学习外语好处多：双语让你更敏锐_BEC初级作文

学习外语好处多：双语让你更敏锐

健康研究中心驻卢森堡的研究人员去年称，具备说一种以上语言的能力可能还有助于人们保护记忆力。

After studying older people who spoke multiple languages, they concluded that the more languages someone could speak, the better: People who spoke three languages were three times less likely to have cognitive problems compared to bilingual people. Those who spoke four or more languages were five times less likely to develop cognitive problems.

在研究了会说多国语言的老年人后，这些研究者总结认为，能说越多语言对人越好，因为他们发现，说三种语言的人其产生认知问题的可能性比讲两种语言的人要小三倍，能说四种或以上语言的人出现认知问题的可能性比双语者要小五倍。

Not so long ago, people worried that children who grew up learning two languages at once were at a developmental disadvantage compared with those who focused on only one.

不久前，人们还在担心，相比成长过程中只专注学习一门语言的孩子，那些同时学习两种语言的孩子会处于成长劣势。

New research suggests that even babies have little trouble developing bilingual skills.

新研究结果表明，即使婴儿在发展双语技巧方面都不存在什么困难。

Researchers at the University of British Columbia's Infant Studies Centre reported that babies being raised in a bilingual family show from birth a preference for each of the native languages they heard while still in the womb and can readily distinguish between them.