Name: 嬰兒如何交流？⏲️ 6 分鐘英語 (How do babies communicate? ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2025-06-20T16:51:49.000Z
Duration: 6 min 18 s

Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.

您好。這裡是 BBC Learning English 的 6 分鐘英語。我是尼爾

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And I'm Beth. As an adult, when I need to tell somebody something, I just open my mouth and speak. Neil, I'm hungry.

我叫貝絲。作為一個成年人，當我需要告訴別人什麼的時候 我就會張開嘴巴說出來尼爾，我餓了

Ah, you'd better get something to eat then. And when I want something, it's the same.

啊，那你最好去吃點東西。我想吃東西的時候也一樣

I just ask. Can you pass me that pen please, Beth?

我只是問問能把筆遞給我嗎，貝絲？

Yep, there you go. So that's now, but as babies, we're not able to speak. We can only communicate with our bodies or by crying. We can't clothe, feed or wash ourselves. We rely on others totally for our survival.

對，就是這樣。這就是現在，但作為嬰兒，我們還不會說話。我們只能用身體或哭聲來交流。我們不能自己穿衣、吃飯或洗漱。我們的生存完全依賴他人。

We've all been one, but how do newborn babies tell mum and dad what's going on before they can speak? That's what we'll be investigating in this episode, along with some useful new vocabulary, all of which you can find on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

我們都有過這樣的經歷，但新生兒在會說話之前是如何告訴爸爸媽媽發生了什麼事的呢？這就是我們在本集中要研究的問題，以及一些有用的新詞彙，所有這些您都可以在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到。

Baby communication is a topic child psychotherapist Marie de Rome writes about in her new book,

嬰兒溝通是兒童心理治療師瑪麗-德-羅馬（Marie de Rome）在其新書中談到的一個話題、

What Your Baby Wants You To Know. So what do newborn babies want us to know? Well, here's

寶寶想讓您知道什麼新生兒想讓我們知道什麼？下面是

I think they want us to know that they need us 100% because without us they won't survive.

我想他們是想讓我們知道，他們百分之百地需要我們，因為沒有我們，他們就無法生存。

Without someone caring for them, babies wouldn't survive. So, on a basic level, every baby is saying, take care of me. Marie says babies need us 100%. She uses the phrase 100% to emphasise that what she said is completely true.

如果沒有人照顧他們，嬰兒就無法生存。是以，從根本上說，每個嬰兒都在說 "照顧我"。瑪麗說，嬰兒百分之百地需要我們。她用 "100%"來強調她所說的完全正確。

And we'll hear more soon, but first I have a question for you, Neil. Although they look small and helpless, babies are born with some amazing abilities. So which of the following statements about newborn babies is true?

我們很快就會聽到更多，但首先我要問你一個問題，尼爾。雖然嬰兒看起來又小又無助，但他們天生就擁有一些驚人的能力。那麼，關於新生兒，以下哪種說法是正確的？

a. Babies are born with a full set of teeth b. Babies' eyes change colour or c. Babies have the same number of bones as an adult

a.嬰兒出生時就有一副完整的牙齒 b. 嬰兒的眼睛會變色或 c. 嬰兒的骨骼數量與成人相同

Oh, that's an interesting question. I think I know the answer though. I'm going to go with b. Babies' eyes change colour.

哦，這是個有趣的問題。不過我想我知道答案。嬰兒的眼睛會變色。

OK, well we'll find out if that's right at the end of the programme. Now, if you've spent time with a baby, you've probably noticed how much they move their little arms and legs.

好吧，我們將在節目的最後找出答案。現在，如果你和寶寶相處過一段時間，你可能會注意到他們的小胳膊和小腿動得有多厲害。

Here, Marie de Rome explains the meaning of these movements to BBC Radio 4 programme Woman's Hour.

在這裡，瑪麗-德-羅馬向 BBC 廣播 4 臺的 "婦女一小時 "節目解釋了這些運動的意義。

75% of their movement are intentional, synchronised. They're not jerky. You know, to the naked eyes they appear very jerky, but they're not. They're there to bring us in, the parents, you know, they need us. All those movements are there to say, look, come, look at me,

他們 75% 的動作都是有意為之，同步進行的。它們並不生澀。你知道，在肉眼看來它們很生硬，但其實不然。它們是為了把我們帶進去 父母需要我們所有這些動作都是為了告訴我們 看 過來 看著我

I need you, I want to, you know, to play with you.

Babies move their arms and legs to create a bond with their parents. To the naked eye, these movements look jerky, an adjective meaning sudden and quick, not smooth-flowing. The phrase to the naked eye means in a way that can be seen without special instruments like a microscope, or is seen in the way an ordinary person would.

嬰兒活動手腳是為了與父母建立聯繫。在肉眼看來，這些動作看起來很生澀。"生澀 "是一個形容詞，意思是突然而快速，而不是平滑流暢。肉眼的意思是不用顯微鏡等特殊儀器就能看到，或者用普通人的方式看到。

In reality, these jerky movements are intentional, meaning that they're planned and done for a particular purpose – to catch their parents' attention so they will be noticed and cared for.

實際上，這些生硬的動作是有意為之的，也就是說，它們是有計劃的，是為了一個特殊的目的--吸引父母的注意，從而讓他們得到關注和照顧。

Marie's book is aimed at new parents who are learning to understand their baby's body language. But she also has advice for parents who are finding it difficult to bond with their newborn, as she explains here to BBC Radio 4 programme Woman's Hour.

瑪麗的這本書主要針對正在學習理解寶寶肢體語言的新手父母。但她也為那些發現很難與新生兒建立親子關係的父母提供了建議，她在 BBC 廣播 4 臺的 "婦女一小時 "節目中這樣解釋道。

Parenting is really hard. Falling in love with this little baby is not, you know, this idea that love at first sight, I think it's such an unhelpful cliché. It will take time to love that baby, to get to know that baby.

為人父母真的很難。愛上這個小寶寶並不是一見鍾情，我認為這是老生常談，毫無益處。我們需要時間去愛這個孩子，去了解這個孩子。

Many new parents dream about falling in love with their baby at first sight. The idiom love at first sight means being in love with someone as soon as you see them for the first time.

許多新手父母都夢想著對自己的寶寶一見鍾情。成語 "一見鍾情 "指的是第一次見到某人就愛上了他。

But Marie thinks this ideal dream can cause problems. She calls it an unhelpful cliché.

但瑪麗認為，這種理想的夢想可能會帶來問題。她認為這是一種無益的陳詞濫調。

A cliché is an overused phrase or comment that has been said so much that it's become unoriginal and uninteresting, and in some cases unhelpful, for example by creating unrealistic expectations or by making parents feel guilty they're not doing enough.

陳詞濫調是指被說得太多的短語或評論，以至於變得毫無新意和趣味，在某些情況下甚至是無益的，例如造成不切實際的期望，或讓家長感到自己做得不夠好而內疚。

Marie says it takes time to get to know a newborn baby and to fall in love. But for most parents, all the misunderstandings, sleepless nights and dirty nappies are worth it for their amazing baby.

瑪麗說，瞭解和愛上新生兒需要時間。但對大多數父母來說，為了他們的寶寶，所有的誤解、不眠之夜和髒尿布都是值得的。

And speaking of amazing babies, what was the correct answer to your question, Beth?

說到神奇的嬰兒，貝絲，你的問題的正確答案是什麼？

Well, the correct statement was that babies' eyes change colour. I think you got that right,

正確的說法是嬰兒的眼睛會變色。我想你說對了、

I did. It's an amazing fact, but apparently true.

我是這麼想的。這是一個驚人的事實，但顯然是真的。

Yes, indeed. OK, so let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt in this episode, starting with the phrase 100%, which can be used to emphasise that you completely agree with something or that you consider something to be completely right or wrong.

是的，確實如此。好了，讓我們回顧一下本集所學的詞彙，首先是 "100%"這個短語，它可以用來強調你完全同意某件事情，或者你認為某件事情是完全正確或錯誤的。

If you describe a movement as jerky, you mean it moves suddenly in stops and starts rather than flowing smoothly.

如果你形容一個動作生澀，那就意味著它是突然停止和開始的，而不是流暢的。

The adjective intentional means planned and purposeful.

形容詞 intentional 表示有計劃、有目的。

The phrase to the naked eye means in a way that can be seen without special instruments or to someone without special knowledge.

肉眼可見 "一語的意思是指不需要特殊儀器或沒有特殊知識的人也能看到。

The idiom love at first sight describes the experience of starting to love someone as soon as you see them for the first time.

成語 "一見鍾情 "描述的是第一次見到某人就開始愛上他的經歷。

And finally, an unhelpful cliché is an overused phrase or comment – a cliché – which has the effect of creating unhelpful or unrealistic attitudes.

最後，無益的陳詞濫調是一種被過度使用的短語或評論--一種陳詞濫調--會產生無益或不切實際的態度。

Once again, our 6 minutes are up, but remember you can find many more episodes, plus a quiz and worksheet for this one, on our website bbclearningenglish.com. Goodbye for now.

我們的 6 分鐘時間又到了，但請記住，您可以在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到更多的節目，以及本期節目的測驗和工作表。再見。