数学， 难言之隐

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一句话提醒：英国，数以百万计的可怜人被数学折磨。。。
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National Numeracy
Dee Sebastian
Bush House
Emily
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翻译：lanmao982711I was no good at maths at school and I don't mind saying it and it seems I'm not alone. Here in Britain, four in five people - that's 80% - would feel embarrassed to tell someone they were bad at reading and writing while just more than half - that's 56% - would feel embarrassed about saying the same of their maths skills. The figures are the result of a survey commissioned by a group called National Numeracy which says that millions of people are struggling to understand their payslips or calculate their money in shops. In a moment we'll talk to a maths teacher, but first Dee Sebastian, popped outside Bush House to ask people if they were good at maths.
"I'm Emily."
"And what are you studying, Emily?"
"History."
"And would you say you're good at maths?"
"Not overly, no."
"And do you mind saying you're not good at maths?"
"No, I don't mind at all. I'd like to be better, but, yeah, I'd like to remember what I studied all those years ago. It's completely slipped my mind now."
"A quick maths test. If petrol costs one pound a litre and then goes up by 50% and down by 50%, what does it cost?"
"75 pence."
"It's pretty good. And here's another one. Four times seven."
"28."
"So do you think you're better at maths than you thought?"
"A little bit. Yeah. I didn't realise it would be so easy, but yeah."我不介意说上学时我的数学不好，不过吾道不孤。在英国80%的人会不好意思告诉别人自己读写不行，而只有超过半数，也就是56%的人会羞不可耐的说自己数学很差。这组数据是一个叫国家识数能力组织的调查结果，调查说数百万的英国人弄不清自己的工资单，算不清自己在商店的消费金额。马上我们就会和一位数学老师对话，不过首先呢Dee Sebastian在布什大厦外面了解人们的数学能力如何。
我是艾米丽。
艾米丽，你在学什么？
历史。
你数学棒吗？
不算特别好吧，不好。
你介意说出你数学不好吗？
不介意，我想数学更棒，可是你知道，我想记住这些年来学过的东西，（数学）已经彻底忘光光了。
快速测试下，如果一升汽油的价格是1镑，然后价格上涨50%再下降50%，现在价格是多少？
75便士。
很厉害啊。还有一个，4乘以7.
28
在数学上你是不是比你之前想的厉害？
有一点吧，是的。我并没意识到这么简单， 不过我确实厉害。