But this technique relied on the baby being awake.但这种技术需要婴儿一直醒着

rely on依靠；信赖

Don't rely on his memory he's a bit of a dreamer.

不要相信他的记忆力－－他有点神不守舍的。

He grew increasingly to rely on her.

他越来越依赖她了。

And what we're talking about today is how quickly she's picking up information about language already.我们今天探讨的是她从语言中获取信息的速度有多快

talk about谈论，谈及；谈到

From then on he refused to talk about it.

从那以後他就不再谈这件事了。

He went on to talk about the world situation.

他接着又谈了谈世界形势。

pick up收集；得到

I am able to pick you up on the short wave radio.

我能用短波收音机收听到你的信号。

The dog easily picked up the scent of the murderer.

狗毫不费力地嗅出了谋杀者的气味。