Book sales hit a record as children's fiction gains in popularity 儿童小说帮助英国图书销量创下新高_BBC

non-fiction 非小说类纪实文学作品

online journals 在线期刊、杂志

academic titles 学术性书籍

audio books 有声读物、音频书籍

boost 增加

revenues 收入

测验请听报道并回答下列问题。

1. What is a Kindle?

2. What kinds of books contributed to the increase in physical book sales?

3. True or false? Parents prefer children to read books on digital devices.

4. Which word in the text means ‘selling in greater quantities than others of the same kind’?

答案 1. What is a Kindle?

Kindle is a type of e-reader. Books are stored digitally on an e-reader.

2. What kinds of books contributed to the increase in physical book sales?

Non-fiction books and children’s books contributed to the increase of physical book sales by 8%.

3. True or false? Parents prefer children to read books on digital devices.

False. Parents prefer children to read books on paper rather than on screens, hence the rise in children’s paper book sales.

4. Which word in the text means ‘selling in greater quantities than others of the same kind’?

Bestselling.

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