When it comes to language:
The brain does appear to have fertile and less fertile periods. When it comes to other skills:
There is virtually no evidence for learning windows at all. What parents can do to …skills:
They can pick up their kids and their best tutors. The value of educational toys:
Pictures can engage children and help them develop their ability to focus and follow and music can hold their attention. Conclusion:
With their parents standing watchfully by, children need to be allowed to develop in their own ways.
Word links
1. the child’s growth or developing process 2. a gift or remarkable talent
3. sweetheart deal, marvelously anarchic institution
Understanding long/difficult sentences 1. those things mentioned in Para. 8 2. popular/fashionable/well-known.
3. our brain can learn certain skills only at an early stage.
4. not easily believe those things mentioned in Para.8 and they tend to believe the learning window theory.
SECTION B
Vocabulary study A)
1. i 2. h 3. d 4. e 5. f 6. a 7. j 8. b 9. c 10. g B)
1. published 2. among 3. were 4. parents 5.system 6. findings 7. warning 8. only 9.brains 10. to
11. report 12. impact 13. off 14. unremarkable 15. children 16. on 17. late 18. damage 19. worry 20. don’t C)
1. avail of (有益于) 2. made up for （弥补） 3. steer （控制/引导） 4. unsettling （动乱不定） 5.soothe（安慰/缓和）6. bilingual （双语的） 7. assiduously（刻苦地） 8. anarchic（无政府的） 9. radical （彻底的） 10. optimizes（优化）
SECTION C
GRAMMAR REVIEW
B)
1. I shall answer换成 to answer
2. that must be solved at our meeting 换成 to be solved 3. that he did not have enough 换成 to have enoug