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

2、therandfatherareteachinghimtosign.Theysayawordandmakeasignatthesametime.Theyrepeatthisagainandagain.When___1___Ryan’sparentsthinkthathewillbeahappierbabybecausehecancommunicatewiththem.RyansparentsareteachingRyantosignbecauseofamannamedJosephGarcia.AlthoughGarciawasnotfromadeaff

3、amily,hedecidedtolearnAmericanSignLanguage(ASL).First,hetookcoursesinASL.Thenhegotajobhelpingdeafpeoplecommunicatewithhearingpeople.Inhiswork,hesawmanydeafparentssigntotheirinfants.Henoticedthatthesebabieswereabletocommunicatemuchearlierthanhearingchildren.___2___Whentheywereone

4、yearold,theycoulduseasmanyas50signs.Garciadecidedtotrysomethingnew.HetaughtASLtoparentswhowerenotdeaf.Thefamiliesstartedtoteachsignstotheirinfantswhentheyweresixorsevenmonthsold.___3___MoreandmoreparentstookGarcia’sASLclasses.LikeRyan’sfamily,theywereexcitedaboutsigningwiththeir

5、babies.Theywantedtogivetheirbabiesawaytocommunicatebeforetheycouldusespokenwords.Somepeopleworryaboutsigningtobabies.Theyareafraidthatthesebabieswon’tfeelaneedtotalk.Maybetheywilldevelopspokenlanguagelaterthanotherbabies.___4___Infact,onestudyfoundjusttheopposite.Signingbabiesac

6、tuallylearnedtospeakearlierthanotherchildren.Astheygrowolder,thesechildrenaremoreinterestedinbooks.Theyalsoscorehigheronintelligencetests1.Thereisstillabigquestionforparents:Whicharethebestsignstoteachtheirbabies?Someparentsmaketheirownsigns.OtherparentswanttoteachASL.___5___The

7、re’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.intelligencetest：智力测试练习：A  However,researchdoesnotshowt

8、his.B  Allparentswanttoteachbabiestosign.C  Rya