張寧

The march of technology may seem unstoppable， but all things digital may have a way to go before they replace the traditional bedtime book—the paper one. A new study shows that paper books are better than e-books for bedtime reading. The study suggests that the good old printed book， with real pages that you turn with your fingers， makes parents and children interact more than they do when reading with an electronic book. Researchers from the University of Michigan studied how 37 pairs of parents and toddlers interacted with e-books and paper books. The researchers found that with electronic books， parents asked their children fewer questions and made fewer comments about the story.

The study involved observing parents and children （aged two or three） reading from three different book formats. These were printed books， basic e-books on a tablet， and enhanced e-books with features such as animation， graphics and sound effects. The researchers discovered that the parents and toddlers interacted with each other less with both types of e-books than they did with the printed books. A researcher said that when they did speak， they were far likelier to talk about the device and the technology rather than about the story. Children were likelier to say things like， “dont push that button” or “dont change the volume” than ask questions or make observations about the story.

科技的發(fā)展似乎勢(shì)不可擋，但所有數(shù)字化的東西在取代傳統(tǒng)的睡前讀物——紙質(zhì)書之前，可能都還有很長的路要走。一項(xiàng)新的研究表明，紙質(zhì)書比電子書更適合睡前閱讀。這項(xiàng)研究表明，好的印刷的舊書，有需要你用手指翻動(dòng)的真正的書頁，讓父母和孩子的互動(dòng)比他們閱讀電子書籍時(shí)的要多。密歇根大學(xué)的研究人員研究了37對(duì)父母和幼兒如何通過電子書和紙質(zhì)書互動(dòng)。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，在使用電子書籍時(shí)，父母向孩子們提出的問題較少，并且對(duì)故事的評(píng)論很少。

這項(xiàng)研究觀察了父母和（兩至三歲的）孩子閱讀三種不同形式書籍的情況，包括：印刷書籍、平板電腦上的基礎(chǔ)電子書，以及具有動(dòng)畫、圖形和聲音效果等功能的增強(qiáng)型電子書。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，在使用兩種類型的電子書時(shí)，父母與幼兒的互動(dòng)比使用印刷書籍的互動(dòng)更少。一位研究人員說，在他們說話的時(shí)候，更愿意談?wù)摰氖窃O(shè)備和技術(shù)，而不是故事。孩子們說得更多的是“不要按那個(gè)按鈕”或“不要改變音量”，而不是問或者觀察關(guān)于故事本身的問題。

▲Discussion議一議：

1. What are the good and bad things about paper books？ Which are better， paper books or e-books？ 紙質(zhì)書籍的優(yōu)缺點(diǎn)是什么？紙質(zhì)書籍和電子書哪個(gè)更好？

2. How can technology make books better？ 科技如何讓書籍變得更好？

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