英语新闻听写 祖父母应该帮助照看孩子吗？

Grandparents who step in for child care tend to use the same practices they did when they were parenting,

祖父母倾向于使用他们养育子女时所做的来照顾孩子。

but some of them may be outdated¹, putting their grandchildren at risk, according to a new study.

但一项新的研究表明，其中一些可能过时了，使孙辈处于危险之中。

Research presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academics Societies meeting on Thursday surveyed grandparents on child care techniques

在周四举行的2017儿科学术会议上，研究者们对祖父母的育儿技术进行了调查，

such as putting children on their backs to sleep, having loose bedding in a crib and using ice baths to lower a high fever.

比如把孩子放在背上睡觉，床上放宽松的被褥以及用冰浴来降低高烧。

As more grandparents are taking on child care roles, according to the US Census² Bureau, many may feel that since they raised their own children to adulthood³, their methods are safe.

据美国人口普查局的调查显示，随着越来越多的祖父母承担起抚养孩子的角色，许多人可能会觉得，他们把自己的孩子抚养到成年，他们的方法是安全的。

1 outdated   

adj.旧式的，落伍的，过时的；v.使过时

参考例句：

• That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
• Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。

2 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

3 adulthood   

n.成年，成人期

参考例句：

• Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
• Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。