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
学英语单词
a priori estimate
acclimates
Adenosinum
air inlet volute
alundum boat
apocatastasis
application for transfer of L/C
approved school
athletic sport
automatic quantitative perimeter
Bacterium syncyaneum
be active
bergalis
Bessel Fd.
Bloukrans
boiler clearing
bolstering strategy
boormen
brentcross
budde
bullheadednesses
cathode ray oscillography
cavolina globulosa
ceric sulfate dosimeter
coefficient of contraction for orifice
coil load
colour picture period
corporate sponsor
craig line
Crataegus laevigata
despatch weather
detracin
didymosporous
dig on
disorganised
epandrium
Erzenhausen
eutetic temperature
exhausting the air brake cylinders
false fire
FEDOM
ferrosilicons briquets
flood control
flour trier
Frontolacrimal
galanthuss
giant fiber
ginoes
half-writtens
have had the dick
hornblende granite
information retrival
jitter elimination
laeviscala angusta
lipochondrodystrophies
log-linear
mimetic convulsion
mud basin
Nifian
no job definition error
Nucleus ventralis posteromedialis
one-layer winding
one-stop-shop
photographic unit
pick-up spectral characteristic
pigmentolysin
plant switchboard
play key
primary radionuclide
production material
pteriids
reasonable suspicion
recandescence
Regt.
resheathed
rfes
Rhynchostylis
rod-tips
rough estimation yield
saint francis xaviers
Saxifraga brachyphylla
sextant altitude correction
shinpad
skrimmages
sleeps with
slobbed
sodalitite
source space function
spirea
stock mentor
Strobilanthes chinensis
suicidally
Taenitis
terpenoids
thermoelectric potentiometer
transfer between notes
trefs
Tuiiinae
unsignalized
volumetric moisture content
wattle and daubs
wheel contact patch