英语新闻听写 母亲对新生儿的影响到底有多大?

Health, Education, Marital¹ Status Affect Birth Weight of Girls

母亲的学历和婚姻状况会影响女儿的出生体重

Social factors such as education and marital status of a mother can have as much effect on the birth weight of her daughter as biological factors,

母亲受教育程度和婚姻状况等社会因素与生理因素一样会影响女儿的出生体重。

according to research based on two long-term studies tracking mother-daughter pairs.

这项为期两年的研究在对数名母女追踪采访后得出以上结论。

Jennifer B. Kane, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California Irvine, said in a press release.

詹妮弗·B·凯恩是加州大学欧文分校的社会学副教授，这是她在一次新闻发布会上发表的内容。

Researchers were aware that low birth weight can be passed down through generations of women

研究人员了解低体重儿是可以遗传给下一代的，

but the idea that sociological factors can have an effect as well is new.

但最近却发现社会因素也同样会影响新生儿的体重。

The new research shows that generational history can play as big a part in the health of a baby as what happens during gestation².

研究表明，母亲的生活习性在新生儿的健康成长中发挥着极大的作用。

1 marital   

adj.婚姻的，夫妻的

参考例句：

• Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
• I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。

2 gestation   

n.怀孕；酝酿

参考例句：

• The gestation period can be anything between 95 and 150 days.妊娠期从95天至150天不等。
• This film was two years in gestation.这部电影酝酿了两年。