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✦ the benefits of reading to a dog Here are five great reasons why your kid should read to a dog. 以下是你的孩子应该对着狗读书的五大理由。
Dogs create a stress-free atmosphere 狗狗创造一个没有压力的环境 It's hard to be really stressed around a cozy, friendly dog. 和一只舒适友好的狗在一起很难感到真正的压力。 Classrooms can be tense for kids who aren't great readers or presenters. 对于那些不是优秀读者或演讲者的孩子来说，教室可能会很紧张。 Reading to a dog makes the whole situation less formal. 给狗读书会让整个情况变得不那么正式。 Your kid won't even know she's building her vocabulary 你的孩子甚至不知道她在增加词汇量 Reading to a friendly dog is a great way for your child to practice her pronunciation. 对你的孩子来说，给一只友好的狗朗读是练习发音的好方法。 Without even knowing it, she'll be building her vocabulary, becoming more interested in books and improving her oral skills. 甚至在不知情的情况下，她会积累词汇量，对书籍更感兴趣，提高口语能力。 Kids may also become more motivated to read aloud in other settings, as they get better at reading out loud to a dog. 在其他环境下，孩子们可能会更有动力大声朗读，因为他们更擅长向狗大声朗读。 A confidence-booster 信心助推器 Dogs are non-judgmental. Kids will feel less self-conscious about reading aloud to them rather than, say, a judgmental human being. 狗不爱评判。孩子们会对大声朗读感到不那么自觉，而不是，比如说，一个有判断力的人。 Kids who read out loud to dogs become more confident in their reading skills and will be less afraid to read aloud in class. 向狗大声朗读的孩子们对自己的阅读技能更加自信，在课堂上也不再害怕大声朗读。
Dogs like what your kid likes 狗喜欢你孩子喜欢的东西 Wanna talk about video games? Woof! Mermaids? Woof! A favourite cartoon? Woof! 想谈谈电子游戏吗？汪汪！美人鱼？汪汪！最喜欢的动画片？汪汪！ Dogs are interested in whatever your kid is interested in, and they'll listen for hours and never get bored. 狗对你孩子感兴趣的任何东西都感兴趣，它们会听上几个小时，永远不会感到无聊。 They're not going to roll their eyes when your kid reads the Pokemon Go manual to them for the hundredth time. 当你的孩子第一百次读《口袋妖怪手册》时，他们不会翻白眼。 In fact, they'll just woof for more. 事实上，他们只会汪汪更多。 As kids read to a dog, their verbal skills improve. 当孩子们给狗读书时，他们的语言技能会提高。 They feel as though they're in a friendly environment with someone who won't laugh at them but wants to spend time listening to what they have to say. 他们觉得自己处在一个友好的环境中，与一个不会嘲笑他们但想花时间听他们说什么的人在一起。 Petting a dog reduces anxiety and can even improve motor skills 抚摸狗可以减少焦虑，甚至可以提高运动技能 Just grooming or petting a dog can help to improve a child's motor skills. 仅仅梳理或抚摸一只狗就可以帮助提高孩子的运动技能。 It's also been proven to reduce stress, stimulating the production of anti-depressant hormones. 它也被证明能减轻压力，刺激抗抑郁激素的产生。 Petting or hugging a dog also provides valuable breaks in reading, which gives children a chance to process what they've just read. 抚摸或拥抱狗也能让孩子们在阅读中获得宝贵的休息时间，让他们有机会处理刚刚读到的内容。
Stress-free 无压力的 Be stressed around 感到压力 Be tense for 对…感到紧张 feel self-conscious about 难为情的 petting a dog 抚摸狗 Cozy 舒适的 valuable breaks in sth 宝贵的休息 building one's vocabulary 积累词汇量 In other settings 在其他环境中 Confidence-booster 信心助推器 Verbal/Oral skills 口头技能 Improve Motor skills 提高运动技能 Become motivated to do 有动力去做 Stimulating the production of 刺激...产生 Anti-depressant hormones 抗抑郁激素 non-judgmental 非评判性 productive non-judgmental approach 积极中立的说法 manual---adj、n manual labour/jobs/skills 体力劳动 / 活儿；手工技巧 a computer/car/instruction manual 电脑 / 汽车说明书；用法指南 handbook Leave the controls on manual. 让操纵杆处于手动状态。 |
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