夏说英语新闻晨读 第443期:小孩玩手机不是事儿

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Three out of four children under-five now has access to a tablet, smartphone or computer, according to a study. Voice-recognition gadgets² such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa were also said to be increasingly popular with the age group, with nursery rhymes and asking questions - such as: "How big is the moon?" - among common activities. But the children remain interested in offline activities too. And there was an increase in the number of parents reporting their children were engaged in arts and crafts and going to the library outside of school.

have access to: 接触……；使用……
tablet: n. 平板电脑
voice-recognition: 语音识别
recognise: vt. 认出；识别
gadget¹: n. 设备；小器具
be increasingly popular: 越来越受欢迎
age group: 年龄段
nursery rhyme: 童谣
nursery: n. 托儿所
insipid³: adj. 无聊的；乏味的
offline: adj. 线下的
be engaged in: 参与其中
crafts: n. (复数) 手工

1 gadget   

n.小巧的机械，精巧的装置，小玩意儿

参考例句：

• This gadget isn't much good.这小机械没什么用处。
• She has invented a nifty little gadget for undoing stubborn nuts and bolts.她发明了一种灵巧的小工具用来松开紧固的螺母和螺栓。

2 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

3 insipid   

adj.无味的，枯燥乏味的，单调的

参考例句：

• The food was rather insipid and needed gingering up.这食物缺少味道，需要加点作料。
• She said she was a good cook,but the food she cooked is insipid.她说她是个好厨师，但她做的食物却是无味道的。