賴世雄英語(yǔ)新聞聽(tīng)力通 第54期:八個(gè)月嬰兒認(rèn)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(gè)月大的時(shí)候就開始認(rèn)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(gè)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(xué)。

Recognizing words is the first step toward learning a language.

認(rèn)字是學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言的第一步。