提起现代美国生活,很多人往往会联想起上百个频道的有线电视,以及卫星、激光和电脑等种类繁多的先进电子设备。但是根据最近的一项报道,当代美国人不仅没有放弃读、写、算基本教育三要素中的读,而且读书的兴趣有增无减。据统计,美国消费者1994年总共购买了16亿册图书,平均每个 Mentioning modern American life, many people tend to think of hundreds of channels of cable television as well as a wide range of advanced electronic devices such as satellites, lasers and computers. However, according to a recent report, contemporary Americans have not only failed to give up reading, writing and reading in the three basic elements of basic education, but their interest in reading is on the rise. According to statistics, U.S. consumers bought a total of 1.6 billion books in 1994, on average each one