新奇事件簿 纸质书更适合做睡前读物

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.

科技的进程似乎不可阻挡，但是在它们代替传统的纸质睡前故事书之前，全数字化还有一段路要走。一项新研究表明纸质书比电子书更适合做睡前读物。该研究表明需要用手指翻动书页的高质量印刷书籍与电子书相比可以让父母和孩子进行更多的互动。密歇根大学的研究人员研究了37对父母与幼儿用电子书和纸质书互动的方式。研究人员发现用电子书的话，父母会问他们的孩子更少的问题，并对这本书做出更少的评论。

The study involved observing parents and children (aged two or three) reading from three different book formats¹. These were printed books, basic e-books on a tablet, and enhanced e-books with features such as animation², graphics³ 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, "don't push that button" or "don't change the volume" than ask questions or make observations about the story.

该研究涉及观察父母和两三岁儿童在三种不同书籍形式下的阅读模式。它们分别是印刷书、平板电纸书以及带有图画图形和声效等特点的升级版电子书。研究人员发现阅读两种电子书的父母和儿童的互动都比印刷书要少。一名研究人员表示当父母和孩子说话时，他们更有可能谈论这个设备和技术而非故事本身。孩子们更有可能会说，“不要按那个按钮”或是“不要调声音”而不是问关于这个故事的问题或对这个故事进行观察。

1 formats   

n.（出版物的）版式( format的名词复数 )；[电视]电视节目的总安排（或计划）

参考例句：

• They are producing books in all kinds of different formats. 他们出版各种不同开本的书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A true GUI includes standard formats for representing text and graphics. 真正的图形用户界面包括表示文字和图形的标准格式。 来自互联网

2 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

3 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。