2025年12月英语四级阅读真题卷二 Passage Two

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Adults dream during REM(rapid eye movement) sleep and infants have loads of REM. So,it might be fair to assume that babies have tons of dreams.

成年人在快速眼动睡眠期会做梦，而婴儿的快速眼动睡眠时长极长。因此，人们很自然会认为，婴儿做的梦也非常多。

But scientists believe REM serves a completely different purpose for newborns and infants than dreaming. When babies are in REM,it allows their brain to develop pathways, connections,and eventually, learn languages.

但科学家认为，对新生儿和婴儿来说，快速眼动睡眠的作用与做梦完全不同。婴儿处于快速眼动睡眠时，大脑会借此建立神经通路与连接，并最终为语言学习打下基础。

Since your baby doesn't dream at this stage of brain development, it's safe to assume babies do not have nightmares, either. Nightmares stem from exposure to trauma(创伤),an overactive imagination, and the normal stresses of everyday life.

由于在这一大脑发育阶段，婴儿并不会做梦，我们也可以放心地认为，婴儿同样不会做噩梦。噩梦源于经历创伤、过于活跃的想象力，以及日常生活中的正常压力。

Are you wondering,what do babies dream about? Good question, but the answer is nothing!

你是不是在好奇，婴儿到底会梦到什么？这是个好问题，但答案是：什么都梦不到。

So,when do babies start dreaming? The general consensus is that they start dreaming around the age of two. Psychologist David Foulkes studies children(from very small kids to teens) to bring the secrets of their dreams to the light of day. In his lab,he lets kids fall asleep and then wakes them 3 times a night and asks them to describe what they recall.

那么，婴儿从什么时候开始做梦？学界普遍认为，大约在两岁左右。心理学家戴维・福克斯长期研究儿童（从幼童到青少年），试图揭开他们梦境的秘密。在他的实验室里，他让孩子们入睡，每晚叫醒他们三次，让他们描述自己记得的梦境。

Foulkes' findings are unsurprising. Basically, little kids have little dreams. But exactly what kids see while dreaming depends on their age. As children develop and grow,their dreams do too.

福克斯的研究结果并不出人意料。简单来说，孩子越小，梦境就越简单。而孩子具体梦到什么，也和年龄密切相关。随着孩子不断发育成长，他们的梦境也会随之发展。

Dreams of very small kids are usually just snapshots(快照),looking much more like a slideshow than a movie, when compared to the dreams of adults. They heavily feature animals and other familiar sights, like images of people eating. According to Foulkes, "Children's dream life...seems to be similar to their waking imagination and narration." Kids ages 5—9 begin seeing moving images and characters in action. Dreams now include multiple events strung together,one after the other. They also start developing greater ability to remember dreams. Still, that's not always the case: When roused during REM sleep,25of the kids in Foulkes' studies had no recollection of dreaming, a trend that continues through age 9.

与成年人的梦境相比，低龄幼儿的梦通常只是零散的画面片段，更像幻灯片，而非完整的电影。梦境里大量出现动物和其他熟悉的场景，比如人们吃饭的画面。福克斯表示：“儿童的梦境…… 似乎与他们清醒时的想象和叙述方式十分相似。” 5 到 9 岁的孩子，梦境中开始出现动态画面和有动作的角色，梦境也变成由多个事件接连组成的情节。他们也开始更清晰地记住自己的梦。不过情况并非总是如此：在福克斯的研究中，从快速眼动睡眠中被唤醒的孩子里，有 25% 完全不记得自己做过梦，这一现象一直持续到 9 岁。

So,if your baby seems to be in a stressful state while sleeping or is upset upon waking, there may be other factors at play.

所以，如果你的宝宝睡觉时看起来情绪紧张，或是醒来后烦躁不安，背后很可能是其他原因在起作用。

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2025年12月英语四级阅读真题 卷二 Passage Two

2025年12月英语四级阅读真题卷二 Passage Two