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1、BabyTalkBabiesnormallystarttotalkwhentheyare13to15monthsold.RyanJonesisonlyeightmonthsold,butheisalready“talking”withhisparents.Whenlieishungry,heopensandcloseshishand.Thismeansmilk.Healsoknowsthesignsforhisfavoritetoyandthewordmore.Ryanisnotdeaf,andhisparentsarenotdeaf,bu

2、thismotherandfatherareteachinghimtosign.Theysayawordandmakeasignatthesametime.Theyrepeatthisagainandagain.When___1___Ryan’sparentsthinkthathewillbeahappierbabybecausehecancommunicatewiththem.RyansparentsareteachingRyantosignbecauseofamannamedJosephGarcia.AlthoughGarciawasn

3、otfromadeaffamily,hedecidedtolearnAmericanSignLanguage(ASL).First,hetookcoursesinASL.Thenhegotajobhelpingdeafpeoplecommunicatewithhearingpeople.Inhiswork,hesawmanydeafparentssigntotheirinfants.Henoticedthatthesebabieswereabletocommunicatemuchearlierthanhearingchildren.___2

4、___Whentheywereoneyearold,theycoulduseasmanyas50signs.Garciadecidedtotrysomethingnew.HetaughtASLtoparentswhowerenotdeaf.Thefamiliesstartedtoteachsignstotheirinfantswhentheyweresixorsevenmonthsold.___3___MoreandmoreparentstookGarcia’sASLclasses.LikeRyan’sfamily,theywereexci

5、tedaboutsigningwiththeirbabies.Theywantedtogivetheirbabiesawaytocommunicatebeforetheycouldusespokenwords.Somepeopleworryaboutsigningtobabies.Theyareafraidthatthesebabieswon’tfeelaneedtotalk.Maybetheywilldevelopspokenlanguagelaterthanotherbabies.___4___Infact,onestudyfoundj

6、usttheopposite.Signingbabiesactuallylearnedtospeakearlierthanotherchildren.Astheygrowolder,thesechildrenaremoreinterestedinbooks.Theyalsoscorehigheronintelligencetests1.Thereisstillabigquestionforparents:Whicharethebestsignstoteachtheirbabies?Someparentsmaketheirownsigns.O

7、therparentswanttoteachASL.___5___There’snoclearanswer,butwedoknowthis:Allsigningbabiesandtheirfamiliesaretalkingquitealot!词汇：normally/'nɔ:m(ə)li/adv.正常地;通常地，一般地infant/'infənt/n.婴儿;幼儿;未成年人communicate/kə'mju:nikeit/通信;交流;感染opposite/'ɔpəzit/adj.相反的;n.对立面，反义词注释：1.intelligencet

8、est：智力测试练习：AHowever,researchdoesnotshowthis.BAllparentswanttoteachbabiestosign.CRyanlearn