新视野大学英语读写教程听力 第四册 课文 te-07b_new

[-1:-7.00]just 11 seconds a day in conversation with his children.
[-1:-8.00]A more recent study in America produced a somewhat better result,
[-1:-9.00]but the fathers in question were still talking to their children
[-1:10.00]for less than a minute a day.
[-1:11.00]It is not just the time spent that counts,
[-1:12.00]but also the way in which a parent talks.
[-1:13.00]A parent who only gives a brief reply to a child's questions
[-1:14.00]or gives dull answers will be passing on a negative,
[-1:15.00]narrow-minded style of thinking.
[-1:16.00]On the other hand,parents happy to take a child
[-1:17.00]step by step through an argument,
[-1:18.00]encouraging him or her to explore ideas,
[-1:19.00] will cultivate an open and creative thinking style.
[-1:20.00]One researcher is attempting to show this experimentally
[-1:21.00]with a study in which groups of parents are taught how to
[-1:22.00]have beneficial conversations with their small children.
[-1:23.00]He says these children have an advantage over their peer group in language ability,
[-1:24.00]intellectual ability,and even social leadership skills.
[-1:25.00]While the study is not yet complete,
[-1:26.00]the children appear to have been given a long-term advantage.
[-1:27.00]So what is the outlook for parents who do everything right,
[-1:28.00]those who manage to be both supportive and stimulating,
[-1:29.00]who are good at demonstrating thinking skills to their children
[-1:30.00]and successful at cultivating a self-motivated approach to learning?
[-1:31.00]Would such parents be guaranteed to have a genius as their child?
[-1:32.00]There is general agreement
[-1:33.00]that genuine biological differences exist between individuals;
[-1:34.00]geniuses need to be lucky in both their genes and their parents.
[-1:35.00]The most significant implication
[-1:36.00]would seem to be that while most people
[-1:37.00]are in a good position to fulfill their biological potential
[-1:38.00]—barring serious illnesses or a poor diet during childhood
[-1:39.00]—it is far from certain that they will grow up in an environment
[-1:40.00]where that capacity will be developed.
[-1:41.00]So although knowing more about the biology of genius is all very interesting,
[-1:42.00]it is research into better parenting and educational techniques
[-1:43.00]that will have lasting significance.