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
abortive infection(l woff 1953)
absolute hemianopsia
actualizable
air supplied suit
aleuroclava thysanospermi
animal tillage
annealed aluminumwire
Annual Summary of Admiralty Notices to Mariners
ao dai, aodai
autoclick
ball-bearing hostess
Bargfeld-Stegen
bawoyeus
be in activity
benzal cyanohydrine
Bourdon pressure vacuum gauge
by gum!
cacao moths
concept acquisition
containment barrier
coxcombries
cross contamination
cross-boundaries
digitally grounded
direct short circuit
Do you know
earthday
eotic animal
fill color
firefall
four-piecest
gastric ridge
genus Tarpon
gissa
go out with sb
goffering
ground-based navigational system
gutti
hand pulley block
hoistphone
hydroconcrete percolation resisting rank
hydroxyvitamin
hypertrichosis
hypoxic acidosis
in ventre sa mere
inutilized
ion triplet
Jim Brown
joint concept
leakage flux
lightener
lineham
live-roller bed
load flow
lobelines
lymph node permeability fsctors
Maltese language
marshalling area
micelle anisotropic reaction
multi-antireflection coating
multiply-accumulates
mutilus yolii
noune
Olta
omphalophyma
one-tons
opposite edge of a polyhedron
outken
oxyquinoline phthalyl sulfathiazole
panorpa taiwanensis
paper-net
particulate matter in sea water
penetratest
pipe insulated joint
plane interference
polishing plate
pre-loss
reactor feedwater flow
rod withdraw wequence
roll the dice
S-MBP
saut de l'ange
self-elect
short wave-pass filter
Sint-Martens-Bodegem
soft sugar
software transportation
solar impulsive hard X-ray burst
solid belt pulley
street-sign
strong capture
strongylium erythrocephalum
supragenic
triangular caisson
unhairing machine knife cylinder
UNIX-like file name
water fence
will believe that when one sees it
windboard
woolshed
Youngia tenuicaulis
Ziehl-Neelsen staining method