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A donation by a famous writer has helped start an effort, called the United States of Readers, to help poor children read more books.
一位著名作家的一笔捐款启动了一项名为“美国读者”的活动，以帮助贫困儿童阅读更多书籍。
The classroom program is being launched by Scholastic Book Clubs with a donation of $1.5 million from the writer James Patterson.
该课堂项目是由学乐图书俱乐部发起的，作家詹姆斯·帕特森捐赠了150万美元。
Scholastic announced the program recently.
学乐最近公布了这个项目。
It aims to bring books to 32,000 poor children who are in kindergarten to eighth grade.
它的目标是为3.2万名幼儿园到八年级的贫困儿童提供书籍。
Judy Newman is president of Scholastic Book Clubs.
朱迪·纽曼是学乐图书俱乐部的主席。
She said in a statement that in many communities people do not have enough money to buy books.
她在一份声明中说，在许多社区，人们没有足够的钱买书。
So she said her company "needed to come up with an alternative to our tried-and-true model, because every child needs to be able to choose and own books, and see themselves as a reader!"
所以她说，她的公司“需要想出一种我们行之有效的模式的替代方案，因为每个孩子都需要能够选择和拥有书籍，并将自己视为读者！”
Scholastic is a large publisher of books for children and educational materials.
学乐是一家大型儿童书籍和教育材料出版商。
Its goal is to get books into schools to increase literacy.
它的目标是让书籍进入学校以提高学生的读写能力。
The company has publishing rights in the U.S. for books like the Harry Potter and Hunger Games series.
该公司拥有《哈利·波特》和《饥饿游戏》等系列图书在美国的出版权。
A gift from Patterson helped start the new program.
帕特森赠送的一份礼物帮助启动了这个新项目。
He is credited with selling millions of books.
他因其数百万本的图书销量而知名。
He has already donated more than $10 million to teachers and students through Scholastic.
他已经通过学乐向教师和学生捐赠了1000多万美元。
He said in a statement that he has supported literacy for many years.
他在一份声明中说，他多年来一直在支持提高学生的读写能力。
He believes reading skills are important for the country.
他认为阅读技能对美国很重要。
"In many cases, kids simply need access to books--and especially books they want to read--to fall in love with reading, characters, and stories."
“在很多情况下，孩子们只是需要读书的机会——尤其是他们想读的书——就能爱上阅读、人物角色和故事。”
Patterson added that the program "will bring books to those schools and communities that need them the most, and ones that we haven't served before."
帕特森还说，该项目“将把书籍带给那些最需要书籍的学校和社区，以及那些我们以前从未提供过书籍的学校和社区。”
Scholastic describes the program on its website.
学乐在其网站上对该项目进行了描述。
It says the United States of Readers program targets children in schools serving poor communities that receive federal educational money.
网站上写道，美国读者项目针对的是为接受联邦教育资金的贫困社区服务的学校里的儿童。
The company said it has chosen a limited number of schools to take part this year but hopes to expand the program in the coming years.
该公司表示，今年已经选择了有限的几个学校参与该项目，但希望在未来几年扩大该项目。
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