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英國(guó)出版商協(xié)會(huì)（ Publishers  Association ）發(fā)布的最新年度報(bào)告顯示，去年兒童書(shū)籍幫助英國(guó)圖書(shū)銷(xiāo)售創(chuàng)下 35 億英鎊的新紀(jì)錄。雖然電子閱讀器越來(lái)越普及，但電子書(shū)籍的銷(xiāo)售額卻下降至 5.38 億英鎊。報(bào)告中提到，健身類(lèi)和自助書(shū)籍深受讀者喜愛(ài)。非小說(shuō)類(lèi)書(shū)籍的銷(xiāo)量增長(zhǎng)了 9% ，而小說(shuō)類(lèi)書(shū)籍的銷(xiāo)量卻下降了 7% 。請(qǐng)聽(tīng)  Rory Cellan-Jones  的報(bào)道。

With the rise of the Kindle and other e-readers, it did once look as though the publishing industry was going to suffer a period of severe digital disruption.

But last year, sales of physical books rose by 8%, with readers showing particular enthusiasm for non-fiction and children’s books. Meanwhile, there was a 17% fall in sales of consumer e-books, although online journals, academic titles and audio books helped the publishing industry boost its overall digital revenues.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was the bestselling book of 2016, with 1.5 million copies sold. It seems parents are much happier seeing children reading on paper rather than screens.

詞匯表

the rise of 崛起、興起
severe 嚴(yán)重的
digital disruption 電子（書(shū)籍）引起的（市場(chǎng)）干擾
enthusiasm 熱情
non-fiction 非小說(shuō)類(lèi)紀(jì)實(shí)文學(xué)作品
online journals 在線(xiàn)期刊、雜志
academic titles 學(xué)術(shù)性書(shū)籍
audio books 有聲讀物、音頻書(shū)籍
boost 增加
revenues 收入

測(cè)驗(yàn)

請(qǐng)聽(tīng)報(bào)道并回答下列問(wèn)題。

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.