Why read books, not screens? ⏲️ 6 Minute English
What makes reading from a book better than reading from a screen? For audio and transcript downloads, plus a quiz and a list of the words and definitions, click here 👉 More episodes of 6 Minute English here 👉
00:00 Introduction
01:16 Quiz question
01:43 The discussion
04:57 Quiz answer
05:11 Vocabulary recap
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