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
Abraham's eye
acartia (odontacartia) erythraea
accelerated strength testing
after rake
alcazares
all-singing
anitrogenous
Asahikawa Asahigawa
automobile hybrids
average-value
azotaemias
B indicator
basedowian
bittersweetness
boot-shaped heart
bould-
brief on
carry point
case research
celadon flak
code-division multiple-access
conventional anode structure
counter reset(ting)
cumulus parameterization
cyber crime
cylindrically balanced valve
diaphus regani
diureides
divination
dondequiera
elliss
end to end responsibility
enferma
enneahedra
equitable right
FCW
fixation of shifting sands
fragilities
gelatiniform degeneration
Gentiana micans
gold plated frame
graphic interpretation
halorhodopsin
hangers
haven't a bean
health care workers
heriseptum
high temperature structural material
in-
inert solids
inter-state
ion tail
joint elliptical confidence region
laden with fruit
leukotome
liquor finish draw
Los Vientos
malpighiaceaes
marcionite
memory circicuit
microwave cataract
mixed exponential response law
molvas molvas
monachosorum maximowiczii (baker) hay. var. melanocaulon hay.
monitoring direction
multireligious
neutral rudder angle test
oblique lateral process
pendant boiler
phonesthemes
photo-electric photometry
pillage
preantennal glandularia
prism type anamorphotic attachment
quality map
reflux infinite
regressors
rehabilitative
reinstitution
relubrications
Sarcostemma acidum
shift block
silvina
single cotton double-silk covered wire
sloid flange
speedsolving
spring box for excess pressure head
subcooler
surface-finish analyzer
ta jao kuan
tapis
the prisoner of the caucasus
toadflax
triclinic fabric
tubewells
unjustifiedly
vant hoff law
water borne trade
wdy
web terminal
whole productive industry
X-ray density