When he read stories to the multitaskers, they had difficulty identifying theemotions of the people in the stories, and saying what they would do to make theperson feel better.
Fifteen-year-old Michael has a secret relationship with a woman more than twicehis age: after school he reads her stories and they make love, until one day shevanishes.
第二天晚上他再一次安顿埃里卡Erica和旺达Wanda上床睡觉,叫她们刷牙,给她们读故事。
He put Erica and Wanda to bed again the next night, made them brush their teeth, read a story to them.
President Barack Obama got into the Christmas spirit Monday, stopping by achildren's club to read a story and deliver some cookies, with the US capitalcloaked in a deep snow.
不管你在课堂上读故事给小孩听还是在课后当个自愿的阅读导师,你和你的学生在教和学的经验都会得到丰富。
Whether you read a story to your child's class or volunteer as a reading tutor inan after school program, both you and the students will be enriched by theexperience of teaching one another.
2005年后,父母给小孩读故事的时间变少了,整整少了10分钟。
Parents read less to their young children since 2005, a full 10 minutes less.
"It can be very difficult for parents to find the time to read with their children, butthese moments can help build strong bonds and play a vital part in their child'sdevelopment," said Woolfson.
有趣的是,比起白人和西班牙裔父母来,黑人父母给小孩读故事的时间更多,每天多10分钟。
Interestingly, African American families read more to their children than White andHispanic parents – an additional 10 minutes a day.
给孩子读故事的比例也有大幅提高。
Reading to children had also increased markedly.
我把图书馆借的书带到她家里。我给她读故事。
I took my library books to her house.
辛迪早慧得让人惊奇,也许有一天她能读故事甚至认人。但是,她的发明者说,这没什么要大惊小怪的。
Cindy is amazingly precocious, and may one day be able to read stories, evenrecognize faces. But that, says her creator, is nothing to be scared of.
有雷雨时她给简读故事以使她不受惊吓。
She put Jane at her ease during the thunderstorm by reading her stories.
They conducted a study that showed younger children aged 3-4 were mosthungry for more stories, with over three-quarters saying they wished their parentsread to them more often.
Its founder, Donald Katz, told the Observer: "Colin Firth could read me the back ofa Marmite jar and I would listen… I'd pay Dustin Hoffman to read from a cerealbox."
我喜欢读故事书。
I like to read storybooks.
与第一代父母相比,第二代母亲每天给孩子读故事的比例要多近3倍。
Nearly three times more mothers in the second generation reported reading totheir children daily pared to their own parents.
现在的父亲和我们7岁时眼中的父亲一样,他会每天晚上给我们读故事,教我们如何触底得分。
We still see him now as we did when we were seven: as our loving daddy. OurDad, who read to us nightly, taught us how to score tedious baseball games.
我在下午读故事书。
I read story books in the afternoon. joanyixinkoushi.