2022年12月英语四级听力真题(第二套) 短文3

Passage 3

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Parents often hear that reading to their children is critical for supporting development, and the message is getting through to them.

父母经常听说，给孩子读书对支持发展至关重要，这一信息正在传递给他们。

In fact, in the United States, a little over half of children between the ages of three and five were read to every day in 2007,

事实上，在美国，2007年，三到五岁的儿童中，有一半以上的人每天都在读书，

and 83% of children in that age group in the same country were read to three or more times per week in 2012.

2012年，同一国家83%的该年龄段儿童每周阅读三次或以上。

This is good news, because reading to young children helps their language and brain development.

这是一个好消息，因为给幼儿阅读有助于他们的语言和大脑发育。

In fact, recent research has found that both the quality and quantity of shared book reading in infancy predicted later childhood vocabulary and reading skills.

事实上，最近的研究发现，婴儿时期共享书籍阅读的质量和数量都可以预测儿童后期的词汇和阅读技能。

In other words, the more time parents spend reading, the greater the developmental benefits in their four-year-old children.

换言之，父母花在阅读上的时间越多，对四岁孩子的发展益处就越大。

This is an important finding.

这是一个重要的发现。

But does it matter what books parents read? A new study has investigated this question.

但父母读什么书重要吗？一项新的研究调查了这个问题。

It followed infants across the second six months of life and found that when parents showed babies books that had faces or objects with specific labels, they learned more.

研究人员在婴儿出生后的六个月对其进行了跟踪调查，发现当父母给婴儿看带有特定标签的脸或物体的书时，他们学到了更多。

This is in contrast to books that did not name images, or books that had the same label under each image.

这与没有命名图像的书籍或在每个图像下具有相同标签的书籍形成对比。

Books that named different characters also promoted greater learning.

命名不同角色的书籍也促进了学习。

So what does this mean for parents?

那么这对父母意味着什么呢？

Not all books are created equal, so parents need to choose the books they share with their children with great care.

并非所有的书都是平等的，所以父母需要非常谨慎地选择与孩子分享的书。

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题22至25基于你刚才听到的短文。

Q22. What does the passage say parents increasingly understand?

Q22.这段话说父母越来越理解什么？

Q23. What can predict children's reading skills according to recent research?

问题23.根据最近的研究，什么可以预测孩子的阅读能力？

Q24. What kind of books are said to help babies learn more?

问题24.据说什么样的书可以帮助宝宝学习更多？

Q25. What are parents advised to do at the end of the passage?

问题25.在课程结束时，建议家长做什么？

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