Have you ever thought about why you can’t ignore a crying baby? You probably wanted to help but weren’t sure exactly what to do. A study has found that human brains respond strongly to a baby’s cries. This is true even if we don’t know the child. Human brains have developed to recognize the cries of babies as more important than those of adults. Every grown human has this natural instinct.
你有沒有曾經想過為什麼你無法忽視哭泣的嬰兒？你或許想幫忙，但不確定到底該怎麼做。一項研究發現人類大腦對嬰兒哭聲有著強烈的反應。即使我們不認識這個孩子也是如此。人類大腦發展成將嬰兒哭聲認定為比成人哭聲還來得重要。每一位成人都有這種自然的本能。
生活必備字詞：
ignore vt. 忽略，忽視
respond vi. 反應
respond to... 反應∕回應……
response n. 反應
develop vi. 發展
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