2017高级会计师《职称英语》讲堂：补全短文
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Baby Talk
(婴儿语)
【选项】
A. However, research does not show this.
然而，研究并没有表现出这点。
B. All parents want to teach babies to sign.
所有的父母都想教他们的孩子手语。
C. Ryan learns a new sign, his family is veryexcited.
Ryan学习了一种新的手语，他的父母很兴奋。
D. These babies started using signs about twomonths later.
这些婴儿们大约是在2个月之后开始使用手语
E. It can be useful because many peopleunderstand it.
它很有用因为很多人都可以理解。
F. They talked with signs by the time theywere eight months old.
当他们8个月大的时候，他们用手语交流。1.Babies normally start to talk when they are13 to 15 months old. Ryan Jones is only eight months old, but he is already“talking” with his parents. When he is hungry, he opens and closes his hand.This means milk. He also knows the signs for his favorite toy and the wordmore.
【译文】婴儿通常在13—15个月的时候开始说话。Ryan Jones刚刚8个月，但他已经开始和父母“说话”了。他饿的时候，就会把手一张一合，这个动作表示牛奶。他还懂得表示他最喜欢的玩具以及“更多”这个词。
Ryan is not deaf, and his parents are notdeaf, but his mother and father are teaching him to sign. They say a word andmake a sign at the same time. They repeat this again and again.
【译文】Ryan不是聋哑人，他的父母也不是，但他们正在教他手语。他们在说话的同时做出相应的手语姿势，并不断重复。
When ___1___ Ryan’s parents think that hewill be a happier baby because he can communicate with them.
【译文】(1)Ryan的父母认为，因为能和父母交流，Ryan会成为一个更快乐的婴儿。
【译文】第二段主要是讨论Ryan学习手语的过程，因此空格处应该填写与Ryan学习手语有关情况的解释。
A. However, research does not show this.
B. All parents want to teach babies to sign.
C. Ryan learns a new sign, his family is veryexcited.
D. These babies started using signs about twomonths later.
E. It can be useful because many peopleunderstand it.
F. They talked with signs by the time they wereeight months old.
【答案】CRyan’s parents are teaching Ryan to signbecause of a man named Joseph Garcia. Although Garcia was not from a deaffamily, he decided to learn American Sign Language (ASL). First, he tookcourses in ASL. Then he got a job helping deaf people communicate with hearingpeople. In his work, he saw many deaf parents sign to their infants.
【译文】Ryan的父母之所以教Ryan手语，是因为一名叫Joseph Garcia的人。Garcia也不是聋哑人，但他决定学习美国手语(ASL)。最开始的时候，他参加了一门相关课程的学习。之后，他得到了一份帮助聋哑人和正常人交流的'工作。在工作中，他看到很多聋哑人父母用手语与他们的幼子交流。
He noticed that these babies were able tocommunicate much earlier than hearing children. ___2___ When they were one yearold, they could use as many as 50 signs.
他注意到，这些孩子能比正常孩子更早地与他人交流。(2)而到了1岁的时候，他们能使用多达50种手势。
【译文】这一段讲的是婴儿更早开始学习手语的过程中的共同规律。题目前一句讲Garcia注意到学习手语的婴儿比普通婴儿更早开始交流，后一句讲婴儿1岁时能使用的手势多达50多种。因此空格处应该填婴儿开始学习手语的时间。
A. However, research does not show this.
B. All parents want to teach babies to sign.
C. Ryan learns a new sign, his family is veryexcited.
D. These babies started using signs about twomonths later.
E. It can be useful because many peopleunderstand it.
F. They talked with signs by the time theywere eight months old.
【答案】FGarcia decided to try something new. Hetaught ASL to parents who were not deaf. The families started to teach signs totheir infants when they were six or seven months old. ___3___ More and moreparents took Garcia’s ASL classes. Like Ryan’s family, they were excited aboutsigning with their babies. They wanted to give their babies a way tocommunicate before they could use spoken words.
Garcia决定进行一些新的尝试，他向非聋哑人父母教授美国手语。这些家庭在孩子六七个月的时候就教孩子手语。(3)越来越多的父母前去参加的美国手语课程。和Ryan的家人一样，他们对于能和孩子通过手语交流感到非常兴奋。他们想让孩子在会说话之前学会一种交流的方式。
【译文】这一段讲有些家庭在婴儿六七个月的时候开始教他们手语。后面空格处应该填的就是这些孩子学了之后的使用情况。
A. However, research does not show this.
B. All parents want to teach babies to sign.
D. These babies started using signs about twomonths later.
E. It can be useful because many people understandit.
【答案】DSome people worry about signing to babies.They are afraid that these babies won’t feel a need to talk. Maybe they willdevelop spoken language later than other babies. ___4___ In fact, one studyfound just the opposite. Signing babies actually learned to speak earlier thanother children.
有些人对此很担忧，他们担心这些小孩会觉得开口说话没有必要，这样他们的语言能力发展可能比其他孩子慢。(4)实际上，有一项研究发现，事实正好相反，掌握手语的孩子实际上比其他孩子更早开口说话。
【译文】前文讲有些人担心婴儿学习手语会导致其会话能力发展缓慢，后文讲的是研究表明并不是这样，因此空格处应该填表示转折的句子。
A. However, research does not show this.
B. All parents want to teach babies to sign.
E. It can be useful because many peopleunderstand it.
【答案】AAs they grow older, these children are moreinterested in books. They also score higher on intelligence tests.
随着年龄的增长，他们对阅读的兴趣更强，在智力测试中获得的分数更高。
There is still a big question for parents:Which are the best signs to teach their babies? Some parents make their ownsigns. Other parents want to teach ASL. ___5___ There’s no clear answer, but wedo know this: All signing babies and their families are talking quite a lot!
对于父母来说，还有一个大问题：哪种手语对孩子来说是最好的?有的父母使用自己创造的手势，还有些父母使用美国手语，(5)。目前对于这个问题还没有明确的答案，但是我们确切地知道：会用手语的婴儿和他们的家人会“说”很多话
【译文】前文讲有些父母教孩子自己创造的手语，而有些父母教孩子ASL，而后文中说对教哪种并没有一个确定，因此空格中填写的或者是对ASL的解释，或者填写父母教孩子其他特别种类的手语。
B. All parents want to teach babies to sign.
E. It can be useful because many peopleunderstand it.