双语哈评 |成功与否,取决于基因?!( 八 )

贝尔斯基:

我们想要理解遗传基因如何塑造我们的生活,是什么让一些人成功而另一些人生活坎坷。研究DNA的优势在于,DNA在出生时就已经确定且终生不变,因此我们的研究有一个牢固的基础。我们希望最终能给政策制定者提供可操作的洞见,帮助他们采取干预措施,提高社会流动性。

flounder:挣扎,折腾

intervention:干预,干涉

What kind of interventions?

Belsky: 

For example, in our study we found that kids who had higher polygenic scores started to master language at a younger age; they talked earlier and read earlier and faster than their peers. Perhaps interventions that increase all children’s language skills at younger ages might help more people follow successful