口吃很可能是一種遺傳性缺陷。

stammering is probably an inherited defect.

「唔，嗯，」露絲口吃了。

「well, eh,」 ruth stuttered.

不是蠢，只是口吃。

not stupid, just stuttering.

很多年前，一個小小地區里的居民說起話來沒有一個不口吃，走起路來沒有一個不瘸腿；更奇怪的是，這兩種缺點竟被是為才能。

many years since in a small territory, there was not one of the inhabitants who did not stutter when he spoke, and halt in walking; both these defects, moreover, were considered accomplishments.

「惡魔研究」是愛荷華州的大學教授溫德爾·約翰遜於1939年對愛荷華州達文波特的22名孤兒進行的一項「口吃」實驗。

the monster study was a stuttering experiment on 22 orphan children in davenport, iowa, in 1939 conducted by wendell johnson at the university of iowa.

一位言語矯治師治愈了他的口吃。

a speech-therapist cured his stammer.

很多小孩口吃，但長大就改過來了。

many children stammer but grow out of it.

5%的兒童在某個時期會口吃。

five per cent of children stammer at some point.

當新娘在孩提時代第一次見到王子時他拒絕了他的兩次求婚。 那時的新娘對於公眾生活非常謹慎，同時，她也很擔心他的喜怒無常以及明顯的口吃。

the bride, who first met the royal prince as a child, refused his first two proposals as she was wary of public life and worried about his moodiness and pronounced stammer.

在所有言語障礙中，口吃可能是最令人尷尬的。

of all speech impediments stammering is probably the most embarrassing.

這部電影講述女王伊麗莎白二世的父親，患有嚴重口吃的喬治六世，在語言矯正師杰弗里·拉什的幫助下應對二戰的故事。

the film tells the story of the father of the queen, who was afflicted with a bad stammer, as he prepares for war, aided by geoffrey rush, as his speech therapist.

我們可以想一想，無論是在中國還是美國，人們可以隨意開玩笑或取笑的唯一生理缺陷是口吃。

when you think about it, whether it’s china or america, the only impediment people feel free to make fun of and humor of is a stutterer.

她緊張時就口吃.

she stammers when she feels nervous.

美國國家衛生研究院的丹尼斯.德雷納在會上說道，持續的口吃至少一部分原因是基因問題。

dennis drayna of america’s national institutes of health argued to the meeting that persistent stuttering is at least partly a matter of genes.

莉薇津津有味地大口吃著點心。

livy ate the pasties greedily and with huge enjoyment.

他補充道：「全世界所有口吃的人，我們有聲音，我們的聲音已經被聽到了，感謝學院。」

he added: "all the stutterers throughout the world, we have a voice, we have been been heard, thanks to you the academy.

梅爾維爾小姐拿起一塊餅干小口吃起來。

miss melville took a cookie and nibbled at it.

電影主人公國王喬治六世，英國女皇伊麗莎白的父親，當年因為被口吃困擾，極不情愿即位。

the film depicts king george vi, father of england「s queen elizabeth, as a reluctant leader tortured by his stuttering.

不口吃，也許。但是很惡毒。

no stutter, maybe, but lots of mean.

當一個口吃者試圖說出一些單詞并形成一個句子時，這些單詞會互相碰撞，這種想象是種非常引人注目的見解。

the image of a stutterer’s words banging into each other as they try to get out and into a sentence is a pretty compelling notion.

埃頓說，自己曾因為口吃被同學欺負和嘲笑。他還討厭別人告訴他要鎮定，集中精神。

aidan hardy said he has been bullied and teased for stuttering. he hates it when people tell him to just calm down and focus.

有一天晚上，人們介紹給他一個靦腆的、口吃的年輕文學家。

one night a blushing, stammering young man of letters was introduced to him.

而現在，科學家們已發現唱歌對治療口吃非常有效的原因。

now scientists have discovered why singing is so effective at treating a stammer.

馬修是一個19歲的口吃男孩，面孔像星期三早晨一樣呆滯，他和姐姐的愛情是被禁止的，所以他們在染料大院里約會。

matthew, a stuttering 19-year-old with a face as dull as wednesday morning, met my sister in the dye yard because their love was forbidden.

如果幸運的話，口吃的謎底將很快就會被揭開了。

with luck, the causes of stuttering should soon be understood better.

當然，那也引起一個疑問，口吃的老鼠叫起來應該是怎樣的。

that, of course, raises the question of what a stuttering mouse sounds like.

伴隨著口吃和顫抖的聲音小男孩開始做起祈禱。

with stammering lips and a shaking voice the child began to pray.

影片集中表現了一位不同尋常的矯正師，他要求在治療時與國王地位平等，這種處理手法拉近了國王與普通的口吃者的距離。

the focus on george」s relationship with his eccentric speechtherapist who insists on treating him as an equal makes the king a sort of everyman for people who stutter.

第二，對他來說，動物比人要更好交流。他說，與動物交流是所有口吃的人都具備的本領。

second, he communicated better with animals than with people, a skill he says is common to all people who stutter.

大多數口吃的兒童長大以后就好了。

most children who stammer grow out of it.

為了更深入地調查，德雷納現在正嘗試將人類引起口吃的基因拼接到老鼠的dna上。

to investigate further, dr drayna is now attempting to splice human stutter-causing genes into the dna of mice.

他不喜歡會見陌生人，這部分是因為年少時有一次他爬屋頂掉下來造成的口吃，部分是因為海斯奇特人一般說話不多。

partly because of his stammer, brought on by a fall through a roof as a lad, and partly because people from hesket didn’t talk too much as a rule, he didn’t care to meet strangers.

埃頓說，自己曾因為口吃被同學欺負和嘲笑。

aidan hardy said he has been bullied and teased for stuttering.

去年發表的研究發現三個基因變異有可能使某些口吃的罪魁禍首。

research published last year identified mutations in three genes that likely contribute to some cases of stuttering.

口吃的孩子可以從言語矯治中獲益。

a stammering child can benefit from speech therapy.