Vol. 1 《剑16》Academic Test 4 Reading Passage 2
Changes in Reading Habits
What are the implications of the way we read today?
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Look around on your next plane trip. The iPad is the new pacifier for babies and toddlers. Younger school-aged children read stories on smartphones; older kids don’t read at all, but hunch over video games. Parents and other passengers read on tablets or skim a flotilla of email and news feeds. Unbeknown to most of us, an invisible, game-changing transformation links everyone in this picture; the neuronal circuit that underlines the brain’s ability to read is subtly, rapidly changing and this has implications for everyone from the pre-reading toddler to the expert adult.
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implication /ɪmplɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n/ n.可能的影响/后果；牵涉；暗示，含意
[词汇拓展]
implicate /'ɪmplɪkeɪt/ v. 牵连，涉及；说明（某物）导致……
implicate sb. in sth. 某人涉嫌某事
e.g. The police officer is implicated in the cover-up.
那个警察涉嫌隐瞒。
P.S. 当implication翻译为“暗示，含意”时，动词可用imply表达。
imply /ɪm'plaɪ/ v.暗示；意味着(=suggest)
by implication 言下之意
implied meaning 言外之意
e.g. — You keep checking your phone.
你一直在查看手机。
—What are you implying/suggesting?
你想暗示什么？
— You keep checking your phone.
你一直在查看手机。
—What should I infer from that?
我应该从你的话里推断出什么？
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pre-reading toddler 尚未识字的幼童
[词根词缀记忆]
[词缀] pre-源于拉丁语，译为before/ in front of，“先于，在…前面”
e.g. prediction →pre+dict+ion 先于+说+（名词后缀）→在发生之前说的话
“预言，预测”
prefix → pre+fix 在…前面+安装→在某物前面安装某物
“前缀”
[合成词] pre-reading 先于+阅读→“尚未识字的”
toddler 请复习“Vocabulary Builder 1”
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expert adult 内行的成年人
[词汇拓展]
expert /'ekspɜːt/ n.专家，能手adj. 内行的，专家的
从下一期开始，我们将进入下一个版块——Critical Perspective-taking（批判视觉看问题） ，是把之前计划的Perspective-taking（换个视角看问题）和Critical Thinking（一起来“找茬”）结合在了一起。
That's all for today! Bye for now!
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