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How to keep your children away from smart phones

如何让你的孩子远离智能手机

For children to forget the phone, parents can let their children play other interesting but useful toys such as lego, puzzle, numbers, words, blocks...

为了让孩子忘记手机，父母可以让孩子玩其他有趣但有用的玩具，如乐高，拼图，数字，单词，积木…这些都是有用的玩具。

These are all useful toys. in children's intellectual development. We do not need to buy too many toys for children, buy the things that children can create and assemble into new ones, rather than buying a toy with only one function because it will make children quickly bored. Play with your child to make them more excited.

在儿童的智力发展中。我们不需要给孩子们买太多的玩具，买一些孩子们可以自己创造并组装成新的玩具，而不是买一个只有一个功能的玩具，因为它会让孩子们很快厌倦。和孩子一起玩，让他们更兴奋。

【知识点讲解】

rather than conj. 宁可 ... 也不愿；与其 ... 倒不如；而不是

例句：

It is better to express your anger, rather than bottle it up.

生气宁可发泄出来而不要闷在肚内。

I prefer to walk there rather than take a bus.

与其坐公共汽车去,还不如走路去。

She is a career woman rather than a housewife.

她是职业妇女而不是家庭主妇。

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