用英语来认知观察理解世界（72双语科普）

Benefits of Reading to a Dog对着狗朗读的好处

Here are five great reasons why your kid should read to a dog.

这里有五个关于为什么你的孩子应该对着狗朗读的绝佳原因。

1. Dogs create a stress-free atmosphere（氛围）

1. 狗能够创造一种无压力的氛围

It's hard to be really stressed around a cozy, friendly dog.

在一只温暖、舒适、友好的狗身边很难变得真正紧张起来。

Classrooms can be tense for kids who aren't great readers or presenters.

教室可能令不擅长朗读或者课堂展示的孩子紧张。

Reading to a dog makes the whole situation less formal.

对着狗朗读让这个情景变得没那么正式。

2. Your kid won't even know she's building her vocabulary

2. 你的孩子甚至不知道她正在构建自己的词汇量

Reading to a friendly dog is a great way for your child to practice her pronunciation.

对着一只友好的狗朗读对于你的孩子锻炼发音来说是很好的方法。

Without even knowing it, she'll be building her vocabulary, becoming more interested in books and improving her oral skills（口语技巧）.

在甚至没有意识到的情况下，她将构建自己的词汇量，并且将变得对书籍更加感兴趣，也能提高她的语言表达技能。

Kids may also become more motivated to read aloud in other settings, as they get better at reading out loud to a dog.

在其他场景下，孩子们也可能对大声朗读变得更有积极性，因为他们在对着狗大声朗读时，自己也进步了。

3. A confidence-booster

3. 一个信心增幅器

Dogs are non-judgmental. Kids will feel less self-conscious about reading aloud to them rather than, say, a judgmental human being.

狗从不批判别人。孩子们在对着狗大声朗读时不会像对着武断的人类朗读那样难为情。

Kids who read out loud to dogs become more confident in their reading skills and will be less afraid to read aloud in class.

对着狗大声朗读的孩子们对于自己的朗读技能变得更有自信，也不会那么惧怕在课堂上大声朗读。

4. Dogs like what your kid likes

4. 狗喜欢你的孩子喜欢的东西

Wanna talk about video games? Woof! Mermaids（美人鱼）? Woof! A favourite cartoon? Woof!

想要聊聊电子游戏吗？汪！美人鱼呢？汪！最喜欢的动画片？汪！

Dogs are interested in whatever your kid is interested in, and they'll listen for hours and never get bored.

狗对你的孩子感兴趣的一切都感兴趣，并且它们能听上几个小时，绝不会感到疲倦。

They're not going to roll their eyes（翻白眼） when your kid reads the Pokemon Go manual（手册） to them for the hundredth time.

当你的孩子对它们读上百遍《神奇宝贝》手册，狗也不会翻白眼。

In fact, they'll just woof for more.

事实上，它们还会叫着想要更多。

As kids read to a dog, their verbal（语言） skills improve.

当孩子对着狗朗读时，他们的语言技能会提升。

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.

他们感到自己仿佛身处一个友好的环境中，和不会嘲笑自己而且想要花时间倾听自己想说什么的人在一起。

5. Petting a dog reduces anxiety and can even improve motor skills（运动技能）

5. 抚摸狗有利于减少焦虑并且甚至能够提升运动技能

Just grooming（梳毛） or petting a dog can help to improve a child's motor skills.

仅仅是为狗梳理毛发或是抚摸他们就可以帮助提升孩子的运动技能。

It's also been proven to reduce stress, stimulating the production of anti-depressant hormones.

这也被证明了可以减少压力，刺激抵抗抑郁的荷尔蒙的产生。

Petting or hugging a dog also provides valuable（宝贵的） breaks in reading, which gives children a chance to process what they've just read.

抚摸或者拥抱狗也能在阅读中提供宝贵的休息，这给了孩子们机会来消化他们刚刚阅读的东西。

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