时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2006年


英语课

To many parents, babies are a wonderful mystery. Who knows what lurks 1 in their tiny heads and what they are doing with their flailing 2 arms? Well, researchers now say that from the eyes of an infant, parents are just as mysterious and confusing. A study comparing the eye movements and attention spans 3 of a one-year-old baby to both adults and 6-month-olds finds that infants younger than a year can not predict what another person is trying to do. But by 12 months, infants are just as good as adults at guessing simple actions of those around them.

For example, if mummy picks up a favorite toy, young infants can't guess that she is about to hand it over even if mummy has given it to them a million times before. Even with familiar faces and situations, young babies can not really understand when people are trying to help them. Their brains simply don't have enough wiring yet to predict what is coming next. This knowledge may not solve all of a new parent's questions, but it may help them understand a little bit better why children do what they do.

With this Medical Minute, I'm Dr. Timothy Johnson.



1 lurks
n.潜在,潜伏;(lurk的复数形式)vi.潜伏,埋伏(lurk的第三人称单数形式)
  • Behind his cool exterior lurks a reckless and frustrated person. 在冷酷的外表背后,他是一个鲁莽又不得志的人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Good fortune lies within Bad, Bad fortune lurks within good. 福兮祸所倚,祸兮福所伏。 来自互联网
2 flailing
v.鞭打( flail的现在分词 );用连枷脱粒;(臂或腿)无法控制地乱动;扫雷坦克
  • He became moody and unreasonable, flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse. 他变得喜怒无常、不可理喻,为点鸡毛蒜皮的小事就殴打凯瑟琳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His arms were flailing in all directions. 他的手臂胡乱挥舞着。 来自辞典例句
3 spans
跨度( span的名词复数 ); 持续时间; 一段时间; (五指张开时的)指距
  • A steel railway bridge spans the Yalu River. 鸭绿江上有一座钢铁大桥。
  • The wire door was a couple of hand-spans from his face. 铁笼门距他的脸只有一两个巴掌远。 来自英汉文学
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administer a crushing blow at
analog to digital converter
antimarijuana
antioxidant property
automatic tandem networking
Bashtanka
be alarmed at
be integrated in
bed warmer
bennett l.
bisiliac diameter
bongoed
breeding for chemical composition
Chester White
convertees
create name
damaged cargoreport
discompassionate
dry coke quenching
dry-docks
easy market
emcumbrance account
empty descriptor segment
enclosed conveyer conduit
equal span
expand one level
exponentiates
femoral arteriotomy
flooding area
flowerpecker
flowin'
gain from discounting notes receivable
genus syngnathuss
golliwogs
guided mode
Hattem
heaven
high suction
histocytic
homolid
Iljinia
imitation silk
information retrival
insult(us)
inward charge
Iranian architecture
journalism
keflins
La Roche-sur-Yon
lemula setigera
limiting diaphragm
LMCT
lossy system
lying-to
mental type
microelectrophoretic cells
military cap
modularize
modulizing
molybdenate
Moultrie, L.
natural kind
Nha Be
nie
nonhieroglyphic
oil fuel bunker
palettising
paviser, pavisor
penuchle
Plélan-le-Grand
pole wandering
posterior lymph heart
propellant cut off mechanism
PTRM
Ratones, R.
reacknowledging
reducer section
run on point
saadeddine
San Bartolomeo
satin(ed) paper
Saussurea irregularis
schauss
segment grinding wheel
segment table length
sender unit
serial scheduling
severe washing test
specific record
stellar collapse
suIfonyl
thick-wall
tourism geography
Trikeri, Nisis
TropMed
untagged
vacuum feed
wachters
wager of law
warp net frame
water softening tank
wood grinder