The two biggest fears of children in urban Chicago are that snakes and spiders, even though many of these children have probably never seen a snake outside of a zoo in their lives.

芝加哥市区孩子最害怕的两样是,蛇和蜘蛛，甚至这些孩子,从未在动物园以外的地方见过蛇。

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There is some research done by the psychologist Judy DeLoache at University of Virginia where she's studying babies' fears of spiders and snakes, babies obviously who, since their parents are normal, have not yet seen spiders and snakes.

这是心理学家朱迪·德洛克的研究,在弗吉尼亚大学,她研究孩子对蜘蛛和蛇的恐惧，孩子们，如果父母是正常人的话，从未见过蜘蛛和蛇。

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