Rohozha Valeriia – ER, an.

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Reading in the world
Why is reading not popular today? Teenagers try to spend their free time with their
cell phones. They can chat, play, text, but they don’t read.
We can always hear that our ministers of education attribute the crisis of reading
to methods of teaching. In their speeches they call teaching too archaic or too
modern.
In my opinion, these methods have nothing to do with the teenagers’ disaffection
of the book. Reading is an activity that can only be practiced in silence and
solitude. I think it is the reason why there are reading problems among teenagers
today.
Everything that we can see in the world is full of noise now. If we can listen
to music together, we can’t read together. We can read only alone. It is even a great
pleasure when we discovered the book that we can think over being alone. And
only after that we will be ready to share our thoughts with the others if we like
to do that.
But solitude and silence are now luxurious goods in our hectic world. That is why
reading can’t become a hobby for teenagers, unfortunately.

riːdiŋ ɪn ðə ˈmɒdən wɜːld
waɪ ɪz ˈriːdiŋ nɒt ˈpɒpjʊlə təˈdeɪ? ˈtiːnˌeɪʤəz traɪ tuː spɛnd ðeə friː taɪm wɪð ðeə sɛl 
fəʊnz. ðeɪ kæn ʧæt, pleɪ, tɛkst, bʌt ðeɪ dəʊnt riːd.
wiː kæn ˈɔːlweɪz hɪə ðæt ˈaʊə ˈmɪnɪstəz ɒv ˌedjʊˈkeɪʃn ˈætrɪbjuːt  ðə ˈkraɪsɪs ɒv 
ˈriːdɪŋ tuː ˈmɛθədz ɒv ˈtiːʧɪŋ.  ɪn ðeə ˈspiːʧɪz ðeɪ kɔːl ˈtiːʧɪŋ tuː ɑːˈkeɪɪk ɔː tuː
ˈmɒdən.
ɪn maɪ əˈpɪnjən, ðiːz ˈmɛθədz hæv ˈnʌθɪŋ tuː duː wɪð ðə ˈtiːnˌeɪʤəz dɪsəˈfekʃn ɒv 
ðə bʊk. ˈriːdɪŋ ɪz ən ækˈtɪvɪti ðæt kæn ˈəʊnli biː ˈpræktɪst ɪn ˈsaɪləns ænd ˈsɒlɪtjuːd. 
aɪ θɪŋk ɪt ɪz ðə ˈriːzn waɪ ðeər ɑː ˈriːdɪŋ ˈprɒbləmz əˈmʌŋ ˈtiːnˌeɪʤəz təˈdeɪ.
ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ ðæt wiː kæn siː ɪn ðə wɜːld ɪz fʊl ɒv nɔɪz naʊ. ɪf wiː kæn ˈlɪsn tuː ˈmjuːzɪk 
təˈgɛðə, wiː kɑːnt riːd təˈgɛðə. wiː kæn riːd ˈəʊnli əˈləʊn. ɪt ɪz ˈiːvən ə greɪt ˈplɛʒə 
wɛn wiː dɪsˈkʌvəd ðə bʊk ðæt wiː kæn θɪŋk ˈəʊvə ˈbiːɪŋ əˈləʊn. ænd ˈəʊnli ˈɑːftə 
ðæt wiː wɪl biː ˈrɛdi tuː ʃeər ˈaʊə θɔːts wɪð ði ˈʌðəz ɪf wiː laɪk tuː duː ðæt.
bʌt ˈsɒlɪtjuːd ænd ˈsaɪləns ɑː naʊ lʌgˈzjʊərɪəs gʊdz ɪn ˈaʊə ˈhɛktɪk wɜːld. ðæt ɪz 
waɪ ˈriːdɪŋ kɑːnt bɪˈkʌm ə ˈhɒbi fɔː ˈtiːnˌeɪʤəz, ʌnˈfɔːʧnɪtli.