从全球来看,全世界有一半以上的人至少会说两种语言——但西方国家的英语人群开始落后了。
A 2001 Gallup poll found about a quarter of Americans could hold a conversation in a second language -- mostly Spanish -- while a 2014 study by Eurobarometer revealed about 60% of people in the UK and Ireland are monolingual.
2001年盖洛普的一项调查发现,大约四分之一的美国人能用第二语言交谈——主要是西班牙语——而2014年欧洲晴雨表的一项研究发现,60%的英国人和爱尔兰人都只会说一门语言(英语)。
Influential factors
影响因素
"Different factors influence how easy (or difficult) it is to learn a new language," says Plieninger.
Plieninger表示:“学习一门新语言的难易程度受到不同因素的影响。”
"If the language you are learning is part of the same family as your mother tongue, it is generally much easier to access."
“如果你正在学习的语言与你的母语属于同个语系,那么通常掌握起来更容易。”
Theoretically, English-speakers should therefore be more comfortable with Germanic languages like German or Dutch, as both are historically very close to English.
从理论上讲,说英语的人理应觉得学日耳曼语言更轻松,比如德语或荷兰语,因为二者在历史上都非常接近英语。
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