舞动的心

“鲍勃!鲍勃!”我身旁的女人大声命令着,“告诉她你去年为什么不愿跟那个女人结婚!”桌子对面的鲍勃顺从地粗着嗓子回答：“哦,她呀!那真是糟透了!她对我说,要是想跟她结婚的话,我就再也不能去跳舞了!我就告诉她,‘噢,我想我做不到。’”     

北太平洋巨型章鱼

北太平洋巨型章鱼是170余种巨型章鱼中的一种。人们曾经误把它们看成为海怪,实际上,它们性格平和,并不像古老传说描述的那样会攻击船只。     

Phonological Awareness and Rapid Automatized Naming Predicting Early Development in Reading and Spelling: Results from a Cross-Linguistic Longitudinal Study

In this study, the relationship between latent constructs of phonological awareness (PA) and rapid automatized naming (RAN) were investigated and related to later measures of reading and spelling in children learning to read in different alphabetic writing systems (i.e., Norwegian/Swedish vs. English). 750 U.S./Australian children and 230 Scandinavian children were followed longitudinally between kindergarten and 2nd grade. PA and RAN were measured in kindergarten and Grade 1, while word recognition, phonological decoding, and spelling were measured in kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2. In general, high stability was observed for the various reading and spelling measures, such that little additional variance was left open for PA and RAN. However, results demonstrated that RAN was more related to reading than spelling across orthographies, with the opposite pattern shown for PA. In addition, tests of measurement invariance show that the factor loadings of each observed indicator on the latent PA factor was the same across U.S./Australia and Scandinavia. Similar findings were obtained for RAN. In general, tests of structural invariance show that models of early literacy development are highly transferable across languages.     

Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding 2 to 4 weeks following discharge from a large, urban, academic medical center striving for baby-friendly designation

Substantial evidence documents the superiority of breastfeeding for mothers and breastmilk for babies. Although the American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Healthy People 2010 initiative promote breastfeeding, current breastfeeding rates often fall short of recommendations. This study determined factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding 2 to 4 weeks following discharge from a large, urban, academic medical center striving for Baby-Friendly designation. Results indicated that mothers who breastfed within the first hour of birth (61%) were significantly more likely to be exclusively breastfeeding 2 to 4 weeks after discharge. Incorporating care practices that include a number of the "Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding," as recommended by the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, may increase the duration of exclusive breastfeeding after discharge.     

The importance of morphemic awareness to reading achievement and the potential of signing morphemes to supporting reading development

The ability to access and understand the meaning of multi-morphemic words is essential for age-appropriate literacy growth as well as for achievement in other participants, such as science and social studies, which are so print-dependent. This paper provides a theoretical basis for focusing on the morphology of English when teaching students who are deaf or hard of hearing to read through a review of the literature on the role of morphology in reading for both hearing students and those with a hearing loss. In addition, the authors review the empirical literature on Signing Exact English (SEE), a system of signing English constructed in which the morphology of words is made visible to children who might not be able to hear them. The authors propose that students' use of SEE can provide a bridge to developing the morphemic awareness so necessary for age-appropriate reading development and achievement.     

Mode of communication, perceived level of understanding, and perceived quality of life in youth who are deaf or hard of hearing

Given the important role of parent-youth communication in adolescent well-being and quality of life, we sought to examine the relationship between specific communication variables and youth perceived quality of life in general and as a deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) individual. A convenience sample of 230 youth (mean age = 14.1, standard deviation = 2.2; 24% used sign only, 40% speech only, and 36% sign + speech) was surveyed on communication-related issues, generic and DHH-specific quality of life, and depression symptoms. Higher youth perception of their ability to understand parents' communication was significantly correlated with perceived quality of life as well as lower reported depressive symptoms and lower perceived stigma. Youth who use speech as their single mode of communication were more likely to report greater stigma associated with being DHH than youth who used both speech and sign. These findings demonstrate the importance of youths' perceptions of communication with their parents on generic and DHH-specific youth quality of life.     

以90后视角写青春之作

我经常收到一些读者投稿,作文前面往往附着自我简介之类的资料,这些文字往往很有灵气,就是家常话也给人一种很亲切的感觉。比如,有个同学爆料她的家庭,说爸爸生意失败,一家人过得很苦,后来爸爸振作精神去跑运输,又出了车祸。妹妹不太听话,吃     

再论词类活用

某词活用后产生的新义与它活用前的意义间应有某种直接联系,活用与兼类并非完全对立,词义系统中任何一义项上都可能活用,也并非只有实词才可以活用.今人在理解活用时往往不明了这些,于是造成误解,有必要给以更明晰的阐释.     

11大周星驰头号接班人 揪出来

周星驰了不得,一个人就能把千千万万男女老少逗得前仰后合稀里哗啦。不过,浩瀚搞笑天地,老是靠一人撑着顶着扛着玩着也实在难为他。偏偏他又喜欢孤身作战,老没下决心培养接班人,将周氏搞笑风采有计划有方向地传播延续下去。我等看在眼里,急在心里,特地为星爷苦心搜罗11位头号接班人,请无厘头掌门人尽早留心考察这些人选,争取在明年此时师徒并肩搞笑,星光DOUBLE灿烂!