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【一起听英语】电子书与纸质书 - 英语课
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 电子书和纸质书哪种更好呢?


Kate: Hello and welcome to this week's 6 Minute English. Joining me again today


is Rebecca. Hi Rebecca. In today's programme we're talking about books


and reading. Are you a keen reader Rebecca?


Rebecca: Answers…


Kate: We often hold an emotional attachment 1 to books, keeping them for years,


lending them to friends or giving them as presents. But that all may be about


to change….as in the last few years some major companies have made


available millions of books online which can also be downloaded on to


electronic readers. Can you explain what electronic readers are?


Rebecca: Certainly, an electronic reader is a small hand held computer capable of


storing hundreds of books in electronic form and displaying the pages as


clearly as in a real book. An electronic book or eBook!


Kate: I'm sorry but I just don't like the sound of that. I love books and the way


they feel. I like going into bookshops and buying a whole collection of


brand new books. What do you think – would you prefer to start reading


your books on screen?


Rebecca: Well – I can see how it would be handy and it would be great to stop having


to carry those huge volumes around with me, not to mention freeing up


some space in my home. But having said that, I already spend too much


time looking at a computer screen as it is, so perhaps just for the sake of my


eyes it wouldn't be such a good thing. 


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Kate: And now to my question for this week. An old book which looks as though


it has been read by many people can sometimes be referred to in one of the


following ways:


a) cat-tailed


b) dog-eared


c) mouse-nosed


Rebecca: answers


Kate: Thanks – we'll find out the correct answer at the end of the programme.


We're going to hear from two people to hear what they think of the eBooks.


Before we listen, could you explain what the word luddite means?


Rebecca: A luddite is someone who is averse 2 or unwilling 3 to adapt to changes in


technology. Someone who refuses to learn how to use a computer or mobile


phone, for example.


Kate: And concept adjustment?


Rebecca: This expression means to change the way we think about something,


especially if we feel very strongly that something should be a certain way.


Kate: Thanks – so let's listen to the first extract 4. How does the speaker, John


Sutherland feel about e-readers?


Extract 1


Everyone has got a luddite inside and everyone thinks 'I don't need mechanics….I can read, I


can handle libraries, I'm in control of the information sources I have. The point is that we all


need a big concept adjustment – it's going to happen in 2 or 3 years time'. 


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Rebecca: He said everyone has a luddite inside that doesn't want anything to change


but that we had to accept it was going to happen in as little as 2 or 3 years!


I suppose he's likely to be right. At the moment most people are likely to say


they don’t like the idea of reading a book on a computer, but then we all


said the same about newspapers and music didn't we …?


Kate: Yes, but the idea still makes me feel quite sad to think of all those wonderful


old books being replaced by a modern computer. Are we really going to


start speaking about the books we read today as antiquarian? This is a


word which means special and old.


Rebecca: Well, some people are even beginning to speak of books as being sacred.


This means to be considered holy and deserving of very special respect


because of a connection with God. What does the 2nd


speaker, Peter


Florence think of this…?


Extract 2


I don’t think the book is sacred. I think the story's sacred the writing's sacred and the means


in which you get it can be any you like. What will happen as electronic media presents stories


more availably, is that the old antiqurian stuff will become more valuable.


Rebecca: Interesting – he doesn't think the book itself is sacred or special. He thinks


that the story itself is the important thing. He thinks that as more and more


of us begin to use the electronic media, that the antiquarian or old


fashioned books will become more valuable.


Kate: Valuable! That's good to hear – at least some of our old books will have


some use. But yes, he does have a point. What is it we actually value? Is it


the story and narrative 5 or the book itself? It brings up some interesting


issues of what it is we really like about books.


I still can't imagine everyone reading books on computers though….. do you


think we'll be sitting here in 3 or 4 years time finding it completely normal? 


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Rebecca: answers


Kate: So now to the question I asked you earlier. Which expression describes an


old, well read book?


Rebecca: answers


Kate: The expression is 'dog-eared'.


Rebecca: This means when the pages are all bent 6 and many people have read it.


Kate: Thanks – and now let's quickly run over the rest of the vocabulary we heard


in today's programme:


Rebecca: We had electronic readers, eBook, luddite, concept adjustment, sacred


and antiquarian. And don't forget dog-eared of course.


Kate: Thanks Rebecca – that's all we've got time for today. Until next time (while


you're still able to get your hands on a real book)…. happy reading! 



1 attachment
n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附
  • She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。
  • She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。
2 averse
adj.厌恶的;反对的,不乐意的
  • I don't smoke cigarettes,but I'm not averse to the occasional cigar.我不吸烟,但我不反对偶尔抽一支雪茄。
  • We are averse to such noisy surroundings.我们不喜欢这么吵闹的环境。
3 unwilling
adj.不情愿的
  • The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
  • His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
4 extract
vt.取出,提取,获得,摘录;n.摘录,提出物
  • The article was a choice extract from her writings.这篇文章是从她的著作中摘录出来的精粹。
  • We can extract oil from olive.我们可以从橄榄中榨油。
5 narrative
n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的
  • He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
  • Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
6 bent
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
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