The soothing power of books - 6 Minute English
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- How can books help us relax and feel more alive during troubled times such as during the coronavirus pandemic? Would reading be one of the best ways to find relief from the pressures of modern life? Neil and Georgina talk about 'bibliotherapy' and teach you related vocabulary along the way in this free English lesson.
This week's question
What is the best-selling book of all time? Is it:
a) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling
b) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
c) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary
scanning
reading rapidly in order to find specific facts
literature
written works including novels, poetry and plays which are considered to have artistic value
hemisphere
half of a sphere, usually the earth or the brain
coming to life
starting to be activated after a quiet period
scalp
skin under the hair on your head
stimulus
something that encourages activity in people or things
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Reading is a sensory and an emotional experience as well. Even with an audio book or an ebook, nowadays, our bodies and minds are overwhelmed by positive vibes. First hand experience makes me support bibliotherapy: books have never let me alone. Lucky all those who enjoy the benefits of any kind of readings. Even by a book that disappoints you at the end, you're learning to be more "human." Stay safe 🇮🇹✌️🇬🇧
We're also huge fans of reading. As you say, reading can have an impact on the whole body and soul. It can be a wonderful escape! If you enjoy audiobooks, you might like our audio drama series: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/drama Give one of the stories a listen and let us know what you think.
I think reading is a good way to improve our speaking skills especially it helps our vocabulary development. It offers us a soothing effect from our stressed life.
Watching RUclips is my stimulus to learn new things.
I love reading fairytales .As reading such stories as the little red riding hood, Cinderella,etc. I feel extremely enthralled. Besides Stories connotes ethical, moral values of previous generations in an intersting way. Didactic way of telling stories make us realize how meaningful our lives are.
I really love to read good books. It's lay good Empact on me. I feel relaxed after reading something new and interesting. It's just like I've got a precious thing in my life. Apart from this I also used to read some interesting articles of newspaper for ameliorate myself.
This 6 Minutes English, from BBC LEARNING ENGLISH is also very helpful for me. Because in this short time period (6 minutes) I learn a more.
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Reading is precious! We once heard a quote that said "Reading gives us a place to go when we have to stay where we are".
We think that is particularly relevant at the moment!
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Actually, I'm unable to understand what you want to tell.
So, please reply me another way.
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Some people are in lockdown and unable to leave their house due to Corona. It just means that even if you are unable to escape from home and explore the world, you can use the imaginary worlds of books and discover them.
At least I think that this is meant by that quote :)
I really love reading books but I don't have much time so I often wath this. Thank you BBC Learning English
In the age of Information we read a lot in our smartphones every day, but reading books is something special. It brings us relief and helps to forget troubles. I personally get quickly involved in reading of an interesting book. And I don’t know why, but I prefer to read in foreign language, in German or in English , than in my own language. Sometimes I feel so exited that I can’t wait till I sit in my cosy chair and start my journey into the world of book.
Thank you for your comments. I'm sure many people would agree with you.
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Yes, the books have a power. It helps us to be more concentrated and also stay focused. There are many positive things about books. Some people enjoy reading books, but i don't. I am jealous of them in a good way. I met people who reads books they are intelligent, smart and creative. Books helps to some people stay calm. But if i read books, i would get stressed out i think. I didn't take to habit like reading books. It's hard to spend a time for reading books for me. Thanks BBC🙂👍
I found Charles Dickens's works very interesting ,curious and which makes you hold till the end.
A truly great author! We love Dickens.
wow, good to learn new vocabulary here. Such as remedy, scan, skim, scalp, dementia, hemisphere, literature. A remedy is a way of dealing with the situation. For instance, there are is no simple remedy for happiness. Scan equals skim, which means reading a book roughly and quickly. The scalp is the part under the hair on the head. Dementia is a very serious illness of the mind while it happens to the older often. Hemisphere in this 6 minute English refers to a human's half brain. Reading literature will stimulate both left and right hemispheres that activates our minds and help us find relief from the pressures of modern life.
Excellent examples! And we totally agree about the benefits of reading! 👍
Books are medicine. Books Play an important role in this world. In this video very useful to others
Thanks BBC for your help.
Today's topic is interesting, reading books stimulate reader's mind and make him to handle up and down of life.
Absolutely! We're huge readers! We love books!
Bibliotherapy(ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΕΡΑΠΕΙΑ) is an old concept in library science. According to the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus........(Wikipedia)
I've never reading literature such as novels or poetry, because I found them quite boring and sleepy. Until I listen to this video which shows me therapeutic effects of those type of works on human brain.
Now I will find the most popular detective books instead of reading self-help ones. 😍
Books are amazing - you can find a great book for any situation! Let us know if you enjoy the detective story! 🥰
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I am learning lots of,especially british accent.
I have watched this videos for improving my listenning skill. Thank you BBC for this informative videos.
Most welcome! Keep watching and we're sure your listening skills will improve! 👍
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really i loved books but after this video i love it more 😘😘
I needed it the most. Thank you.
I'm amazed with these episodes. I thank for every member of the BBC's staff, specially to Neil. Hey Neil, I'm going to London next year (if this health crises be overcomed), and would be great share one pint with you in some pub of the city. Greetings, mate!
Do you think that reading is good way to improve my English? and how to deal with unfamiliar words ?
And which inputs listening or reading? Please answer me
Really fantastic information we learned under BBC 6 minutes. Keep rocking..
Pls give a bibiotherapy list of books for group reading.
Listening to the British accent always gives me a soothing feeling even in very depressing times.
Oh yes, it relaxes a lot, the British accent, I like it a lot, just listening to makes me smile and relaxed, is adorable😊
I like your channel,,You give us information about general knowledge everyday.your videos are helpful,who want to improve listening skill.
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And as soothing as listening to you guys, thanks!
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Bibliotheraphy.... The use of books as a therapy in the treatment of mental or psychological disorders
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salutations, BBC Learning English. fairly vivid video. thanks. :)
Thank you so much.
I have liked books since I was child. Books come to life for me. However sometimes I just scan books.
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I really need an answer please, if l find out the new vocabularies and if I try to repeat the the points you have mentioned loudly by myself can I improve my speaking skill by this method.
Yes it is a useful method
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I will try accustomed to reading a book everyday.
It's a nice habit that can help you in so many ways.
Great literature recommendations and a very good show, I just download for free A tale of two cities.
Thanks for advices guys
I love read books! My goal is read 50 pages per day.
Nice goal! Giving a fixed number of pages is a really smart way to ensure that you do as much reading as you'd like. What are some of your favourite books?
@@bbclearningenglish I love pride and prejudice, mouth of hell (Brazilian literature), the sufferings of the young wether, Frankenstein, Sherlock holmes. Are many ! I love literature in general, science fiction, strategy and mystery. But I like some technical books like JavaScript or Java language.
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Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I’m Neil.
Georgina
And I’m Georgina.
Neil
What type of books do you like to read, Georgina?
Georgina
I love reading crime fiction - you know detective stories by authors like Ruth Rendell or Agatha Christie.
Neil
Really? Do you find them relaxing?
Georgina
I wouldn’t say relaxing exactly, but I get really involved in the story - trying to work out who the murderer is... then finding out on the last page.
Neil
That's interesting because today we’ll be looking at how books can help us relax and feel more alive during troubled times. We’ll be finding out how reading is one of the best ways to find relief from the pressures of modern life.
Georgina
Neil, are you talking about ‘Bibliotherapy’?
Neil
Amazing detective skills, Georgina! Exactly. ‘Bibliotherapy’ is the prescription of books as a remedy to sickness. It has been around since 2013, when the UK charity ‘Reading Agency’ published a list of books that doctors could offer to patients, tackling topics from depression to dementia to chronic pain.
Georgina
Since then, 1.2 million readers have borrowed the scheme's books from libraries. It's so successful that it's about to be extended to children as well.
Neil
I wonder which books have been most popular over that time? In fact that’s my quiz question for today. What is the best-selling book of all time? Is it:
a) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling
b) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, or
c) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Georgina
I’ll say a) Harry Potter.
Neil
OK. Well, we’ll find out later if you’re right. In ‘Bibliotherapy’, people meet up to read together. Professor Philip Davis, who runs these reading groups, believes they help the participants ‘come more alive’. Here he is speaking to BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours about what he’s discovered.
Philip Davis
Above all, that it’s not to do with scanning, with quick reading, when they’re reading literature. If they’re just scanning, if you’re just looking for information, you go fast, it’s very easy, it’s automatic but when literature begins to do something more complicated than that in an area that emotionally you care about. The brain begins to work from different parts, from a different hemisphere and it gets excited, it gets pre-emotional - you can see the brain coming to life and it’s that life that is important in terms of these reading groups.
Georgina
One type of reading is scanning - reading quickly in order to find specific information or skimming the page to get a general understanding.
Neil
But the real therapy happens when a group reads literature - written works such as novels, poems or plays which are thought to have artistic merit. When group members read literature their brains get excited and start working from a different hemisphere - a word meaning ‘half a sphere’ - usually half the Earth or in this case, the human brain.
Georgina
Reading literature in this this way makes both the left and right hemisphere of the brain come to life - start to be activated again after a quiet period.
Neil
And it’s this 'coming to life' that proves the therapeutic effects of ‘Bibliotherapy’. Here’s Professor Davis again explaining how the benefits of group reading are observed.
Philip Davis
There are two methods really - you can have ECG where you put electrodes on the scalp and it measures electricity so that you can have a print-off of a graph of the sudden leaps than can happen at particular moments in reading a poem or short story or you can go into the scanner, the FMRI, and there, the blood flow, the oxygen indicates again changes in the configuration of the brain as it takes in this new stimulus.
Neil
The benefits of reading literature with others can be felt by group members as they begin to feel more alive and able to cope with life’s ups and downs. But they can also be measured scientifically by recording brain wave activity.
Georgina
This can be done by carefully attaching metal wires called electrodes to the reader’s scalp - the skin under the hair on the head.
Neil
Brain activity is then measured by giving the reader a stimulus - something that encourages activity in people. In this case, it could be a poem or novel to read.
Georgina
Or something really stimulating - like a detective story!
Neil
Or a work of literature - which reminds me of today’s quiz question. I asked you to name the most popular book of all time, and you said…
Georgina
a) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone…
Neil
…which is definitely the most popular book in the 21st Century. But number one of all time, selling over 500 million copies is c) Cervantes’ Don Quixote. And there’s even a detective in it!
Georgina
Today, we’ve been discussing the therapeutic effects of meeting up with others in a reading group to read literature - writing of artistic value, such as stories and poetry.
Neil
In contrast to scanning - reading quickly to find facts - reading groups use literature as a stimulus - something that encourages activity in people.
Georgina
Reading stimulates both the left and right hemispheres - the two halves of the brain, and increases emotional activity which can be measured on the scalp - the skin under the hair on a reader’s head.
Neil
All of which helps people dealing with trauma to come to life - feel active and more alive after a quiet period.
Georgina
Right, that’s it - I’m off to the library!
Neil
If only you could… Thanks for listening and remember you can find many more stimulating topics and vocabulary here at 6 Minute English on BBC Learning English. Bye for now.
Georgina
What is the book “Cervantes’ Don Quixote “ talking about
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Be out for/ after your scalp.
To want to defeat or punish someone in some way.
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NOTE: find relief from the pressures;
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What does " artistic merit" mean? is it different to " artistic value? Please, help me explain.
"Artistic merit" is the artistic quality or value of any given work of art. It is often used to discuss whether something can really be considered "art". It has a very similar meaning to "artistic value".
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There are many terms in this lesson
J.k Rowling 's Harry Potter
ECG electrocardiogram
EEG electroencephalogram
Dear all, I am slightly perplexed by the word scanning which means not to read quickly but to read in detail. I think the narrator should have used the word skimmimg in its place which gives a sense of reading quickly.
what does ''I'm off the library''means? thank you in advance.
Milky Pitch I guess she said “I’m off to the library” which means “Go to the library”.
As Alex mentions, "I'm off to..." meanings "I'm going to..."
It's an informal expression to say 'going to'.
We're off now. Hope that was helpful. 😃
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It is EEG not ECG
J.k Rowling 's Harry Potter