纸质书比电子书更适合睡前阅读

张宁

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.

科技的发展似乎势不可挡，但所有数字化的东西在取代传统的睡前读物——纸质书之前，可能都还有很长的路要走。一项新的研究表明，纸质书比电子书更适合睡前阅读。这项研究表明，好的印刷的旧书，有需要你用手指翻动的真正的书页，让父母和孩子的互动比他们阅读电子书籍时的要多。密歇根大学的研究人员研究了37对父母和幼儿如何通过电子书和纸质书互动。研究人员发现，在使用电子书籍时，父母向孩子们提出的问题较少，并且对故事的评论很少。

这项研究观察了父母和（两至三岁的）孩子阅读三种不同形式书籍的情况，包括：印刷书籍、平板电脑上的基础电子书，以及具有动画、图形和声音效果等功能的增强型电子书。研究人员发现，在使用两种类型的电子书时，父母与幼儿的互动比使用印刷书籍的互动更少。一位研究人員说，在他们说话的时候，更愿意谈论的是设备和技术，而不是故事。孩子们说得更多的是“不要按那个按钮”或“不要改变音量”，而不是问或者观察关于故事本身的问题。

▲Discussion议一议：

1. What are the good and bad things about paper books？ Which are better， paper books or e-books？ 纸质书籍的优缺点是什么？纸质书籍和电子书哪个更好？

2. How can technology make books better？ 科技如何让书籍变得更好？

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