The Child, the Tablet and the Developing Mind 向iPad 妥协，还是教会孩子如何？

让孩子们变得安静是如此容易，我的姐姐从她包里拿出两个又小又薄的iPad 递给她的两个孩子，就像一个魔术师对着惊讶的小观众从帽子里掏出了小兔子。于是，我的两个吵闹不停的外甥都瞬间安静了下来。他们玩起游戏或看起视频，而我们则得以继续聊天，那么问题来了：这样做对吗？ I recently watched my sister perform an act of magic. 最近，我目睹了姐姐表演魔术。 We were sitting in a restaurant, trying to have a conversation, but her children, 4-year-old Willow and 7-year-old Luca, would not stop fighting. The arguments — over a fork, or who had more water in a glass — were unrelenting. 我们坐在一家餐馆里，试图交谈，可是她4岁的孩子薇洛(Willow)和7岁的孩子卢卡(Luca)不肯停止争执。他们不屈不挠地就一把叉子、以及谁杯子里的水更多吵来吵去。 Like a magician quieting a group of children by pulling a rabbit out of a hat, my sister reached into her purse and produced two shiny Apple iPads, handing one to each child. Suddenly, the two were quiet. Eerily so. They sat playing games and watching videos, and we continued with our conversation. 就像从一顶帽子里拽出只兔子，让一群孩子安静下来的魔术师，我的姐姐把手伸进手包，拿出两个闪亮的苹果iPad，给两个孩子人手一个。他们突然就静了下来。那场景非常诡异。他们坐着打游戏、看视频，而我们则继续交谈。 …………………… 想了解更多英语原文， 请关注微信公众号“Cassay小站”。