2.be deprived of: 被剥夺了……,缺乏……
3.This may trigger the release or suppression of hormones that regulate growth of the unborn child. 这可能会触发调节未出生儿成长的荷尔蒙的释放或抑制。这里的release是名词。
4.relatively larger heads compared with their bodies:相对身体来说较大的头部
5.a fetus starved of oxygen will send oxygenated blood to the brain in preference to the rest of the body: 一个缺氧的胚胎会优先把充氧的血液输送到脑部,然后才送到身体的其他部位。starved of 是分词短语,修饰fetus, in preference to 表示“优先于……”,如:I chose to study English in preference to Russian in university.读大学时,我选了英语,而不是俄语。
练习:
1.According to the passage, one of the reasons why newborns in mountain communities are underweight is that their mothers are underweight.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
2.Giussani’s team members are all British researchers and professors from Cambridge University.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
3.Giussani did not expect to find that the weight of a baby had little to do with the financial conditions of the family he was born into.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
4.The weight of a newborn has to do with the supply of oxygen even when he was still in his mother’s womb.