时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2006年


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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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-cainide
accessory plate(darlington 1936)
aerial input
aircraft receiver
anemic goiter
answer too slow
anti democracy
anti-spin parachute
Barrios, Justo Rufino
benchmark entry point
bestrewn
Bitter electromagnet
blind cover
Bol'shoy Melik
Boolean algebra system of notation
box iron
bronch
bubbling fluidization
business pickup
casting box
concrete culvert
cordatus
cspd
current budget obligation
data of location survey
deep tectonic geology
descriptor storage
double extra heavy
erethizontids
ethernet like network
excretions
Ficus callosa
flutenal
frame bracket
Frankie Laine
fructi-
Fränkische Alb
gallows' humor
haalands
hematocoelia
high-speed reading system
horizontal resultant
hull risk
labour safety devices
landing edge
liriomyza subpusilla
livecast
load on call
lymphosarcoma cutis
make a dead set
matching item
maximal order module
medical menitoring system
microfilarias
modular curve
mossbach
mould stability
naval electronic engineering
nolde
objects clause
orbit decay
ovalbvmin
peridinium pusillum
pick up current
prestigiously
pupliche
pure pursuit
quilting
racial prejudice
RASTAC
reel height adjusting crank
reflexohallucination
retrovaccinations
sainte-adresse
seed-pedicel
segment-wheel
selected chunks
Selene vomer
shell and coil condenser
shop parts
Siogren's syndrome
snow mushrooms
squirrel cage mill
stability moment
stir someone's blood
szott
temperature recovery factor
tetrahedral theory(of the earth)
to bite the hand that feeds
Togi
torque steer
toxicoderma
traveling grate for pellet firing
triethylenephosphoramide
truncated icosahedrons
Tyul'kubasskiy Rayon
uniform annual series
water-collecting
weedtrine
wet mud brick
wide-band data link
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