2024剑桥雅思讲义Baby_Cages_Text.docx

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1、EnglishAdvantageEnglishAdvantageBabyCagesWeknowwhatyourethinking:itsjustaplaypenwithalid,andwhatssohorrificaboutthat?Eventhebestmothercanthoveroveratoddlingbaby24/7,soputtingababyinasafeplace,evenifitkindoflookslikeacage,atleastkeepshimawayfromthemachetedrawer.Itsatthispointthatweshouldprobablyclari

2、fywhatweretalkingabouthere.Itsnotthatthecontraptionwasmerelyacage,eventhoughwedowanttogoontherecordasbeinganti-putting-babies-in-wire-cages.Itsthatthisparticularcagewasnotontheground.Itwassuspendedoutofawindow.HaveyoueverlookedupatanACunitprecariouslyperchedontheedgeofafourth-storywindowandwonderedi

3、fthatthingwouldworkasababyholder?No?Huh.Inthe1930s,Londonmothershadaproblem.Unlikecountrybabies,citybabiesdidnthaveacresoframblingestatestocrawlaround.Fortunately,someidiotinAmericapatentedtheperfectsolutionforair-starvedinfantsababykennelthathungoutthewindow.Mini-humanswithahankerinforfreshaircould

4、justcrawlrightoutthewindowintotheirtotallysafecages.Thebestpartisthatthemotherdoesntscreaminhorrorasherchildtottersoutanopenwindow,orthatsheneverrealizesshestrainedherbabytototteroutopenwindows.Theotherbestpartishowthepatentspecifiesthemomcanlockthecagefromtheinteriorofthehouse,justincasethebabyreallywantstogetbackinsidebuthasntbeenairedoutenoughyet.Thepatentalsospecifiesthatthecagehasasolidlid,sothelittletykewontgetwetinthesnowandrain.Freshairwasahugecommoditybackthen,apparently.Adaptedfromhttps:/WWW