English Practice 02

오늘은 BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English의 'Why read books, not screens?'라는 주제를 가지고 영어 듣기와 쉐도잉 연습을 해보았습니다.

Title: Why read books, not screens?

Georgie

For me, there's nothing like reading a book I love turning the pages and the smell of the paper. but nowadays, the fact is that much of the time we read from electronic screens, not paper.

Phil

we'll find out the answer later in the program, of course, it there is a little doubt but that any kind of reading is good for you. here's Cressida Cowell, author to of the how to train your dragon children's books, speaking with BBC Idea: 

Cressida Cowell

Reading is three magical things- powers creativity, intelligence, and empathy. Reading of the joy of it is one of the two key factors in a kid's later success. you're more likely to not be in prison, to vote, or to own your own home.  All of these advantages and benefits happen as a result of literacy.

Georgie

Cressida talks about the importance of reading for the joy of it. When you do an activity for the joy of it, you do it simply for the pleasure of doing it, rather than as a way to gain something else

Phil

Cressida lists the many benefits of reading for children, including economic success in later life. But many of these benefits depend on a state known as deep reading analysing a text to understand its deeper meaning. And in test after test, researchers have shown that deep reading skills develop better when kids read from books

Georgie

Professor Maryanne Wolf is a teacher, and advcate advocate for children’s literacy around the world. Here, she explains more about deep reading in to BBC Idea.

Phil
Professor Wolf's research shows that reading from screens encourages reading at the surface level quickly and superficially looking at what can be easily understood. Reading books, on the other hand, activates different areas of the brain, allowing a reader to develop positive traits like empathy, and to understand the deeper level of the a book, including analogies and inferences. An analogy is a comparison between things that have similar features. For example, you might talk about the human heart using the analogy of a pump.

Georgie
An inference is a guess, opinion, or conclusion that you make based on the information you already have. For example, seeing smoke in the distance you would make an inference that there's fire. It’s these types of deeper, more subtle understanding that we get from reading books.

Phil
So, why is it that reading from screens doesn’t develop these skills in the same way? Well, the answer has to do with the volume, the sheer number of words, pings and notifications that screens bombard us with every day. Instead of deep reading, this encourages skimming - reading rapidly in order to get a general overview of something. I think it’s time to reveal the answer to my question, Georgie. I asked you how many words does the average modern person read a day.

 

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