双语：孩子给狗狗读书的好处

Benefits of Reading to a Dog

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

以下是你的孩子应该给狗狗读书的五个很棒的理由。

1. Dogs create a stress-free atmosphere
1.狗狗营造出无压力的氛围

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

在一只舒适、友好的狗狗身边，很难真的感到有压力。

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

对于那些不太擅长阅读或做展示的孩子来说，教室可能会让他们感到紧张。

Reading to a dog makes the whole situation less formal.

给狗狗读书让整个情况不那么正式。

2. Your kid won't even know she's building her vocabulary
2.你的孩子甚至都意识不到她正在扩充自己的词汇量

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

给一只友好的狗狗读书是你的孩子练习发音的好方法。

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

甚至在不知不觉中，她就会扩充自己的词汇量，对书籍变得更感兴趣，并提高她的口语技能。

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

孩子们在给狗狗大声朗读方面变得更擅长之后，他们在其他场合也可能会更有动力去大声朗读。

3. A confidence-booster
3.增强自信心

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

狗狗不会评判。孩子们给它们大声朗读时会比给一个爱评判的人朗读时更少感到难为情。

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

给狗狗大声朗读的孩子们在阅读技能方面会变得更有自信，并且在课堂上也会不那么害怕大声朗读。

4. Dogs like what your kid likes
4.狗狗喜欢你的孩子所喜欢的东西

Wanna talk about video games? Woof! Mermaids? Woof! A favourite cartoon? Woof!

想聊聊电子游戏吗？汪！美人鱼呢？汪！最喜欢的卡通片？汪！

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

狗狗对你的孩子感兴趣的任何东西都感兴趣，而且它们会听上好几个小时，永远不会感到厌烦。

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

当你的孩子第一百次给它们读《精灵宝可梦Go》的手册时，它们不会翻白眼。

In fact, they'll just woof for more.

事实上，它们只会汪汪叫着还想再听。

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

当孩子们给狗狗读书时，他们的语言技能会得到提高。

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.

他们觉得自己好像处于一个友好的环境中，在这个环境里有人不会嘲笑他们，而是愿意花时间听他们要说的话。

5. Petting a dog reduces anxiety and can even improve motor skills
5.抚摸狗狗可以减轻焦虑，甚至还能提高运动技能

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

仅仅是梳理或抚摸狗狗就能帮助提高孩子的运动技能。

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

这也已被证明可以减轻压力，刺激抗抑郁激素的分泌。

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

抚摸或拥抱狗狗也为阅读提供了宝贵的休息时间，这让孩子们有机会消化刚刚读过的内容。

翻译：豆包

整理：2025年4月7日于经典龙苑