重复念同一本书有助幼童学习新词汇
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It's the bedtime ritual every parent dreads1 - being asked to read the same book for the umpteenth2 time.

这是让每个父母都头疼的睡前惯例——被孩子央求把同一本书念上第N次。
 
But while the constant repetition might be mind-numbing for mum or dad, it is the best way for toddlers(初学走路的孩子) to learn new words, according to research.
 
The findings suggest parents are wasting money by spending a fortune on huge book collections in the hope they will inspire their little ones.
 
Instead, a small selection of favourites such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar3 or The Gruffalo will achieve far more.
 
Dr Jessica Horst, of the University of Sussex's WORD Lab devised an experiment to check how quickly three-year-olds could recognise and recall six new words.
 
The children were visited three times in a week at their homes.
 
One group heard the same story three times back-to-back each time and another was read three different stories. All had the same amount of new words which appeared the same number of times. 
 
When researchers returned a week later, they found the children who heard the same story over and over had typically learned 3.6 of the new words.
 
Those that were exposed to a variety of stories remembered only 2.6.
 
The also noted4 the 'repetition' group learned at a faster rate than those in the 'variety' group.
 
Dr Horst said: 'We are showing that less is more, to a point. Obviously, the more times you read to a child and the more books you have will help them. But you don't need to go crazy and buy every single Thomas the Tank Engine book. Reading the same books over and over again helps.'
 
Previous studies have found parents spend just 49 minutes doing things with their children each day. One in three don't read to their children before putting them to bed at night. Yet 30 minutes of one-on-one literacy(读写能力) sessions can improve reading age by nearly two years in less than five months.


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1 dreads db0ee5f32d4e353c1c9df0c82a9c9c2f     
n.恐惧,畏惧( dread的名词复数 );令人恐惧的事物v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • The little boy dreads going to bed in the dark. 这孩子不敢在黑暗中睡觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A burnt child dreads the fire. [谚]烧伤过的孩子怕火(惊弓之鸟,格外胆小)。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2 umpteenth 70fd13bbfce639c2edadd2d575ff3efc     
adj.第无数次(个)的
参考例句:
  • W; `Qmp`tinW/ pron, det: For the umpteenth time, I tell you I don't know! 我告诉你多少次了,我不知道! 来自辞典例句
  • Vera: That's the umpteenth suggestion I've made which you've turned down. 薇拉:这不知是我提出的第几个建议了,你全部不接受。 来自互联网
3 caterpillar ir5zf     
n.毛虫,蝴蝶的幼虫
参考例句:
  • A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的。
  • A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。
4 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的,知名的
参考例句:
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
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