賴世雄英語新聞聽力通 第54期:八個月嬰兒認字

(NEW YORK, Reuters)New research suggests that babies start to recognize words as early as 8 months of age.

(路透社紐約電)新的研究顯示，嬰兒在八個月大的時候就開始認字。

Investigators found that young infants can distinguish when a word begins and ends.

研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，小嬰兒可以辨別出一個字的開始與結(jié)尾。

Words that begin with a consonant sound were easier to learn.

以輔音開頭的字比較容易學。

Recognizing words is the first step toward learning a language.

認字是學習語言的第一步。