Do you read to show off_

[00:00.36] What do you read when you are traveling by train or bus?

[00:04.86] What are other passengers reading?

[00:07.12] Perhaps a woman sitting near you is reading a trashy romantic novel.

[00:11.87] A man is reading a serious biography about a politician.

[00:15.88] And there's a student reading an English textbook.

[00:20.14] What do their choices say about them?

[00:22.89] Do you judge them by what they are reading?

[00:26.15] I have got to tell you that your impressions of them are probably completely wrong.

[00:31.16] The woman reading the romantic novel could be a lawyer.

[00:34.42] She just wants a light read to take her mind off work.

[00:38.42] The man reading the biography wants you to think that he is an intellectual, but he is just showing off.

[00:45.19] The student reading the textbook isn't a student at all.

[00:48.44] She's an English teacher.

[00:51.20] Publishers know that some people are self-conscious about what they read on public transport and so they put out different versions of a cover.

[00:59.46] For example, books about Harry Potter have an original cover for young readers and then another more serious version for adults.

[01:08.47] So next time you are on a train, look around and see what other people are reading, but don't jump to any conclusions.

[01:17.49] You will probably be wrong.

[01:18.74] Here is a situation where you could say, "Don't judge a book by its cover".