英语翻译As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinn

英语翻译
As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows ,there is far more to a family meal than food .Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more .
      Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes .They found that parents and their children with small families talk actively with each other .But as the number of children gets larger ,conversation gives way to the arents' efforts to control the loud noise they make .That can have an important effect on the children .' In general ,the more question-asking the parents do ,the higher the children's IQ scores are ,'  Lewis says .' And the more children there are ,the less question-asking there is .'
     The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their brothers and sisters .Lewis found that in femilies with three or four children ,dinner conversation is likly to centre on the oldest child ,who has the most to talk about ,and the youngest ,who needs the most attention .' Middle children are invisible ,' says Lewis .'  When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner ,it's possible that it's the middle child .'  There is ,however ,one thing that stops all conversations and prevents anyone from having attention .' When the TV is on ,'  Lewis says,' dinner is anon-event .'

任何家庭主妇曾试图维持秩序在餐桌上的人都知道,有一个家庭聚餐远远超过食物.社会学家Michael Lewis 50个家庭一直在研究找出多么更多.
刘易斯和他的同事进行了拍摄的家庭的研究,他们在自己家里吃普通的食物.他们发现与小型家庭父母和孩子积极互相交谈.但儿童的数量越大,谈话了家长们的努力控制噪音.能对孩子有重要的影响.”一般来说,学生多提问家长,儿童智商越高,”刘易斯说.的学生和孩子越多,越少提问.”
这项研究还提供了一个解释为什么中间的孩子通常似乎很难在生活中比他们的兄弟姐妹.刘易斯发现femilies有三个或四个孩子,晚餐谈话likly中心最大的孩子,谁拥有最多的谈论,和最年轻最需要注意.“孩子们看不见,”刘易斯说.当你看到有人从表中起床,走在晚餐,这是可能的,中间的孩子.不过,还有一件事,停止所有对话,防止任何人注意.“开着电视,”刘易斯说,“晚饭anon-event.”