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新闻报道中一些数字概念错误常使我感到脸上发热。因为我也是个“土记者”。新华社4月29日发自北京的一条电讯说,“近几年国家财政给国家自然科学基金的拨款都以两位数的速度增长”。读来令人大吃一惊。因为从我们的切身感受来说,申请自然科学基金还是相当困难的。所谓“以两位数的速度增长”那是成几十倍地增长。时下人们常说,某人存款有三位数了,那是指百元以上千元以下的大约几百元的数字;说某人存款有五位数了,则是指有几万元了。从三位数增长到五位数才是以两位数的速度增长。所幸此消息接下来说了具体数字,才使人明白
Some digital errors in the news often make me feel hot on my face. Because I am also a “native reporter.” Xinhua News Agency, April 29 from a telecommunications in Beijing said: “In recent years, the state finance allocated funds to the National Natural Science Foundation at a double-digit rate.” Reading is shocking. Because from our personal experience, the application of natural science funds is still quite difficult. The so-called “double-digit growth” that is a few times to grow. Nowadays, people often say that a person has a three-digit deposit, which refers to a few hundred dollars below a hundred dollars and less than a thousand dollars. If someone deposits a five-digit number, it means that there are tens of thousands of yuan in it. The three-digit increase to five-figure growth at double-digit rates. Fortunately, this message next to say the specific figures, only make people understand