words
deaf
infant
耳が聞こえない
幼児
He noticed that these babies were able to communicate much earlier than hearing children.
彼は、これらの赤ちゃんが耳の聞こえる子どもたちよりもずっと早くコミュニケーションをとることができると気づいた。
deaf normally hearing research infants
intelligence tests sign
Babies ( ) start to talk when they are 13 months old.
Garcia began to teach ASL to ( ) parents so they could teach their babies to communicate.
normally
hearing
Garcia ( something / try / to / new / decided ). He taught ASL to parents who were not deaf.
Garcia decided to try something new.
1 When can babies start to use signs?
a at six months
b at eight or nine months
c at about one year
b
again and again
because of～
何度も何度も
～のせいで、～のため
Ryan is not deaf, and his parents are not deaf, but his mother and father are teaching him to sign. They say a word and make a sign at the same time. They repeat this again and again.
ライアンは耳が聞こえないわけではなく、彼の両親も耳が聞こえないわけではないが、両親は彼に手話を教えている。
彼らは言葉を言うと同時にサインをする。それを何度も何度も繰り返す。
communicate develop grow communication development growth
develop
communicate
It ( useful / many / because / people / can / understand / be / ) it.
It can be useful because many people understand it.
What do some people worry about?
A. Babies may not learn to read
B. Babies may not feel a need to talk
C. Babies may become unhappy
D. Babies may forget words
B
Although
by the time
More and more
opposite
～だけれども
～する時までは
ますます
反対の
Some people worry about signing to babies. They are afraid that these babies won't feel a need to talk.
As they grow older, these children are more interested in books.
赤ちゃんに手話を教えることについて心配する人もいる。
彼らは、そのような赤ちゃんが話す必要性を感じなくなるのではないかと恐れている。
成長するにつれて、これらの子どもたちは本にますます興味を持つようになる。
1. Babies normally start to talk when they are 13 to 15 months old. Ryan Jones is only ( ) months old, but he is already "talking" with his parents.
eight / six / seven / five
2. He noticed that these babies were able to communicate much earlier than hearing children. They talked with signs by the time they were eight months old. When they were one year old, they could use as many as ( ) signs.
15 / 25 / 40 / 50
eight / 50
In his work, ( saw / to / he / many / infants / deaf / sign / their / parents ).
he saw many deaf parents sign to their infants.
Why do Ryan’s parents say a word and make a sign at the same time?
a To make communication more difficult
b To prevent Ryan from speaking too early
c To test Ryan’s understanding
d To help Ryan connect words with signs
d
distinction
expand
impression
journey
違い
拡大する
印象
旅
There's no clear answer, but we do know this: All signing babies and their families are talking quite a lot!
How smart are you？You can take an intelligence test to find out.
はっきりした答えはありませんが、これだけは分かっています。手話を使う赤ちゃんとその家族は、みんなとてもよく会話をしているということです。
あなたはどれくらい賢いですか？知能テストを受ければ、それを知ることができます。
Some people worry about signing to babies. They are afraid that these babies won't feel a need to talk. Maybe they will develop spoken language later than other babies. ( ), research does not show this. In fact, one study found just the opposite. Signing babies actually learned to speak earlier than other children. As they grow older, these children are more interested in books. They also score higher on intelligence tests.
Moreover / However / As a results / Because
However
Ryan's parents ( he / can / with / think / them / because / communicate / that / will / be / he / a / happier / baby ).
think that he will be a happier baby because he can communicate with them.
1
a Garcia noticed babies could communicate early
b Garcia learned sign language
c He taught parents to use signs with babies
d Many families started using baby signing
2 The research does not show that_______
a signing babies don't learn to speak as early as other children
b signing babies score well on intelligence tests when they are older
c signing babies are more interested in books as they grow older
b a c d
a