美語情景對話 第850期:Reading Trends 閱讀趨勢

Todd: Actually I still enjoy newspapers somewhat. I like to eat my lunch and read the newspaper or maybe have a newspaper when I'm taking the bus or the train, so I have something to read, but I don't buy them as much as I used to.

託德：其實我仍然非常喜歡報紙。我喜歡一邊吃午飯一邊看報紙，也喜歡在坐公交車和火車時看報紙，雖然我仍然在看報，但我不像以前那樣買報紙了。

Monica: Yeah, that's true, I really like the idea of having a newspaper in paper form and I do enjoy opening it up and having a coffee in the morning and reading the newspaper, but I don't actually do that now.

莫妮卡：是這樣的，我喜歡印刷的報紙，也喜歡早上打開報紙，一邊喝咖啡一邊看報紙，不過我現在基本上不這麼做了。

Todd: So how often do you.actually start and finish a book?

託德：你多久能看完一本書？

Monica: Well, I've been reading maybe one or two books a week, recently which is quite a lot for me.

莫妮卡：嗯，我基本上一週看一到兩本書，最近我看的更多。

Todd: Yeah, that's pretty good.

託德：嗯，真不錯。

Monica: As I said earlier, it's really because I have a bit more spare time than I used to so that has changed my reading habits. And when I'm traveling I love reading, so if I'm on a train I love reading a book and if I'm on a plane I prefer to read a book than watch a movie, for example, so I get a lot of enjoyment out of reading books, still. Having said that I do listen to e-books on the computer...

莫妮卡：我之前說過，因爲我現在的空閒時間比以前多，所以我的閱讀習慣發生了改變。我喜歡在旅途中看書，我喜歡在火車上看書，如果我坐飛機的話，我更喜歡看書，而不是看電影，看書給我帶來了很多樂趣。雖然如此，不過我也會在電腦上聽有聲電子書。

Todd: Oh, I love e-books.

託德：哦，我喜歡電子書。

Monica:h I love because it's very therapeutic I think listening to someone reading to you, a bit like when you were little and your mom used to read you a book. I like to do that when I'm really tired and I don't want to actually physically read a book and I don't want to even check my e-mail. I just want to lie down and basically listen to a story. Yeah, so I have enjoyed doing that recently and technology has had a big part to play in how much I do that.

莫妮卡：我喜歡聽有聲電子書是因爲我覺得那令人精神放鬆，聽其他人給你讀書，就像小時候聽媽媽講故事一樣。我非常累的時候，不想看書甚至不想檢查電子郵件時，我就會聽電子書。我只想躺下來聽故事。我最近很喜歡聽電子書，科技對我的閱讀習慣產生了很大的影響。

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重點講解：
1. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：He used to be a timber merchant.
他曾是一個木材商。
2. open up 打開；翻開；
例句：I open up my appointment organizer.
我打開自己的備忘記事本。
3. prefer to do sth. 更喜歡做某事；
例句：I prefer to live in small cities.
我更喜歡住在小城市裏。
4. lie down 躺下（休息或睡眠）；
例句：I should lie down for a bit, if I were you.
如果我是你，我就會躺一會兒。