雅思口语| Part1: Reading

1 eat into reading time 耗费阅读时间

I don’t think that the internet eats into reading time at all. 我不觉得上网会耗费很多阅读时间。

2 pretty much read everything online 差不多什么都在网上读

Yeah, you see, for me I think it’s the exact opposite, it’s pretty bad. I pretty much read everything online, magazines or newspapers, and occasionally I’ll still buy a newspaper but I’ve completely stopped reading books. I just do not read books anymore and I think I’m not alone... 是的，你看，在我看来是完全相反的，太糟糕了，我差不多什么都在网上读，杂志呀，报纸呀什么的。有时候，我还会买买报纸，但至于读书我是真的不读了，而且我觉得应该不止我一个人是这样的吧。

3 as enjoyable as it used to be 像过去一样喜欢

I’ve read online, ironically, of other people who say that they’ve stopped reading books because you’re so used to reading online now that the actual process of sitting down and reading a book just isn’t as enjoyable as it used to be. 具有讽刺意味的是，有些人说他们不读书了，是因为他们习惯在网络上阅读像过去那种坐下来好好读书那种方式对他们来说并不是那么喜欢。

4 hard copy form 纸质

Well, having said that it doesn’t affect how much I read, I have to say that I have stopped reading newspapers in hard copy form. I tend to check the news items on the websites so, yeah, in that regard, I do read less than I used to. 说到不影响我读多少，我想说我已经不读纸质版的报纸了，我一般在网站上看新闻，所以就这一点而言，我确实比以前读的少了。

5  save all the trees being cut down 让树木免于被砍

I’m also concerned about the environment so I sort of feel that if I can get the news from the Internet then it’s saving all the trees being cut down and printed into a newspaper form. 我也有点担心环境，所以我有点觉得如果我在网上看消息，就不要砍树那些了，因为不需要印刷版的新闻什么的。