Chatterbox #281 – Do you prefer reading paper or e-books?

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🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrew and Anna debate the pros and cons of reading paper books and digital e-books. They also discuss their experiences with reading online and talk about the daily distractions that prevent them from reading properly. Our Chatterbox series is the perfect way to learn English with our Culips hosts who discuss interesting and contemporary topics using everyday English. If you want to learn how to talk like a native speaker, then this is the podcast series for you! Fun facts The first e-book was published way back in 1971. Michael Stern Hart was a technologist who decided to transcribe the US Declaration of Independence onto his computer and make it available to other users on the network. However, the first physical e-book invented was the Rocketbook in 1997. Expressions included in the study guide Mindless On the surface To go by the wayside To catch oneself Clueless Workaround Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar Photo Credit: Colton Sturgeon (Unsplash.com) Link to talk with Dr. Naomi Barron Article we summarized in the episode

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. My name is Andrew and my name is Anna and you're listening to the
0:06.9	Q-Lips English podcast. This is Chatterbox, the Q-Up series for intermediate and advanced English learners that features
0:18.0	natural unedited conversations between native speakers about an interesting topic.
0:25.0	And today I'm joined by my co-host Anna.
0:28.0	Hello there, Anna.
0:29.0	Hi Andrew, how are you?
0:30.0	I am fantastic.
0:32.0	How about you? I'm all good looking forward to talking about our
0:35.5	topic today. Yes, absolutely. Today we're going to be talking about reading.
0:40.9	Specifically, we're going to discuss some of the differences between
0:44.4	reading with a screen, so like reading on a computer or a phone, for example,
0:49.7	versus reading on paper, like printed books and magazines.
0:55.0	Yes, exactly.
0:57.0	I think this is a really interesting question, like,
1:00.0	which kind of reading source is better, digital or printed, and I think there will be a ton for us to talk about.
1:07.0	But Anna, before we get to our conversation, we should remind our listeners about the study guide for this episode.
1:15.0	It comes with a transcript, detailed vocabulary definitions and examples,
1:20.8	a quiz, and even prompts that you guys can use when you are practicing speaking or writing.
1:28.0	And we strongly recommend following along with the guide while you listen to this episode with us today.
1:35.4	So to get the study guide, you just need to become a QUPS member and you can find out all the details
1:42.4	and sign up to become a member on our website
1:45.9	QLips.com.
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