read and become literate, and he wrote a small book in Luo as a part of that process."

VOA: standard.2010.07.10