高中英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法填空:對(duì)話題型基礎(chǔ)練習(xí) Test 17

高中英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法填空:對(duì)話題型基礎(chǔ)練習(xí) Test 17

M: What's the article mainly about?

W: It's about Dr. Catani's research. It says that the iPad generation 　61　 (lose) out on vocabulary.

M: Nowadays children have access 　62　 the Internet, mobile phone and tablet computers, 　63　 are visual rather than auditory. 　64　 means children learn vocabulary from on-screen image 　65　 not from everyday conversation.

W: Yes. Dr. Catani said: “When we learn a new word, we start by hearing a sound, and then we try to repeat it until we get it right. Through this we increase our vocabulary from age one 　66　 we get to 30,000 words as an adult.

M: That means these findings show that listening, repetition and conversation 　67　 (matter) a lot to learning language.

W: Yes. Hearing and then 　68　 (verbal) imitating is key to understanding.

M: Since we know how children learn new words, they are likely to have 　69　 (little) vocabulary than the previous generation.

W: So we should spend less time on these devices and talk more to our children to maintain 　70　 oral tradition of passing on knowledge to our children.