Why some people become lifelong readers

湖北公安縣第一中學 張瓊芳

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難詞探意

1.flip/fl?p/v.翻轉

2.derive/d?'ra?v/v.源于；獲得

3.affluence/'?flu?ns/n.富裕

4.introvert/'?ntr?vз?t/n.內向的人

5.attain/?'te?n/v.達到；獲得

6.avid/'?v?d/adj.熱衷的；酷愛的

They can be identified by their independent-bookstore bags or printed stacks of paper theyflipthrough on their lap.They are,for lack of a more specific term,readers.Joining their group seems simple enough：Get a book and read it! But behind that simple process is a question of motivation—of why some people grow up toderivegreat pleasure from reading,while others don't.

Some people are much more likely than others to become members of the reading class.First,the more education people have,the morelikely they are to be readers.Beyond that,urban people read more than rural people.Affluenceis associated with reading.Young girls read earlierthan boysdo and continue toread more in adulthood.

Of course, possessing any of these characteristics doesn't guarantee that someone will or won't become a reader.Personality also seems to play a role.“Introvertsseem to be a little bit more likely to do a lot of leisure-time reading,” Daniel Willingham,a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia said.

Willingham also talked about the importance of the number of books in one's childhood home.Studies looking at “family scholarly culture”have found that children who grew up surrounded by books tend toattainhigher levels of education and to be better readers than those who didn't.There is no doubt that being a reader sets a child up for academic success,since so much of school is reading.

Reading will seem more like chocolate cake if it's something that parents themselves take part in happily and regularly.“When I'm sitting there on my couch,reading a book,and my kids are doing their own thing,I like to think,‘I'm parenting right now—they can see me reading this book,'”Maria Russo,the children's-books editor said.Similarly,right after dinner,if you scroll through your phone,open up your laptop,or watch TV,kids are likely to take note.

Parents don't have to becomeavidreaders themselves to raise avid readers. Russo suggested a bunch of things that parents can do to make reading seem exciting and worthwhile：talk about books during meals or car rides,indicating that they're just as compelling a subject of conversation as the day's events;make regular stops at libraries and bookstores and stay a while;and give books as birthday gifts.

Reading Check

T(true)or F(false)questions

（ ）1.Readers can be identified by independent schoolbags.

（ ）2.Urban people often read more than rural people.

（ ）3.Children surrounded by books tend to be better readers.

（ ）4.Eating chocolate cake can help children become good readers.

（ ）5.Parents have an influence on children's reading habits.

Language Study

Sentence for writing

First,the more education people have,the more likely they are to be readers.首先，人們的教育程度越高，就越有可能成為閱讀者。

【信息提取】the+比較級...,the+比較級...意為“越……，就越……”。

【句式仿寫】你越用功，進步就會越大。