小孩子说话做事常不计后果（做父母的真的要好好看看这篇文章）

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1 There was a funnyexperiment to see how a young child would answer a specific question compared to an adult. After the adult had spent some time speaking with the child, he asked the child, “What do you think about me？” The child answered, “You talk too much.”

这儿有一个有趣的实验，看小孩和成年人对同一特定问题的回答有什么样的区别。实验中的大人和小孩两个人聊了一会儿之后，大人问小孩:“你觉得我怎么样?”小孩回答说:“你（废）话太多了。”

decode解码v，funny有趣的a，specific特定的a，compare比较a

When the adult performedthe same experiment with another adult, the reply to the same question was, “I think you"re a very interesting person.”

但当两个成年人在一起做同样的实验时，对同样问题的回答是:“我觉得你是个很有趣的人。”

perform执行v

Even ifthe adult felt the same way as the child, his brain allowed him to take a moment，consider the question, and come up with an answer. He could have been annoyed, but his answer didn"t reflect it because he was being polite.

即使成年人和孩子对某事的感觉一样，但成年人会花一点时间用大脑来思考这个问题，然后给出一个答案。他可能很生气，但在他的回答里并没有反映出来，因为他很有礼貌。

even if即使c，the same ... as与…同样的，take耗费（时间等）v，come up with想出，annoyed恼怒的a，reflect 反映a

2 The secret liesin the science of the developing brain.The child"s honest answer was reflected in the fact that his brain wasn"t equipped to filter(过滤) information before answering the question.

答案的秘密必须到大脑发育科学中去找。孩子诚实的回答是反映出这样一个事实：孩子在回答问题前，他的大脑并不具备过滤信息的能力。

lie位于v，reflect反映v, equip装备v

As a result, he was honest, but he said something that may have been hurtful. However, the child did not intentionallyhurt the adult; it"s just the way his brain works. As a child grows into adolescence and then into adulthood, that changes.

因此，他很诚实，但他说了一些可能伤人的话。但是，孩子并没有故意伤害大人的（意图），这只是他大脑工作的方式。当孩子进入青春期，然后再进入成年，情况就会发生变化。

hurtful伤感情的a，intentionally有意地adv，work运作v，adolescence青春期n，adulthood成人期n

3 The human brain is made up ofbillions of neurons(神经元). In order for our body toexecute a command, like getting up from a chair and walking to the other room, the neurons in the brain have to communicate with each other.

人类的大脑是由数十亿个神经元组成的。为了让我们的身体执行一个指令，比如从椅子上站起来，走到另一个房间，大脑中的神经元必须相互沟通。

be made up of由…组成，execute 执行v，command命令n，have to不得不v，communicate 交际v

They also help us employ our sensesliketaste and touchand help us remember things.

神经元还帮助我们管理运用味觉和触觉等感官，帮助我们记忆事物。

employ our senses运用我们的感官【employ使用v】，like taste and touch如味觉和触觉【like像pp】

4 When the neuronssend messages, perhaps one sensation(感觉) the person feels is excitement about eating a cookie because it is so delicious.

当神经元发送消息时, 我们可能就会感觉到吃饼干的兴奋，因为它是如此的美味。

neuron神经元n，cookie饼干n

Later, if that person smells a cookie or hears someone talking about a cookie, it can spark the electrical signalsthat call up the memory of eating the delicious cookie. In an adult, he or she may remember that eating too many cookies can have consequences, like weight gain.

之后，如果那个人闻到一块饼干或者听到有人谈论一块饼干，它就会触发大脑磁场（电子）信号，唤起吃过这块美味饼干的记忆。对于成年人来说，他或她可能会记得吃太多饼干会有一些后果，比如体重增加。

spark引发/触发v，the electrical signals电信号n，call up 使回忆起v，consequences结果n，weight gain重量增加