Vol. 1 《劍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.可能的影響/後果；牽涉；暗示，含意
[詞彙拓展]
implicate /'ɪmplɪkeɪt/ v. 牽連，涉及；說明（某物）導致……
implicate sb. in sth. 某人涉嫌某事
e.g. The police officer is implicated in the cover-up.
那個警察涉嫌隱瞞。
P.S. 當implication翻譯爲“暗示，含意”時，動詞可用imply表達。
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.
你一直在查看手機。
—What are you implying/suggesting?
你想暗示什麼？
— You keep checking your phone.
你一直在查看手機。
—What should I infer from that?
我應該從你的話裏推斷出什麼？
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pre-reading toddler 尚未識字的幼童
[詞根詞綴記憶]
[詞綴] pre-源於拉丁語，譯爲before/ in front of，“先於，在…前面”
e.g. prediction →pre+dict+ion 先於+說+（名詞後綴）→在發生之前說的話
“預言，預測”
prefix → pre+fix 在…前面+安裝→在某物前面安裝某物
“前綴”
[合成詞] pre-reading 先於+閱讀→“尚未識字的”
toddler 請複習“Vocabulary Builder 1”
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expert adult 內行的成年人
[詞彙拓展]
expert /'ekspɜːt/ n.專家，能手adj. 內行的，專家的
從下一期開始，我們將進入下一個版塊——Critical Perspective-taking（批判視覺看問題） ，是把之前計劃的Perspective-taking（換個視角看問題）和Critical Thinking（一起來“找茬”）結合在了一起。
That's all for today! Bye for now!