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If you could give anything in the world to your child, you might want to give a love of words. Young children who can express their feelings don’t have as many temper tantrums (发脾气). They also learn to control themselves using words. A two -year -old child reaches toward the oven (烤箱) door, then stops, tells herself, "Hot, hot," and turns away. Researchers call this " self -directed speech". It’ s one of the ways children learn to do what’ s right and not to do what’s wrong.
With each new word, a child gains a broader view of the world. Early on, all four -legged animals are dogs or maybe cats. But new words change them into horses, cows, elephants, and zebras. Children who have a wealth of words have a wealth of ideas.
By age four, the number of words a child understands tells us how easily that a child will learn to read in school. It even tells us how well she’ll be able to understa
A. to prevent herself from being hurt
B. to learn a new word
C. to warn her parents of the danger
D. to show her large collection of words
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