来自《依然爱丽丝 第0集》

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  of the early language of his infant son.
  他观察到人趋向张嘴说话是一种本能
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  He observed man has an instinctive tendency to speak
  正如我们所知巴别塔中的孩子
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  as we see in the babel of young children.
  自此以后
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  Much has been learned since then,
  我们了解了更多
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  but today I'd like to focus on some recent studies from my lab
  但今天想谈的是我实验室的最新研究
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  on the acquisition of past tense irregular verb forms
  介乎18个月至两岁半的孩子
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  in children between the ages of 18 months and two and a half years.
  对不规则动词过去式的习得
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  Now, you may say that this falls into the great academic tradition
  这时你可能说 对越来越少的事物了解得越来越多
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  of knowing more and more about less
  最后什么也不懂
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  and less until we know everything about nothing.
  从而这陷入了危险的学术传统
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  But I hope to convince you that by observing these baby steps into the,
  但我希望能使你们相信通过观察这婴儿进入到
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  into the, ah.
  额 进入到