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回复填空答案格式如下:1____2____3____...et.al.
In our lab today, we'll be testing the______that babies can count as early as five months of age. The six babies here areall less than six months old. You'll be watching them on______________and measuring theirresponses. The experiment is based on the_________observation that babies stare longer ifthey don't see what they expect to see. First, we're going to let two dollsmove slowly in front of the babies. The babies will see the two dolls disappearbehind a screen. Your job is to record, in seconds, how long the babies stareat the dolls when the screen is removed. In the next stage, two dolls willagain move in front of the babies and disappear. But then a third doll willfollow. When the screen is removed, the babies will only see two dolls. Ifwe're right, the babies will now stare longer because they expect three dollsbut only see two. It seems remarkable to think that such young children cancount. My own research has convinced me that they have this ability from birth.But whether they do or not, perhaps we should raise another question. Should wetake advantage of this ability by teaching children mathematics at such a youngage? They have great________potential, but is it good for parents topressure young children?
【填空答案】
hypothesis: n.pluralhypotheses,[C]an idea that is suggestedas a possible way of explaining a situation, proving an idea etc, which has notyet been shown to be true 假设,假说
closedcircuittelevision (TV): a system in which cameras send pictures totelevision sets that is used in many public buildings to protect them fromcrime 闭路电视
well-established: adj.established for a long time and respected 历史悠久且享有盛誉的
untapped: adj. anuntapped resource, market etc has not yet been used (资源、市场等)未开发的;未利用的
【听力原文】
In our lab today, we'll be testing the hypothesis that babied can count asearly as five months of age. The six babies here are all less than six monthsold. You'll be watching them on closed-circuit TV and measuring theirresponses.
The experiment is based on the well-established observation that babies starelonger if they don't see what they expect to see. First, we're going to let twodolls move slowly in front of the babies. The babies will see the two dollsdisappear behind a screen. Your job is to record, in seconds, how long thebabies stare at the dolls when the screen is removed.
In the next stage, two dolls will again move in front of the babies anddisappear. But then a third doll will follow. When the screen is removed, thebabies will only see two dolls. If we're right, the babies will now starelonger because they expect three dolls but only see two.
It seems remarkable to think that such young children can count. My ownresearch has convinced me that they have this ability from birth. But whetherthey do or not, perhaps we should raise another question --- should we takeadvantage of this ability by teaching children mathematics at such a young age?They have great untapped potential, but is it good for parents to pressureyoung children?
【听力精解】
提到hypothesis,大家应该会立马想到很多科学的推测以及理论,这些都属于假说的范畴。因为不同时段认知能力不同,所以没有什么推测是不可推翻的,固全部属于假说。
1. 第一句中的testing,最好翻译为验证,验证婴儿在5个月左右就可以计数这一假说。有很多童鞋译成测试,不是很妥。所以,动词的翻译变化多端,大家一定要灵活翻译,切记死套意思。
2.closed-circuit TV 闭路电视 这个词不算难点,但也难倒不少童鞋,专有名词的一个好处就是,见到一次以后就不会再错。
3. dolls 玩具娃娃 这个词不是难点,但由于很多童鞋没有注意听力中的正确发音,听成了doors,或者dogs,就比较遗憾了。doll [dɔl] door [dɔ:r)] 请大家注意音标,多听几次,能做到从发音分辨就可以。
4. But whether they do or not, perhaps we should raise another question 听力中同学们需要对连词转折词等信号词尤为敏锐,例如but,yet, however, while, hence, and etc. 这些词会帮助你正确理解作者意思和对问题所持有的态度。这句话中,前面是but+强调句,其实意思就是:但是不论他们是否与生俱来这种能力,或许我们应该考虑另一个问题。
5. untapped potential 尚未开发的潜力tap这个词意思很多,tap dance 踢踏舞,tap还有窃听;开发的意思。 那么untapped 加否定前缀在加形容词后缀,自然就是尚未开发的的意思。 大家需要多总结前缀后缀,从词汇学角度讲,英语中大部分的词汇都是通过他们来变化和衍生的。
【参考译文】
今天在我们的实验室,我们将测试的假设,即babied可以指望为早5个月的年龄。6名婴儿在这里都少于6个月的历史。你会看闭路电视和测量他们的反应。实验的基础上行之有效的观察,婴儿凝视更长的时间,如果他们没有看到他们希望看到什么。首先,我们打算让两个娃娃在婴儿面前缓缓移动。婴儿会看到两个娃娃背后的屏幕上消失。你的任务是记录,在几秒钟内,多久的婴儿娃娃盯着屏幕时被删除。在下一阶段,两个娃娃将再次在婴儿面前移动和消失。但是,然后第三个娃娃将随之而来。当屏幕被删除,婴儿只会看到两个娃娃。如果我们是正确的,现在盯着婴儿更长的时间,因为他们预计3娃娃,但只看到两个。显着的似乎认为,这些年轻的孩子们可以指望。我自己的研究使我确信,他们有这个能力从出生。但是,他们是否做或没有,也许我们应该提出另一个问题---我们应采取这种能力,在这样一个年轻的年龄教孩子数学的优势?他们拥有巨大的尚未开发的潜力,但它是良好的父母施压幼童的吗?
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