根据两年一度的“全国国民阅读与购买倾向抽样调查”,从1998年到2003年,中国人的阅读率下降了8.7个百分点,2003年的国民阅读率为51.7%。读书率的下降意味着什么呢?这首先要弄清读书有什么特性。不读书使中国人丧失了什么呢?阅读是人类传递信息最有效的、不可替代的手段。因为通 According to the biennial sample survey of national reading and purchasing tendencies, from 1998 to 2003, the reading rate of Chinese people dropped by 8.7 percentage points, compared with 51.7% in 2003. What does it mean to decrease the reading rate? First of all, we must understand what is the characteristic of reading. What does it mean for Chinese not to read a book? Reading is the most effective and irreplaceable means of human communication. Because pass